Tailored Architecture for the Social Impact Ecosystem.
Whether you are leading an in-house fundraising team or a social-impact marketing agency, your challenge is the same: the high-stakes pressure to deliver results while maintaining systemic empathy. I bridge the gap between your mission and your operational reality.
For Nonprofits: Aligning development and marketing teams to turn vision into consistent revenue without burnout.
For Impact Agencies: Designing the internal capacity to scale your client impact while protecting your creative and account talent.
Fundraising and marketing are high-output functions. When momentum stalls, it is rarely a talent problem—it’s a design problem. Take 60 seconds to see if your bottleneck is a Clarity Gap, a Structural Ceiling, or a Capacity Limit.
Surfacing the "Silent No’s" in your fundraising strategy and aligning your leadership vision with your operational capacity.
Architecting resilient team structures specifically for the fast-paced cycles of marketing sprints and development campaigns.
Executing high-stakes organizational pivots and strategic partnerships that expand your mission’s reach.
My career has been defined by a singular focus: ensuring that bold visions are supported by the structural integrity they need to succeed. Throughout my tenure at leading social-impact agencies, including as a Partner at CCAH/MissionWired, I have operated at the high-stakes intersection of fundraising, marketing, and operational reality. I’ve seen firsthand that while passion fuels the mission, it is the underlying system—the "hardware"—that determines how far that mission can go.
I founded Brenna Holmes Advisory Consulting on the belief that Strategy and Culture are not two separate conversations. In the nonprofit and agency world, empathy is your greatest asset, but without a clear architecture, it can lead to systemic friction and burnout. I help leaders operationalize empathy by building Leadership Operating Systems that are as high-performing as they are human-centric.
I specialize in the unique pressure points of fundraising and marketing teams. Whether you are an in-house development department or a social-impact agency, I understand the need for systems that can handle rapid growth, complex pivots, and the constant demand for results. My goal is to design the internal capacity that carries the weight of your goals so your people don't have to.
I serve as a Strategic Architect for leaders who are ready to move from reactive "firefighting" to proactive, sustainable growth. By diagnosing your specific bottlenecks—be it a clarity gap, a structural ceiling, or a capacity limit—we co-create the blueprint for your next level of impact.
I’m here to help you build a system that works, so you can focus on the work that matters.