Sarabeth Janzen
Certified Professional Coach
20 years of nonprofit experience
15 years in fundraising leadership
Stanford, UC Berkeley, and IPEC trained
Health | Science | Education | Arts
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
Three Ways to Partner
with Sarabeth
Every engagement is built around your organization's unique fundraising challenges — not a packaged program or off-the-shelf curriculum. We meet you where you are, and build toward where you need to go.
1-ON-1 COACHING
Executive Coaching
For Executive Directors & Senior Leaders
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From reactive fundraising to a mission-driven revenue strategy — one-on-one coaching for nonprofit leaders who are ready to stop winging it and start raising with intention. Together, we'll strengthen your fundraising mindset, sharpen how you communicate with donors and boards, and build the leadership presence that turns good conversations into transformational gifts. This is not just strategy. It's the clarity, courage, and confidence that make the strategy work.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
A personal fundraising philosophy, a stronger donor voice, and a board
that knows how to follow your lead.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT
Board Training & Development
For Nonprofit Boards & Leadership Teams
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Your board is one of your most powerful — and most underutilized — fundraising assets. Through customized workshops and facilitated sessions, I help boards move from reluctant obligation to genuine championship. We tackle the real barriers: fear of asking, unclear roles, and a culture that treats fundraising as someone else's job. The result is a board that shows up energized, aligned around a shared vision, and ready to open doors you didn't know were available.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
A board that understands its fundraising role, embraces it willingly, and actively champions your mission to donors.
TEAM COACHING
Fundraiser & Team Development
For Development Directors & Teams
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Even the most talented fundraisers hit a ceiling — not from lack of skill, but from lack of structure, support, and belief. I partner with development directors and their teams to build both the technical competence and the inner resilience that high-pressure fundraising demands. We work on donor relationship strategy, communication frameworks, and the mindset shifts that separate good fundraisers from exceptional ones. Because when your team thrives, your mission does too.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
A development team that is confident, cohesive, and equipped to build authentic donor relationships that last.
BUILT FOR THIS WORK. PASSIONATE ABOUT YOURS.
Two decades of fundraising.
One clear mission.
Sarabeth Janzen, CPC
Certified Professional Coach
I bring 20 years of hands-on fundraising experience in health, science, education, and the arts — and a decade of certified coaching practice — to help nonprofit leaders raise revenue with purpose and confidence. I know from the inside what it feels like to carry a fundraising goal on your shoulders and wonder if the donors will show up. My coaching is built on that lived understanding, not a textbook.
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That experience is grounded in:
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20+ years in nonprofit administration
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15 years leading institutional fundraising in health, science, education, and the arts
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10+ years as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) — IPEC Trained
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Guest lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Advanced leadership training at Stanford GSB and the Regenesis Institute
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Certified Grief Counselor — because the emotional weight of this work is real
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Based in the SF Bay Area, serving nonprofits nationwide