How we can work together?
Services
Our niche is working with small nonprofits to help them develop systems and tools that make good use of their limited resources and capacity while identifying strategies for growth.
The majority of Sledge Strategies clients are with nonprofits with 0-5 staffers, and budgets of less than $500,000 annually (the exceptions are social justice/advocacy organizations).
“I think of my work now as providing the type of assistance I wanted when I was an executive director, but struggled to find the right fit. I needed someone who could be a partner in developing tailored solutions to the challenges we faced, instead of off-the-shelf guidelines for fundraising or growth.” - Lindsey
We focus our energy into four main categories: development, finance, operations, and management support.
Development
In development, we establish a grant writing process, prepare grant proposals and reports, implement an annual fundraising plan, support donor cultivation, recruitment, and retention (stewardship), coordinate fundraising events, and launch capital campaign efforts.
Finance
In finance, we play a CFO role for small organizations, create a finance and compliance system, support executive directors to prepare and/or review financial documents including annual budget, reports, etc. audit, or help find the right outsourced accounting and bookkeeping firm, credit card company, bank, auditor, etc.
Operations
In operations, we assist organizations through transitions, like implementing systems and software to support/manage HR, benefits and online file storage; facilities transitions (moving, construction, etc.); tool creation for tracking and measurement; infrastructure audits to assess areas for growth; and coaching for managers/leadership in small organizations.
Management Support & Coaching
Lindsey can help senior level staff think through ways to ensure operations run smoothly and to capitalize on opportunities. This includes preparing for board meetings, reviewing financial documents, problem solving around obstacles and issues, and serving as a sounding board and brainstorm partner.