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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Ania Colvin is a Principal Consultant delivering senior-level philanthropic advising to nonprofit and corporate clients across Chicago and St. Louis. She specializes in donor stewardship, major gift cultivation, and event strategy — from intimate ten-person Salons to five-hundred-guest Galas. Her practice runs on structured, milestone-driven engagement management: four-week Stewardship Blueprints, sixty-day Event Strategy Intensives, and bi-weekly retainer cadences, each built with clear deliverables, defined scope, and firm timelines from intake through completion.
EVENT EXPERIENCE
Ania designs and advises on fundraising and cultivation events across every scale — Salons, Cultivation events, and full Galas — treating each as a stewardship touchpoint rather than a standalone fundraiser. Her Event Strategy Intensive engagements cover event concept development, guest list and invitation tiering, run-of-show advisory, pre-event briefing materials, and post-event stewardship planning, ensuring every event connects to a longer donor relationship arc.
PHILANTHROPY BACKGROUND
With more than a decade in the field, Ania has built her advisory practice around the conviction that donor relationships — not one-off asks — drive sustainable fundraising results. She helps organizations build twelve-month touchpoint calendars, donor communications frameworks, and full pipeline mapping through her Stewardship Blueprint and Donor Engagement Retainer offerings, working closely with development staff and major gift officers to strengthen retention and deepen giving over time.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Structured, milestone-based engagements with defined scope, deliverables, and timelines — never open-ended hourly work.
Every engagement begins with a complimentary 30-minute intake call to align on goals and scope
Flat-fee and flat-monthly pricing model, positioning the practice at a senior boutique advisory level
Capacity intentionally limited to four concurrent retainer clients to protect engagement quality
Clear client journey pathway — Discovery Session through Donor Engagement Retainer — so organizations scale their advisory relationship as needs grow
