FRACTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Hi, I'm Jen, a fractional development director.
I handle my clients' complete development function — donors, partners, and grants — for less than the cost of a full-time hire.
About me
I absolutely love helping mission-driven companies make a difference in the world.
For decades I had a successful sales career at major companies like Glamour Magazine, The New York Times and The Huffington Post.
Eventually, I got tired of making rich people richer — with no positive purpose — so I pivoted. Now I LOVE what I do: helping nonprofits find the grants, donors and partners they need to be successful.
I leverage the same skills I used in sales — pipeline development, pitch creation, relationship building, and closing deals — for clients whose missions I actually admire.
What I do
Senior-level development support, built around only what my clients need.
I manage my clients' entire development function or focus only on what they need. Every engagement is customized based on their needs.
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Major Donor Strategy
I find the donors my clients are overlooking (they may already be in their CRM), segment them, prioritize them, and build a strategy to bring them back.
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Corporate Partnerships
I create corporate pipelines based on genuine fit and aligned missions, then help my clients pursue them.
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Grants & Institutional Funding
I uncover the grant opportunities my clients are missing and submit stronger applications to increase their win rate.
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Development Strategy & Infrastructure
When a client's real opportunity is an overall stronger operation underneath the fundraising, I build it.
My Process
My proven systems and processes are central to my success.
When I started doing fractional work, I was disciplined in documenting exactly what was working and what wasn't. I used those insights to develop a set of tools, frameworks and processes I could use consistently to maximize quality, consistency, and results for every client.
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Grab a few of my tools
Some of the references and resources I use every day — free to download, no email required.
DOWNLOAD → →02
See some of my winning grants
Always customized, but always following a framework that includes every detail a potential donor needs to see. Organization → Objectives → Outputs → Outcomes → Evidence → The Ask
DOWNLOAD → →How I use AI
AI proficiency is my other competitive edge.
I expertly leverage it for speed, depth, efficiency, and volume behind the scenes. With donors, I bring only my most authentic, human self.
AI HANDLES
- ▸Research
- ▸Prospect scoring
- ▸Grant tracking
- ▸CRM analysis
AI NEVER TOUCHES
- ▸Donor conversations
- ▸Outreach emails
- ▸Appeals or thank-yous
- ▸Anything a donor reads or hears
Services
There are two ways to work with me.
My clients get senior-level development director work — without the salary and benefits of an internal hire. Some need full fractional coverage; others need focused project support. Either way, my services typically cost at least 25% less than an internal hire.
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Your Fractional Development Director
The main way I work. I run my clients' entire development function — CRM audit, major donors, corporate partners, grants, and the strategy and infrastructure behind them — month to month. They get a senior fundraiser without the salary, benefits, or search process of a full-time hire.
Cost: Starting at $2,500/month
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Focused Project
For clients who don't need a full development director, I come in for a set number of hours per month or a specific need like grant research and submissions, a CRM and donor-data audit, or a corporate prospect pipeline. We define the deliverable, timeline, and outcome together, and price it as a flat project fee or an hourly rate.
Cost: Starting at $1,500
A good fit
Built for nonprofits with real fundraising potential and not enough senior capacity to chase it.
My clients often posted a job listing for a development director or manager and realized the budget was tight. Maybe their ED is fundraising on top of everything else. Or they lost a Development Director and aren't ready to replace them. Whatever the case, I'm ready to step in.