Build a major donor program your nonprofit can actually sustain, no matter your size.
Fund Camp is a hands-on, major donor fundraising training program for small and mid-sized nonprofits. Your team gets expert coaching, real-world practice, donor messaging support, and stronger systems so you can confidently build relationships and ask for bigger gifts.
Three months. Up to three team members. Three organizations per cohort.
What You’ll Build at Fund Camp
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Confidence In Major Gift Asks
Practice donor conversations with experienced coaches before the stakes are high.
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A Plan To Grow Donor Revenue
Identify which supporters have greater giving potential and how to cultivate them.
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A Major Donor System That Works
Build practical ways to track relationships, next steps, and donor follow-up.
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Messages That Move Donors To Act
Get hands-on help creating messaging that sounds like your organization.
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A More Capable Fundraising Team
Build skills across the staff and board instead of leaving fundraising to one person.
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A Strategy You Can Keep Using
Leave with tools, habits, and systems your org can continue long after Fund Camp ends.
Why Fund Camp?
Most fundraising training tells you what to do.
Fund Camp helps you do it.
You’ll work with experienced fundraisers on the donors, messaging, systems, and challenges your organization is dealing with right now. You’ll practice what you’re learning with coaches and peers, receiving feedback and accountability along the way.
Small cohorts. Personalized support. Real fundraising work.
Fund Camp is built for small- to midsize nonprofit teams that are ready to grow beyond grants.
Fund Camp could be a great fit for you if:
Your organization depends heavily on grants and wants to build individual giving.
You have loyal donors but suspect some could give significantly more.
Your staff knows fundraising matters, but nobody feels fully confident making major gift asks.
Your donor information, follow-up, or relationship tracking lives in too many spreadsheets and inboxes.
Your board wants fundraising results but needs clearer roles and better tools.
You’ve learned a lot on your own and are ready for expert feedback on what you’re already doing.
Need to make the case internally?
See what’s included, pricing, and the potential ROI
We believe successful training programs have three key elements: you learn from experts AND your peers, you get ample time to practice, and there’s fun(d) to be had.
Fund Camp has all three!
Why We Do This
Small nonprofits shouldn’t have to stay small because fundraising expertise is out of reach.
Major donor fundraising is one of the most powerful ways to build sustainable revenue, but too many nonprofit teams are expected to figure it out through trial and error.
We built Fund Camp so smaller organizations can access the kind of fundraising strategy, coaching, systems, and practice that are often reserved for organizations with large development departments.
Fund Camp is a program of Whitson Strategies.
Beka founded Whitson Strategies in 2018 and has since coached staff and board members at more than 30 nonprofit organizations. Together, Beka and Moe bring a combined 35 years of fundraising experience to Fund Camp.
What nonprofit leaders say about working with Beka and Moe
Fund Camp is new. Our experience helping nonprofits raise more money isn’t.
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Working with Beka and Moe has been invaluable to my organization. They have helped us professionalize our donor outreach and relationships, develop robust funder updates, work with large and small donors, update our networking practices, and so much more. We increased our end-of-year giving by almost 7 times (in one year) thanks to them.
Chloe Maxmin, Dirtroad Organizing
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I count myself lucky that we've had the honor of working with Moe for over three years! I have learned so much from her approach to donor engagement, campaign management, and event design. Her work has directly translated to surpassing all our fundraising goals, with more dollars donated and average gift sizes increasing. Her supportive style — whether coaching, data management, or content generation — I cannot recommend enough.
Betsy Dittenber, Chaffee County Community Foundation
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Beka brought deep fundraising expertise and strategic clarity at a time when we really needed it. She helped us develop a thoughtful fundraising strategy, maintain momentum with key donors, and coached and supported me. Her guidance helped us strengthen relationships, build trust with our donor network, and deepen our capacity to sustain and grow our work.
Robyn Paulekas, Keep It Colorado
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I've had the privilege of working with Beka for the past 2 years. Her coaching transformed my approach to fundraising by helping me build authentic donor relationships, navigate an evolving philanthropic landscape, and confidently make meaningful asks. As a result, I've become a more strategic fundraiser, strengthened donor engagement, increased fundraising success, and developed skills that will benefit my career for years to come.
Sean Cortes, Environmental Learning for Kids
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![Jessica Downing headshot]()
I worked with Moe during a transitional period for our organization. She effectively helped us engage new donors and set us up with tools and structure that we needed -- and are still using today.
Jessica Downing, Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
