Rooted in liberatory, interdependent values.
Always resourcing grassroots people power. 

30:1

average ROI for core Hollerin’ Up fundraising clients—majority queer, women-and-gnc-led, multi-entity, with a multiracial, cross-class orientation

1000s

of hours logged as a remote manager to C-suite leaders, middle managers, and up-and-coming staffers, with roles spanning compliance, finance, fundraising, team culture, comms, programs, political, and more

$250K-
$18M

multi-stakeholder budgets successfully managed—locally and nationally

$75M

leveraged for progressive movements over the last decade

12+

successful executive transitions assisted

$1.4M

moved to grassroots groups in the South as a donor advisor

32+

in-person team retreats facilitated and supported

100+

person unionized staff grown from a group of 9 volunteers

2000+

monthly donors built in <1 year for a national climate group, securing $1.2M/year in sustainable income on $16 avg. contribution

$10M

personally secured in a single major gifts meeting

200+

decentralized chapters supported with financial assistance, grassroots fundraising coaching, & compliance support at a national org

The secret sauce behind the numbers?

Cultivating highly aligned, mutually-supportive teams who don’t stop at thinking, ‘Who are we to dream this dream?’

Testimonials

  • Nisa Ihsan Dang, Resource Mobilization Director @ Momentum Community

    Our organization has been in a period of transition, and my department specifically has been overhauling our systems while trying to raise money and navigate an increasingly volatile terrain. Funders are more risk-adverse, and work like ours is coming under a microscope. It's enough to cause anyone to panic, but Erin's still hand has helped to guide us. I'm coming away from 15 months of hands-on support with more confidence in my abilities and instincts, with toolkits and resources for projects that I can implement in the future, and a clearer vision of where I want to go next.

  • Jessie Skaggs, Development Director, Common Ground Kentucky

    “Erin is worth her weight in gold. She has been an incredible source of support, guidance, and capacity this year. With her support, we've created good systems and infrastructure that helped us meet (and exceed) our goals. I have a better understanding of my own processes and how I want to grow into my own leadership in this role.”

  • Katharine Wilkinson, Co-founder & Executive Director @ The All We Can Save Project

    Erin has range. She is uniquely adept at bridging and blending—strategy with soul, heart with heavy lifting, precision with effervescent possibility. I trust her read on damn near everything.

  • Meghan Rouse, Executive Director @ Bluegrass Forward

    “A partner of ours was significantly struggling with the designing systems to appropriately fundraise and steward donors. There had been turnover on staff and really a lack of systematic tracking. Erin was sought to help coach this organization and provide its staff with the confidence and skills to reinvigorate their donor list. You don't know what you don't know. Having a third party coach gives you accountability and a second set of eyes. Erin is so positive and has a crystal clear understanding of the fundraising landscape — it is easy to feel both motivated and challenged by her.”

  • Amanda Saich, Executive Director @ Momentum Community

    “Erin has tremendous skill and craft towards the big picture of designing effective strategy and narrative, while also creating diligent systems for tracking, execution, and the day to day. She brings an eye towards sustainability, long term power building, and how to speak to donors in a people-centered way that was invaluable to our organization at this moment of growth. She also holds a unique lens as both an organizer, organizational leader, and fundraiser. This blend of expertise allows her to make diligent assessments across multiple landscapes and provides insights that hugely informed the direction of both our fundraising and organization.”

  • Jardana Peacock, Director of Development @ Code2040

    As someone with 15 years of movement fundraising experience, I needed someone I could trust to challenge me and grow me at a pivotal moment in my work at a new org. Erin was that person! She showed up with rigor, confidence and skill. She has vision and follow through and shares generously her comprehensive and smart understanding of what movements need in this current landscape.

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