Don’t leave your nonprofit’s impact and long-term sustainability to chance.

Daily, nonprofit leaders are called on to manage the balance between program impact and financial sustainability. They need a practical approach to planning and decision making they can use to weigh strategies, align resources, maximize impact, and plan for future growth.

Chose the OnPoint services that fit your needs

OnPoint Consulting’s practical approach includes:

Tools like Sustainability Maps, organizational life-stage assessments, and the Plan on a Page
Processes, including appreciative inquiry, operations benchmarking and financial analysis to help you plan for future growth
Fundraising planning and assessments to help you understand your revenue streams
Coaching for staff and board to build leadership skills and effective board governance- one-to-one or through our Table for 5 groups

Put our nonprofit and foundation expertise to work for your organization

Confidently develop and execute strategies that will take your organization to the next level of impact and operational sustainability

To reach your goals, you need to understand your organization’s unique strengths, challenges, and opportunities. One-size planning processes don’t work. That’s why we offer customized…

Build your fundraising and leadership skills by taking your seat at a Table for 5

Accelerate your organization’s work and your personal leadership and build your professional network. Our facilitated groups use a proven methodology that carefully matches new leaders with peers who want to achieve more…

Achieve greater impact and organizational alignment with executive and board coaching

Boards, staff leaders, and volunteers have different needs and expectations. It can be challenging to get everyone working toward the same goal. Accelerate your organization’s growth and impact through focused leadership coaching and training to increase board and staff engagement.

“Kathy has a wealth of nonprofit strategy and management knowledge, and has provided sound guidance as we plan for the future! Specifically, her skill in helping us move from theory and philosophy into actions, outputs, and outcomes has been invaluable. Her passion for supporting organization and financial sustainability shines through in all that she does, we are very lucky to have worked with Kathy and highly recommend her consulting services!”
-Jasmin Bradley, CEO, LGBT+ Spectrum of Findlay

Our Mission

“Nonprofit organizations exist to meet vital human needs. Nonprofit leaders and organizations have the capacity to change lives and improve communities. That’s why I want to help nonprofit leaders and boards do more.”

Katherine Kreuchauf is the President of OnPoint Philanthropic Consulting, where she focuses on advising non-profit leaders, organizations and boards. Because she has been a fundraiser, a board member, a community funder, and the leader of a nonprofit agency, she brings a fresh, practical perspective to your organization. Katherine can help you lead and assess your organization from all points of view.

Recent Articles

Success from the Start: Avoid costly mistakes and successfully launch your new nonprofit
Learn from these experts before you make costly mistakes at your startup nonprofit organization Resources Susan Kenny Stevens: Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity, Stagewise Enterprises, 2008 Michel Gelobter: Lean Startups for Social Change: The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015 Steve Zimmerman and Jeanne Bell: The Sustainability Mindset, Josey-Bass, 2015 Four Lean… Read more: Success from the Start: Avoid costly mistakes and successfully launch your new nonprofit
Five reasons you should join a mastermind group in 2022
A previous post discussed what a mastermind group is and does. This post explores why nonprofit leaders, fundraising professionals, and development staff can expect to gain from joining a facilitated mastermind group. Mastermind expert Karyn Greentstreet gave a great overview of the mastermind problem solving model in my OnPoint interview. There are five great reasons… Read more: Five reasons you should join a mastermind group in 2022
Four Reasons Successful Fundraisers Earn Advanced Designations
Have you considered pursuing an advanced designation and then wondered if they are worth the time and financial investment? There are several advanced designations and certificates that fundraising professionals can consider. The most common ones that I see for generalists are the CFRE, ACFRE, CAP, and certificates in fundraising, fundraising management, or executive leadership offered… Read more: Four Reasons Successful Fundraisers Earn Advanced Designations