Consultancy — Arts & Nonprofit
Three systems decide whether a mission-driven organization gains altitude or burns fuel holding position: strategy, technology, and fundraising. We realign all three around what you're actually here to do.
02 / The approach
You have the mission, the people, and the will. What's missing is alignment — between an ambitious strategy, the tools meant to carry it, and the fundraising that pays for all of it. When those three fall out of sync, capable organizations spend their energy holding things together instead of moving.
Orbit Transformation works at the controls with you — not from a report handed over at the door — until the trajectory holds and your team can keep it there.
Your best people wear six hats and apologize for the seventh.
Every campaign resets to zero. The asking never compounds.
Every dollar is spoken for, so “invest to grow” stays theoretical.
A CRM no one trusts and data scattered across nine logins.
03 / Services
Four engagements. Begin with one, or chart the full course — each is scaled to where you are now.
A full-systems diagnostic of strategy, operations, technology, and fundraising health — returned as a prioritized flight plan with the highest-leverage moves first.
The money already within reach — lapsed donors, untapped grants, under-asked majors, leaky pipelines. We surface the opportunities and the plan to capture them.
The deep work. We embed with your team to rebuild systems, modernize technology, and reset how the work gets done — change engineered to outlast the engagement.
Capital campaign, year-end push, or a bold new initiative — we architect the strategy, case for support, goals, and timeline so you launch from strength.
Not sure which fits? — the path is the same
A two-minute intake — your organization, the challenge, the timeline. No pressure, no obligation.
We read what you sent and point you to the engagement that fits — or tell you honestly if we're not the one.
A 30-minute call with Erin to pressure-test the plan and decide if there's a fit. You leave with a clear next step either way.
Over twenty years — eight of them deep in nonprofit arts and culture — Erin Lively Koppel has sat in nearly every seat: the late-night grant write, the nervous board meeting, the make-or-break year-end ask. She knows what stalls good organizations, and what finally gets them moving.
She founded Orbit Transformation for the leaders she kept meeting — brilliant, mission-driven, and worn down by systems quietly working against them. Her approach is warm but unsentimental: she'll celebrate your mission and tell you the truth about your pipeline in the same breath.
Connect on LinkedIn“I don't leave you with a binder. I leave you with momentum — and a team that knows exactly how to keep it.”
05 / Track record
“She walked into an organization running on duct tape and walked us out with an actual system. The first year-end after, we beat goal — without anyone crying in the supply closet.”
06 / Start the intake
A two-minute intake — no binder, no pressure. Tell us where you're stuck and we'll point you to the right engagement, then put a 30-minute call with Erin on the table. If we're not the fit, we'll tell you who is.
Prefer email? — erin@orbittransformation.com
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