Leadership gap. Revenue at risk.

Fractional CDO support when you cannot afford a long search.

If your development leader left, the worst outcome is drift. We step in with operator-level ownership to stabilize revenue and keep the team moving.

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With $425 billion in federal funding frozen or cancelled, one in three nonprofits disrupted, and 36% ending 2024 in deficit, this isn't a normal leadership transition. You need someone who's stabilized revenue under fire.

What you get in the first 30, 60, 90 days

Days 1 to 30

Revenue risk assessment and stabilization plan.
Team triage. Roles, priorities, and operating cadence.
Board-ready reporting. What is real, what is at risk, what changes next.

Days 31 to 60

Forecast discipline. Reforecast, assumptions, and accountability.
Fix the biggest leak. Retention, payment failure, recapture, or ops.
Cross-functional alignment with Finance, Data, Legal, HR, IT.

Days 61 to 90

System build. Repeatable processes and dashboards.
Team coaching and ownership transfer.
Clean handoff plan if you hire full-time leadership.

When fractional makes sense

You need senior leadership, but not a full-time hire yet.
You need to stabilize and then recruit from a position of strength.
You need someone who can run ops, people, and revenue systems.

Related services

Fractional Nonprofit Leadership Guide — Deep dive into fractional vs interim vs full-time models and how to evaluate what fits.
Leadership Transitions Guide — The complete playbook for managing CDO departures without revenue disruption.
Fractional Operations — When the gap is operational, not just development leadership.
Development Operations — Fix the systems that support revenue delivery.
Donor Retention — Stabilize the revenue you already have.

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Need more than a CDO?

If the challenge is cross-functional — revenue is down, finance is a mess, HR is in crisis — the GTG Network can deploy a coordinated team across multiple functions. Same shared history. Same day-one readiness. Meet the GTG Network →

Stabilize first. Then grow.

Book the call. We will determine whether fractional, interim, or project work fits.

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