Burnout is the baseline
Your best people are running on fumes, wearing six hats and still apologizing for the seventh.
Strategy · Technology · Fundraising
Transform your orbit
A consultancy for arts & nonprofit leaders who are ready to stop spinning and start navigating. We help you align mission, money, and machinery — so your organization can finally pick up speed.
20+ years in the field
8 years in arts & culture
Fundraiser DNA
Passion isn't enough.
You didn't sign up to fight the same fires every quarter. But somewhere between the mission and the spreadsheet, the gravity got heavy. Sound familiar?
The fundraising never stops
Hit the goal, exhale for a day, then start the next campaign from zero. The treadmill has no off switch.
Budgets are painfully tight
Every dollar is already spoken for. "Invest to grow" sounds great until you see the bank balance.
The tech is aging out
Spreadsheets held together with hope, a CRM nobody trusts, and data scattered across nine logins.
None of this means you're failing. It means you've outgrown the way you've been working. There's a better orbit — and a way to reach it.
The shift
Welcome to mission control.
Imagine a clear view of every system at once — your strategy, your tools, your donors — on one console, with someone beside you who's flown this route before. That's the work. We don't just hand you a report and wave goodbye. We sit at the controls with you until the trajectory holds.
- A flight plan tied to your mission, not a template
- Technology that earns its keep — and that your team will actually use
- Fundraising built to compound, not just survive the quarter
- A partner who speaks board, budget, and back-office fluently
Four ways to change your trajectory
Start with one, or chart the full course. Each engagement is sized to where you are right now — and built to leave your team stronger than it found them.
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Orbit Audit
Diagnose & map
A full-systems scan of where you are. We chart your strategy, tech stack, and fundraising health, then hand you a prioritized flight plan with the highest-leverage moves up top.
- Strategy & operations review
- Technology & data assessment
- Prioritized roadmap
02
Fundraising Finds
Uncover hidden revenue
The money you're leaving on the table — lapsed donors, untapped grants, under-asked majors, leaky pipelines. We surface the opportunities and the plan to capture them.
- Donor & pipeline analysis
- Grant & revenue opportunity scan
- Quick-win action list
03
Transformation Time
Hands-on change
The deep work. We embed alongside your team to rebuild systems, modernize technology, and reset how the work gets done — change that sticks long after we've gone.
- Systems & tech implementation
- Team enablement & training
- Change management support
04
Fundraising Campaign Planning
Launch with a plan
Capital campaign, year-end push, or a bold new initiative — we architect the strategy, case for support, timeline, and goals so you launch from a position of strength.
- Campaign strategy & case
- Goal-setting & feasibility
- Timeline & team roles
ELK
20+
years
At the controls
Meet Erin Lively Koppel
Some people learn fundraising. Erin has it in her DNA.
Over 20+ years — eight of them deep in nonprofit arts & culture — Erin has sat in nearly every seat: the late-night grant write, the nervous board meeting, the make-or-break year-end ask. She's seen what stalls great organizations, and she's seen what finally gets them moving.
She founded Orbit Transformation for the leaders she kept meeting: brilliant, mission-driven, and exhausted by systems that were quietly working against them. Her approach is warm but unsentimental — she'll celebrate your mission and tell you the truth about your pipeline in the same breath.
"I don't want to be the consultant who leaves you with a binder. I want to leave you with momentum — and a team that knows exactly how to keep it."Connect with Erin on LinkedIn
Momentum you can measure
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Years of fundraising experience
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In nonprofit arts & culture
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Systems aligned: strategy, tech & fundraising
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Focused on mission-driven organizations
What partners say
Ready when you are
Let's plot the course.
One conversation — no binder, no pressure. Tell us where you're stuck and we'll tell you, honestly, whether we can help and how. If we're not the right fit, we'll point you to who is.
- A 30-minute call with Erin
- A read on your biggest opportunity
- Zero obligation, total candor
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