I’m Lance, a nonprofit strategy and fundraising consultant based in South Minneapolis.

I’m a former Director of Advancement with over a decade of nonprofit industry experience.

I focus on using data, narratives and strategy to help growing organizations fund social change.

Client Testimonials

“Lance has worked with us for two years, during which time he took us from having no donor plan or fundraising strategy to having a significant major donor program, well-trained staff, and a grant management system that integrates with our new database. During that time our annual  individual fundraising more than tripled, and is more diversified than ever.”

–Emily Hunt Turner, CEO of All Square

“Lance was incredibly patient and flexible while helping our organization to assess past fundraising performance, then select and implement a new fundraising CRM. He compiled and cleaned years of data spread across multiple platforms to move all of our fundraising data into one place, and he documented key processes and coached our team to ensure we had what we needed to keep the system moving forward. Lance also helped us build our first annual fundraising plan, and execute an end of year email campaign. He truly helped us to move forward, and I am thankful for his work with us.”

-Rodrick Fields, Operations Director at Southside Harm Reduction

“Lance served as a co-chair on my fundraising committee and helped me wade through mountains of donor data from different sources, prioritizing my donor outreach and keeping me prepared for specific phone calls. With Lance's help, our campaign raised over $250,000, surpassing our original fundraising goal! Lance was AWESOME on my mayoral campaign and I am so deeply grateful for the help he gave.”

-Sheila Nezhad, former candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis

“Lance has quickly become an integral member of Alight’s Marketing and Engagement Team, learning a complicated database quickly. He approaches challenges with an even eye towards understanding the historical reasons for the current state, and bringing in new ideas and perspectives. He takes ownership quickly and is very adept at problem solving and finding solutions.  

Lance's focus on strategy is invaluable, often outpacing where we're at as a team in terms of shifting and adopting. He's often one or two steps ahead, identifying guiding documentation and laying the groundwork for next steps.  

I appreciate Lance's insights and his ability to hold the strategic goals while also owning data maintenance and team training and support. Given where our data operations are at currently, his ability to hold the spectrum of needs is key for the team.”

-Kait Dougherty, Operations Manager, Marketing and Engagement at Alight

Contact Me

Let’s connect about how I can support your work.

Lance.witzig@gmail.com