My Philosophy
I am particularly interested in how we build, sustain, and grow excellent revenue generation engines for non-profit organizations, and at my core am a strategist.
I view consulting through a lens of long-term sustainability. Working in deep collaboration with clients to create or evolve a team structure, culture of philanthropy, and program strategy, I build fundraising programs organizations need to accomplish big bold goals. There is no cookie-cutter approach to this work. I view each organization as its own universe, which must be approached with the care, cultural awareness and humility, and respect it deserves as a unique and valuable enterprise.
I am guided in consulting by the campsite rule: my goal is to leave your work, team, and organization in significantly better shape than I found it, with the knowledge, skills, and plan to move towards exceeding desired goals. Rather than approaching projects from the outside in, I prefer to work in lock-step with teams and leaders to create solutions that weather the test of time and change.
I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded ancestral lands of the Duwamish Tribe and Coast Salish Peoples who have stewarded this land for generations, and honor with respect both the land and the People.
Hi, i’m Ali
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL
Ali Friedman, M.B.A, CFRE
I am non-profit fundraising and management expert with a unique focus on building and transforming development programs and teams for organizations undergoing change. Having built and led external relations, fundraising, marketing, and communications teams for community-based organizations with a wide-range of missions, I draw from over 20+ years of experience in fundraising and consulting to develop strategies and systems to achieve organizational goals, cultivate strong development leaders, teams, and organizations, and build efficient and successful fundraising engines.
I earned my MBA in Nonprofit Management from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and have worked as a fundraising and external relations leader across the health, human services, education, affordable housing, youth development and workforce development sectors. I hold a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation.
My happy-place is surrounded by smart teams passionately working towards a common mission to make their community a better place.
Education
Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
M.B.A.
University of Oregon
B.A., Political Science and Spanish Literature
Certified Fund Raising Executive Issued November, 2020
Volunteerism and interests
Facilitator, TableTalks
Member, Solutions for Good
Mentor, AFP Advancement Northwest