We Help Nonprofit Leaders Build Thriving and Sustainable Organizations
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Our Services
Facilitation
Build consensus, navigate conflicts, and get your team working more effectively toward common goals!
Strategic Planning
Fundraising
Who We Work With
Nonprofits providing direct services, such as healthcare, mental health, substance use and recovery, and senior care services
Animal welfare programs
School-based mental health programs
State and county-run programs
For-profit, mission-driven direct service organizations
Our Approach
to creating equitable, sustainable, and thriving organizations
Nonprofit sustainability is about more than income and balance sheets. It’s about setting goals, building consensus, raising money, and implementing plans. It’s in the big decisions and the day-to-day tasks.
Whether you’re crafting your organization’s first strategic plan or refreshing a stalled fundraising strategy, AE Criswell Consulting is committed to helping you build long-term sustainability for your organization.
We’re not about bandaid solutions. We know that one size does not fit all. We also know that organizations can improve with the proper support.
Together, we’ll map what’s working for your organization or program, what isn’t, and, most importantly, why. Then, we’ll empower you with the right tools at the correct times to achieve your long-term goals.
“I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: They all wanted validation… I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.”
~ The Oprah Winfrey Show, final episode.
Meet Ann E. Criswell
Your nonprofit strategist and fundraiser committed to equity, sustainability, and thriving organizations
About
Ann Criswell, CFRE, founded A.E. Criswell Consulting to help more nonprofit leaders chart effective and equitable paths to more significant impact.
With over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership and fundraising, Ann brings proven expertise, knowledge, and empathy to her work. She understands the power of intentionally balancing immediate results, long-term goals, and organizational culture.
Ann helps nonprofit organizations of every budget size tackle internal and external challenges by building authentic consensus, solid and aligned teams, and lasting capacity.
Ann E. Criswell