Clients & Testimonials
Klein & Roth Consulting, Stephanie Roth | co-lead on Fundraising for Health Justice project
Nikki brings extensive experience, skill, knowledge, and a big heart to her work as a fundraising consultant. She is deeply committed to her clients, and is always ready to roll up her sleeves and dive into the work to support them. Nikki’s passion and commitment to social justice makes her a great fit for organizations challenging the status quo and working for justice.”
ALIGN NY, Lucas Shapiro | organizational transition support
ALIGN worked with Nikki throughout 2023 to help us manage an organizational transition. She quickly understood the needs of the organization, including addressing capacity gaps and the need for role clarity, and strengthening management and leadership methods. In all of her work, she prioritized group buy-in and opportunities for staff to express their needs and concerns. She facilitated 3 retreats that creatively addressed both big picture questions and how the organization could function better to meet those big picture goals—and then ensured clear outcomes and commitments. She was a great thought partner and coach, helping me identify challenges and opportunities to address them. It was great to work with her—thank you from me and all of ALIGN!”
Florida Health Justice Project, Alison Yager | fundraising planning and support
As the relatively green E.D. of an organization disproportionately funded by grants, I have learned tons from Nikki. Over the 17 months that we worked together, she led me and our team (including our board), through two major fundraising events, and helped us develop systems, protocols, and calendars for individual donor cultivation. She modeled how to craft my pitch, and held our hands as we built a meaningful, donor-centric approach to communication. She taught me to put our donor management system to good use, and to think expansively about relationship building. She also worked closely with our board to help them overcome the natural fear of the ask, and to develop realistic and practical goals, as well as a strategy for meeting those goals. Though I quite miss my regular check-ins with Nikki (how have I not yet mentioned how warm, affirming, and all-around delightful she is as a coach and a colleague?!?), I now have a wealth of tools and know-how to deploy that are thanks entirely to my time working with Nikki. I cannot recommend her highly enough. You'll be glad you made the investment!”
Defend Our Health, Mike Belliveau | hiring a Development Director
Nikki organized a hiring process that generated more than 100 applicants for a difficult to fill Development Director position. She was thoroughly organized, gently persistent, and a pleasure to work with. And we successfully filled the role at the end of the process!”
Freedom Center for Social Justice, Greg Raynor | fundraising strategy and support
Working with Nikki was a highlight of my work this year at Freedom Center for Social Justice. She dug right into the nitty gritty, providing tools and examples to make my work easier, feedback on all materials, and insights into messaging and donor strategy. Together we strengthened the Center’s fundraising planning overall, as well as on the individual fundraising projects I worked on over our time together. We laid a strong foundation for improvements in individual donor fundraising that will serve the organization well in the future. She was always supportive and passionate about our work getting done, but never overbearing in her suggestions or approach.”
Rethinking Schools, Gina Palazzari | organizational assessment, change management, executive director hire, and fundraising planning
We were thrilled to work with Nikki as someone deeply rooted in our shared values who also had the chops to provide real and lasting support. Her assessment and subsequent work with us was crucial in precipitating organizational change. She challenged old power structures and dynamics and supported us in figuring out how to set our board and staff up for long term success. She is a great observer of people and organizational habits, and is never hesitant to assist in clearing roadblocks and pointing out behaviors that impact others. She knows a lot about how organizations SHOULD operate related to governance, management, staffing, and outreach, and makes recommendations for change clearly, but in a way people can digest and accept. Nikki also offers abundant enthusiasm and joy about our work, and makes people feel excited for and less afraid of change. She was dogged and determined when need be, and never hesitant to tell it like it ought to be to anyone, no matter their level in the organization, in a way they could hear. She stayed organized and on top of things, and set clear expectations and plans for meetings to ensure they were productive.”
Co-operative Economics Alliance of New York, Ali Issa | fundraising planning and support
I’ve worked with Nikki for many years, and always admired her principled approach to movement-building and organizing. It was no big surprise then to learn that she brought that same thoughtful approach to help my organization develop and deepen its fundraising strategy. Her careful listening allowed her to share the tools and strategies we needed to take our work to the next level. Thanks so much Nikki!”
Boston Workers Circle, Bethany Basile | fundraising planning and support
I had known Nikki as a professional in the field with a stellar reputation for years before finding myself in need of grassroots fundraising support. True to her reputation, as a consultant, Nikki had extremely dynamic approaches to every aspect of our fundraising operation. What truly stunned me was her ability to stay grounded in our values and her incredible responsiveness to our unique community. It was also helpful that she was a joy to see every time we met. I highly recommend Nikki as a thought partner who brings real results!”
Clients
ALIGN NY
Astraea Lesbian Foundation
Boston Workers Circle
Community Economic Alliance of NY
Covid Straight Talk
Defend Our Health
Detroit Jews for Justice
Florida Health Justice Project
Four Freedoms Fund
Freedom Center for Social Justice
Grassroots Asians Rising
Hoosier Action
If Not Now
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Jewish Liberation Fund
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
Jewish Youth for Community Action
KAVI Brooklyn
Kolot Chayeinu
Moonshot Initiative
People’s Bail Out NYC
People’s Plan
Rapid Defense Network
Rethinking Schools
Roots
Union of Radical Political Economics
Vision Change Win