Work with me

Hi, I’m Dan.

For over three decades, I've navigated the dynamic terrain of B2B sales and marketing across the high-end tech and business services industries. My role as a leader has always been to forge strong, enduring connections and empower teams to achieve excellence. This mindset has not only driven successful outcomes but also deeply ingrained a profound understanding of strategic relationship building.

Today, I channel this passion and experience into Philanthropy Fuel, a venture dedicated to elevating nonprofit organizations in their fundraising and development endeavors. My transition from the corporate world to nonprofit support stems from a commitment to meaningful, impactful work—helping organizations like yours grow and succeed in their missions.

At Philanthropy Fuel, we don't just focus on short-term goals; we strategize for sustainability and long-term impact. Leveraging cutting-edge techniques adapted from the B2B world, we'll work together to enhance your relationships with major donors and corporate partners, transforming the way you engage with your supporters.

Join me in redefining nonprofit fundraising: where strategy meets sincerity, and every interaction is an opportunity to fuel a legacy. Let's create lasting change together.

FAQs

  • The core principles of successful sales—such as relationship building, strategic questioning, and understanding customer needs—are universally applicable, including in nonprofit fundraising. And with the rise in nonprofit / corporate partnerships, they’re even more important. I’m adapting these principles to help nonprofits engage more effectively with individual donors and corporations, build long-term relationships, and secure sustained funding and true partnerships. My approach to any business relationship has always been about finding mutual value on a human level.

  • Participants will come away with two main improvements - a renewed outlook and positive mindset to tackle your fundraising challenges with purpose, and new skills crafted from the B2B corporate world focused on prospect development, relationship building and long-term partnerships.

  • Nonprofits can expect enhanced donor engagement, improved fundraising effectiveness, and increased donor retention rates. They can also count on motivated teams working together to lead a transformation.

  • By equipping fundraising teams with more effective tools and strategies, and reconnecting them, and thus their donors, with passion for their cause, the workshop and facilitation sessions aim to boost morale and job satisfaction, thus reducing turnover and burnout, all of which leads to a better connection with your supporters for the long-term.

  • Corporate business development skills, especially in a high-value B2B environment, focus on critical areas that impact the journey shared by fundraising and development teams and their prospects and donors. These include deep connecting, relationship building, qualifying, questioning, collaborating, providing value, telling stories, uncovering motivations and building something together. This becomes even more pronounced as more nonprofits are understanding the need to develop corporate partnerships, which is a very different process than working with individual donors.