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You care deeply about your mission but feel stuck when it comes to fundraising, corporate support, and asking for donations.

If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. And I’m here to help.

I partner with your midsize nonprofit to increase donations through:

• Corporate partnerships
• Donor-centric messaging that converts
• Strategic public relations (PR)
   

The goal is simple: more funding, less guesswork.

• Certified in Fundraising Copywriting
• Certified in Philanthropic Psychology (with distinction)
• Certified in Website Usability
• Experienced Executive Director & Director of Development
• Grew individual donors 10× in three years
• Award-winning author and public relations professional
   

I understand how donors think and how nonprofits operate.

• Feel nervous asking companies for support
• Want to retain more of your donors year over year
• Need greater visibility for your mission
• Don’t have time to figure out PR or messaging alone

I work with midsize nonprofits ($1M–$5M+) that are ready to grow and want a strategic fundraising partner without the cost of a full-time hire.

 “I hate to think where this organization would be without Kirt. He is a magnet for money and a public relations and marketing dynamo! One of the very best natural salesmen I have ever met.”

 —Steve Qua, Owner, Qua Buick, Former Chaiman, Headwaters Land Conservancy

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— Kirt Manecke

Kirt is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Northville. When Rotary International added the environment as a new focus, he took action right away.

He talked with The Rotary Foundation to explain how land trusts help protect clean water, wildlife, farms, and natural areas. His ideas were added to Rotary’s guidelines for grant funding.

Now, land trusts can team up with local Rotary Clubs to get money for land protection.

Kirt also pitched a story about land conservancies to Rotary Magazine and it reached over one million readers!: 

https://www.rotary.org/en/watershed-moment-gives-rise-revitalized-riverfront