Adding capacity to important development work

Adding capacity to important development work

Senior-level fundraising expertise is essential for nonprofits that want to strengthen their work, broaden support, or take an important next step. But not every organization needs, or can afford, a full-time senior development staff member. That is where a development project specialist can help: an experienced professional who works with your organization on a part-time or project basis, bringing practical expertise without the cost of a full-time salary.

Senior-level fundraising expertise is essential for nonprofits that want to strengthen their work, broaden support, or take an important next step. But not every organization needs, or can afford, a full-time senior development staff member. That is where a development project specialist can help: an experienced professional who works with your organization on a part-time or project basis, bringing practical expertise without the cost of a full-time salary.

Discuss Your Project

Discuss Your Project

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Why projects stall

Important initiatives stall because organizations are stretched too thin to carry them forward.

Familiar ways of working often remain in place because organizations are stretched too thin to change them. Leadership may know what needs attention but lack the time, structure, or project support to act. In other cases, familiar routines can become a substitute for evaluation, allowing practices to continue even when they are no longer producing the gift income the mission requires.

Maybe your leadership team has a strong strategic plan and ambitious fundraising goals. Maybe your annual appeal needs planning, language, mailing coordination, and follow-up. Maybe a promising initiative needs structure, timing, and steady attention.

The Challenge

Important initiatives lose momentum

Staff are stretched across multiple priorities

Planning outpaces implementation

The Outcome

Projects move steadily toward completion

Additional capacity helps relieve pressure

Clear coordination turns plans into action

How I Can Help

Ways I can support your organization

As Nonprofits like yours do vital work in areas such as hunger, housing stability, education, youth development, elder care, arts and culture, libraries, or community life.

For many mission-driven organizations, future support must come from people who believe in the work, even if they have not benefited from it directly. That makes clear language, thoughtful prospect development, and consistent follow-through essential.

I can help with projects such as strengthening an annual appeal, organizing donor or prospect information, preparing board members for useful participation, turning strategic goals into practical next steps, or coordinating special meetings and communications.

As a development project specialist, I help move important work forward with the level of experience — and the number of hours — your organization needs.

Moving Important Work Forward

Helping organizations implement strategic priorities, campaigns, and special initiatives.

Fundraising & Donor Support
Board & Organizational Guidance
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How I Can Help

Ways I can support your organization

As Nonprofits like yours do vital work in areas such as hunger, housing stability, education, youth development, elder care, arts and culture, libraries, or community life.

For many mission-driven organizations, future support must come from people who believe in the work, even if they have not benefited from it directly. That makes clear language, thoughtful prospect development, and consistent follow-through essential.

I can help with projects such as strengthening an annual appeal, organizing donor or prospect information, preparing board members for useful participation, turning strategic goals into practical next steps, or coordinating special meetings and communications.

As a development project specialist, I help move important work forward with the level of experience — and the number of hours — your organization needs.

Moving Important Work Forward

Helping organizations implement strategic priorities, campaigns, and special initiatives.

Fundraising & Donor Support
Board & Organizational Guidance
A man looking at a board

How I Can Help

Ways I can support your organization

As Nonprofits like yours do vital work in areas such as hunger, housing stability, education, youth development, elder care, arts and culture, libraries, or community life.

For many mission-driven organizations, future support must come from people who believe in the work, even if they have not benefited from it directly. That makes clear language, thoughtful prospect development, and consistent follow-through essential.

I can help with projects such as strengthening an annual appeal, organizing donor or prospect information, preparing board members for useful participation, turning strategic goals into practical next steps, or coordinating special meetings and communications.

As a development project specialist, I help move important work forward with the level of experience — and the number of hours — your organization needs.

Moving Important Work Forward

Helping organizations implement strategic priorities, campaigns, and special initiatives.

Fundraising & Donor Support
Board & Organizational Guidance
A man looking at a board

Organizations I've Supported

Organizations I've Supported

Over more than 30 years, Maureen has supported nonprofit, educational, cultural, and community-based organizations including:

Over more than 30 years, Maureen has supported nonprofit, educational, cultural, and community-based organizations including:

Our Neighbors' Table Food Pantry

Historic New England

Preservation Society of Newport County

Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

Cambridge Public Libraries

Gay-Lesbian Advocates-Defenders

Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard

Harvard University, Kennedy School

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School

What to Expect

How We Get Started

How We Get Started

Initial Conversation

We discuss your organization, your goals, and the issue or opportunity you want to address. From there, we define the likely scope of work and the next practical step.

The Project Start

For a larger project, I review the current programs and revenue model, case statement and communications, project objectives, and project participants. The result is a work plan that establishes the process, time frame, and budget.

Progress Assessment

We review progress in planned or ad hoc meetings, make agreed-upon adjustments, and keep the work moving.

Initial Conversation

We discuss your organization, your goals, and the issue or opportunity you want to address. From there, we define the likely scope of work and the next practical step.

The Project Start

For a larger project, I review the current programs and revenue model, case statement and communications, project objectives, and project participants. The result is a work plan that establishes the process, time frame, and budget.

Progress Assessment

We review progress in planned or ad hoc meetings, make agreed-upon adjustments, and keep the work moving.

Let's Discuss Your Project

Let's Discuss Your Project

About Maureen

More than 30 years immersed in nonprofit organizations

More than 30 years immersed in nonprofit organizations

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Practical, collaborative support when additional capacity is needed.

My work has included fundraising campaigns, donor stewardship, grant management, board support, program evaluation, communications, and special projects. I have worked in education, libraries, arts and culture, and community-based services.

Today, I help nonprofits add experienced development capacity when important work needs to move forward and existing staff are already stretched.

Contact

Let's discuss your goals

Whether you need support for a specific initiative, additional project capacity, or help moving an important priority forward, I'd welcome the opportunity to learn more about your organization and its goals.

A conversation about your priorities

Practical ideas and potential next steps

An opportunity to determine whether we're a good fit