I spent a decade raising money for nonprofits. Now I help busy owners get their weeks back.

About three years ago someone asked me to test a grant-writing program built on AI. My honest review: "this is cool, but like bad." Everything it wrote sounded like a robot. I could still see what it might do for nonprofits and small businesses, so I kept poking at it to figure out what it needed to do better. That pulled me in.

I still see it the same way. It's the intern who walks in on day one, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, with no clue what an office is. You don't hand an intern your judgment. You hand it the work that eats your time and doesn't need a human touch: the formatting, the follow-up, the double-checking, the first draft. Small businesses run on work like that, and most of us can't hire for all of it. So I clear that work off my own plate, and I help other people get their weeks back in a way that's aligned with them and their organizations.

At a national service-dog nonprofit, I grew grant revenue from $274K to over $1M, brought in roughly 40 new grantors, and led a data initiative that ended in a custom Salesforce migration. At an education nonprofit, I led the grant work that grew the budget from $2.2M to $3.4M. All told, I've worked with organizations whose budgets run from $500,000 to $108 million.

It also taught me to save my work. In my early 20s I typed a $10,000 grant straight into the funder's portal the day before it was due. The computer restarted and every word was gone. I told my director right away, the team rebuilt it together, and we got the grant. I've drafted outside the portal ever since, and it's a big reason I trust a written process over anyone's memory, mine included.

Since then I've contributed to an AI governance readiness assessment for an international nonprofit with sites in several countries, in partnership with a policy specialist. I've analyzed 900+ member survey responses for an international membership nonprofit. I've built practical tools for real teams. I've sat on a board, so I know the questions they ask about AI.

One more thing about me: I spent about six months driving across the country solo in a 25-year-old convertible, working for clients and visiting the nonprofits I wrote for. It was not practical in any way, but that kind of sums me up.

So that's me: a fundraiser who knows how small teams run, and who can make the new tools do the boring parts.