Critical Transitions
Learn more about Critical Transitions work on education to employment transitions
Services

Business & Funding Architecture
I help clarify how your mission, programs, costs, and revenue streams fit together. Together, we develop the interconnected business and funding models to support lasting impact.
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Clarifying your value proposition
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Mapping true costs and scenario modelling
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Designing a balanced funding portfolio
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Planning for risk and resilience

Funding Strategies
aligned to your model
I help you mobilise the right kinds of resources: the ones that fit your model, your stage, and your ambitions.
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Co-designing funding strategies aligned to your architecture
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Developing and prioritising a realistic funding pipeline
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Creating narratives and proposals tailored to your revenue sources

Capacity Building &
Embedded Support
I strengthen the internal systems and skills that allow your organisation to run its model confidently and independently.
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Lightweight development operations
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Mentoring for EDs, staff, and interns
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Transition planning to in-house capacity
Engagement Model
Map
We surface the interconnected elements of your organisation (mission, programs, costs, revenue, risks) and make them visible.
Design
Together, we build and refine the business and funding models that hold your mission, adjusting as we learn.
Deliver
We translate the model into strategy, systems, and capacity (and design myself out of the picture).
Who I Work With
Leaders building something important
I work with emerging and transitioning nonprofits and social ventures that are ready to move beyond short‑term fundraising and build the integrated business, financial, and operational systems that support responsible, long‑term growth.
More about Jill @ Critical Transitions, SAS
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Work at the systems level, not the fundraising‑tactics level
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Bring 20+ years of global, senior‑level experience in non-profit and social ventures
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Understand both funding AND organisational operations
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Design and refine business and funding architecture, not just strategies
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Responsible for raising €20M+ annually for several global organisations and across a mix of revenue streams
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Experience across 30+ countries
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Built and led in-person and remote teams of all sizes

