Supporting purpose-driven organisations to align fundraising, measurement, and communication for greater impact.

Hello!

We are a consulting firm based in Western Australia that supports nonprofits, social enterprises and purpose-driven organisations to deliver social impact.

Our work includes strengthening fundraising and philanthropy programs, measuring impact, and accelerating your sustainability strategy to drive systems-level change.

Our Theory of Change

When nonprofits align their strategy and purpose,
then they gain the tools to raise more funds, tell powerful stories, and grow their communities,
which leads to greater sustainability and doing more good.

Our Services

Helping our clients help their communities.

We support nonprofits and purpose-driven organisations to show and grow their impact — through clear strategy, compelling communications, practical fundraising support, and impact measurement. Our services include:

  • Fundraising and grant writing

  • Strategic planning, business planning and program-budget alignment

  • Case for support development and graphic design

  • Marketing and communications strategy (with a fundraising focus)

  • Theory of change and program logic development

  • Measuring and reporting your impact

  • Coaching and advisory support for nonprofit teams

How We Work

Like an in-house team — without the overhead.

At Align, we work alongside you as a trusted partner, offering the clarity, capacity, and expertise of an in-house strategist, fundraiser, or communications lead, without the need to manage payroll or hire more staff.

We are strategists, fundraisers, designers, and storytellers with a genuine love for what we do. We believe in our clients’ work, and that belief comes through in ours.

You can engage us for one-off projects or as ongoing support through a monthly retainer model — whatever best suits your goals and budget. 

Our Fundraising Approach

With a 3-step framework we can bring together all the components needed to maximise your impact.

We recommend beginning with the Align phase, but we're here to meet you wherever you are on your journey to raise more funds to address the societal complexities at the heart of your mission.

Align > Theory of Change and Fundraising Strategy

Measure > Impact measurement and evaluation

Communicate > Marketing, comms, PR and impact reporting

Make lasting impact by optimising your fundraising strategies and designing your roadmap to align your various routes to impact.

  • The first step in any impact journey is documenting the change you wish to see in the world. Your ambition. Your theory of change.

    Through our success in grant seeking, we experience time and time again that a theory of change is any social enterprise or nonprofits most important tool for raising funds and creating sustained impact. We can help with a coaching call or the full suite of working with you to design your theory of change.

    Designing and aligning your fundraising tools will set your organisation up to reach your short and longer-term goals, and help you write compelling cases for support, pitch decks, and grant applications.

Maximise funding through impact measurement using tools and frameworks that support compelling, data-driven storytelling.

  • Today, funders want to see evidence of outcomes and impact.

    Our expertise lies in designing impact measurement frameworks, surveys, and data collection plans to capture numbers and infuse evidence-based storytelling into your grant writing, case for support and donor communications.

    We design your meaurement to align with your strategic planning, and bring together your team, priorities, and rhythms around your ambition and approach.

    And if you need help with developing your strat plan, we can help create this as a living, breathing tool to drive alignment and action.

Nonprofits and impact enterprises need aligned and amplified communications and storytelling to achieve large-scale social change.

  • Effective fundraising communications are the keys to attracting funding. 

    Many organisations have a compelling mission and vision, but often, their exterior is lacklustre. Mixed messages, outdated websites, and confusing communication materials lead to missed opportunities.

    We can help with marketing and creative communication to increase engagement and donor conversions, and attract foundation grants and impact investment to drive greater social impact.

    It's about delivering the right message to the right people at the right time to drive the right results.

We are proud to work with a diverse array of nonprofits, changemakers, foundations, and purpose-driven businesses across Australia.

“Working with people who are aligned in terms of their dedication to meaningful causes is not only rewarding, but also inspiring.

Sarah’s engagement, knowledge and attention to detail really blew me away. Her expressive and articulate communications, allowed me to effectively communicate a complex and layered body of work to a diverse audience. I really appreciate the value that is added by a person of Sarah’s compassion and intellect.”

- Marite Norris, Artist and Director of Art Space Collective