Your fundraising partner
shouldn’t be a spreadsheet.
Raising money is personal. You’re sitting across from someone you respect, asking them to write a check. Most of us were never taught how to do that. We just got handed the job because nobody else would take it.
Ask, with Patience is a fundraising coach you can talk to anytime, that knows your donors, remembers every conversation, and helps you navigate the moments that make your stomach flip.
Let’s face it: when people ask children what they want to be when they grow up, no one says “I want to be a fundraiser!”
You’re here because you care about a mission. Maybe you’re an executive director who took on fundraising because there was no one else. Maybe you’ve been in development for years but still get a knot in your stomach before a big ask. Maybe you’re a board member who doesn’t know where to start.
The feeling is the same. You care deeply. And you wish someone would just tell you what to say, when to say it, and how to follow up.
I’ve been there. I became a fundraiser out of necessity, to support a mission I believed in. I started by hosting children who needed life-saving heart surgery, and one day found myself addressing 15,000 people at a Rotary convention. Along the way I learned something important: fundraising isn’t about being fearless. It’s about being brave enough to begin, and having someone in your corner when you’re not sure what to do next.
That’s what Ask, with Patience is built on.
– Mary Campo
Like having a colleague who already knows your situation, and never forgets a thing.
Tell Patience what’s on your plate: a donor meeting tomorrow, an appeal you need to write, a conversation you’ve been putting off. You’ll get specific, practical guidance for your donors, your organization, your challenge, right now.
Patience remembers every donor you mention.
Mention a donor once and Patience remembers from then on: giving history, how you know each other, what matters most, what you talked about last time. When you say “I’m meeting with Connie on Thursday,” Patience already knows who Connie is and helps you prepare. Like that colleague who always has the research ready five minutes after you mention an idea, except this one also remembers what Connie said about her grandchildren.
Your donor relationships are personal, and we treat them that way. Your data is encrypted, never shared, and never used to train AI models.
No forms. No learning curve. Just talk.
Describe your donors in your own words. Type or talk. Patience captures the details and plays them back to you before saving anything. You can browse and edit your records anytime, but the conversation is the heart of it. If you can talk about your work, you can use this.
Built on what actually works. Not theory.
The coaching behind Ask, with Patience comes from my methodology, developed over decades of fundraising across organizations of every size, from small nonprofits where a $1,000 gift was cause for celebration to nine-figure capital campaigns.
The principles are the same whether you’re raising $5,000 or $5 million. Build relationships first. Learn what your donors care about. Tell a story that makes them feel something. And when it’s time to ask, ask with confidence and with heart.
People give to people they trust, for causes they believe in, through relationships that matter. Patience puts all of that in your corner whenever you need it.
Fundraising doesn’t have to feel this hard.
If any of this sounds familiar (the anxiety before a meeting, the second-guessing after a conversation, the lying awake wondering if you said the wrong thing), then Ask, with Patience was built for you.
You don’t have to be slick. You don’t have to become someone you’re not. You just have to care enough to try and believe that what you’re doing matters. Patience is here to help you do the rest.
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