Working with Foundations

Gratitude, honored
before the ask.

Advisory work that elevates grateful patient programs from a thank-you tactic into a continuation of care.

When gratitude is honored before the ask, philanthropy stops feeling like a transaction and begins to feel like a continuation of care. Kathleen has spent twenty-five years on both sides of that moment — at the bedside where the gratitude begins, and at the table where it is asked for.

This work is for healthcare foundation and philanthropy leadership: CDOs, foundation presidents, grateful-patient program directors. Not nonprofits generally. Not generic organizational consulting.

CFRE
certified fund raising executive
25+
years in healthcare philanthropy
$100M+
raised · academic and healthcare
An engagement includes

A scope, not a philosophy
alone.

Program assessment

Where gratitude currently lives in the donor journey — and where it is only a thank-you note.

Clinician partnership

Design that lets physicians and nurses participate without turning care into a pipeline.

Gratitude-first journeys

Donor experiences that honor the moment of care before any ask is made.

Staff training

Presence, not pressure. Listening that makes philanthropy feel like a continuation of care.

Leadership advisory

CDO and foundation-president counsel on culture, alignment, and the long work of trust.

A named framework

Gratitude as a Strategy for Philanthropy — Kathleen's framework, and the bridge to her speaking.

Begin

If gratitude is ready to become
strategy.

Thirty minutes with a CDO, a president, or a program director. No deck required.

Request a 30-minute conversation