Mutual Aid Meets Individual Giving:
A Transformative Intensive
While grants freeze, corporate priorities shift, and the status of non-profits is under threat, your community’s support waits untapped–not in boardrooms, but in the hearts of people who share your values.
Improve Your Fundraising Through Radical
Rational Solidarity
Donors You Can’t Afford to Ignore.
Nonprofits are struggling from billions in losses from legislation.
Foundation giving grew only 4.3% annually against 7.1% inflation.
Corporate philanthropy now represents less than 5% of total charitable giving in the United States, down from 8% in 2015.
The Workshop Framework
Day 1: Rewriting the Rules
Dismantle charity hierarchy myths with case studies from trans-led mutual aid networks that outfunded traditional nonprofits during crises.
Day 2: Processing & Fieldwork
Implement Monday’s frameworks through guided reflection journals
Conduct donor interviews using provided solidarity question banks
Day 3: Scripting Revolution
Craft donor conversations that resonate, using language patterns refined through 30 years of performance storytelling and $5K-$50K ask templates.
Day 4: Applied Campaign Launch
Implement Day 3 strategies through micro-campaign prototyping
Access live coaching via encrypted messaging platform*
Day 5: Practice That Transforms
Role-play real donor scenarios with a coach who’s secured 20% portfolio growth for national organizations, then launch your own campaign.
Ongoing Support
Continued coaching and yearly to quarterly audit options available.
Neuroscience-Backed Design
The alternating learn/practice schedule leverages spaced repetition – a proven method where information recall strengthens when interspersed with rest periods. Participants retain 63% more material compared to traditional workshops.
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience: Real-world simulations and fieldwork
Reflective Observation: Guided journaling and peer feedback
Abstract Conceptualization: Framework adaptation sessions
Active Experimentation: Live campaign implementation
Why This Works When Traditional Methods Fail
Development teams spend years acquiring institutional communication techniques while ignoring that 68% of charitable dollars that come from individual givers. This approach rewires your strategy using proven mutual aid principles.
What You’ll Achieve
Break the institutional dependency cycle by rebuilding trust with individual supporters
Convert passive donors into active partners using narrative tools from successful mutual aid campaigns retooled for a charity context
Turn crisis moments into connection opportunities through authentic, human-centered asks