Fundraising Stars:
Where ambitious fundraisers become revenue rockstars.
Small-group fundraising coaching
Fundraising Stars is a small, high-touch coaching circle for fundraisers who want consistent feedback, smart strategy, and weekly momentum.
✔️ Bring what you’re working on
✔️ Get expert edits and direction
✔️ and walk away each week ready to raise more money.
Great fundraisers aren’t born. They’re made.
Sharpened by real feedback. Strengthened by smart strategy.
Built through repetition, refinement, and someone brave enough to say, “This part? We can make it stronger.”
Isolation is expensive. Guessing costs money.
And trial-and-error is a luxury most nonprofits can’t afford.
Fundraising Stars exists because ambitious fundraisers deserve better.
You deserve expert eyes on your work before you hit send. You deserve a room that challenges you, champions you, and expects you to rise. Your growth matters. Your revenue matters.
And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
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Be honest. Is this you?
You’re staring at an appeal draft wondering, “Is this strong enough?” — and you don’t have anyone you trust to give real, strategic feedback before you hit send.
You’re juggling campaigns, events, donor meetings, and board expectations — but you don’t have a clear, prioritized plan for what will actually move revenue.
You’ve bought the 12-hour course with the “bonus portal”… and it’s still sitting there. Because you don’t have time to binge-watch lessons while your appeal deadline is breathing down your neck.
You don’t need more information. You need someone to look at your draft, tell you what’s weak, help you make it stronger — and a room of smart humans who’ve got your back while you do it.
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You’ve tried…
Hiring the “big name” consultant… only to be handed off after the contract was signed and left with generic advice that didn’t move the needle.
Sitting through free (or not-so-free) webinars packed with hype, buzzwords, and “3 secrets” — but no real feedback on your actual fundraising.
Buying the 12-hour course you fully intended to finish… except your campaign launched, your board needed slides, your donor meeting got moved up — and now it’s just another login you feel mildly guilty about.
None of it solved the real problem. Because the problem isn’t access to information. It’s access to expert eyes on your work — in real time.
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Imagine…
…hitting send on an appeal knowing it’s going to crush your revenue goals because each line has been reviewed, edited and sharpened.
…walking into your major donor meeting clear on the ask, confident in the strategy, and ready for the conversation.
…having a place every single week where you can say, “Here’s what I’m working on. What am I missing?” — and getting honest, strategic feedback that makes it better.
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Ditch the busywork.
Focus on what actually brings in money.
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Hit send without the stomach drop.
Your messaging is tight, strategic, and built to convert.
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Raise more without doing it alone.
Expert feedback. Real accountability. A room that makes you better.
Small GRoup Fundraising Coaching
You need a fundraising coach in your corner
Fundraising Stars is my small, high-touch weekly coaching circle for ambitious fundraisers who want expert eyes on their work and smart strategy in real time.
Every week, we meet live on Zoom and you bring what you’re actually working on — your appeal draft, your campaign plan, your major donor strategy, your event messaging, your stewardship challenges — and we make it stronger.
What’s inside:
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Weekly Coaching Calls
Every week at 10:15am CT
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Submit for review – even if you can’t join live.
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Private community
Just for members
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Access to resource library
All recordings, plus done-for-you templates and guides
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Seat in League’s live monthly 90-minute workshop
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40+ CFRE credit hours
Real coaching on your real work.
Inside this coaching circle:
You’ll refine live appeals before they go out the door.
You’ll strengthen major donor strategies before the meeting happens.
You’ll troubleshoot retention dips, event messaging, board dynamics, and campaign plans while there’s still time to improve the outcome.
You’ll discover what’s actually holding your fundraising back and you’ll replace it with sharper positioning, clearer strategy, and focused action.
What makes this different?
It’s real-time coaching on your real work.
I created Fundraising Stars because I saw too many talented fundraisers stuck in isolation — buying courses they didn’t have time to finish, hiring consultants they couldn’t access regularly, or trying to piece together strategy on their own.
your fundraising BFF!!
How it works:
Simple. Consistent.
Hands-on fundraising coaching.
Fundraising Stars is a live, weekly coaching circle.
This is not a pre-recorded course. It’s real-time coaching on the fundraising work you’re actively doing.
Investment:
$499/month
Recurring monthly membership
Cancel anytime
Bonuses!
Free seat to the League
Immediate access to the library of 12+ on demand workshops, templates, & guides
Plus 40+ hours of CFRE credit
Led by nonprofit fundraising expert Rachel Muir
When she was just 26 years old, Rachel Muir founded Girlstart, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls in math, science, engineering and technology.
She started Girlstart in the living room of her apartment with $500 and a credit card. Several years later she had raised over 10 million dollars and was featured on Oprah, CNN, and the Today show.
Her business cards didn’t say CEO or Executive Director. They read: Fearless Leader.
A winner of Oprah Winfrey’s Use Your Life award, Rachel is a three-time finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, was named “Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year” by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and one of Fast Company Magazines “Fast 50″ Champions of Innovation.
Rachel has been featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Fundraising Success, Fast Company, Glamour, and Texas Monthly. Her career includes leading an online fundraising consulting practice for a major software company and managing major gift portfolios for some of the country’s largest and most successful nonprofits. Rachel is a sought after fundraising speaker and keynote. In addition, she leads retreats and custom trainings to transform people into confident, successful fundraisers.
She has served on numerous boards – and has the T-shirts to prove it.
Rachel would one day like to have Michelle Obama’s arms, Kristin Wiig’s sense of humor and the nerve to talk like Amy Schumer.
Frequently Asked Questions
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While there are no refunds issued, you may cancel your monthly memberbship at anytime.
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Fundraising Stars weekly, hour-long coaching calls happen Wednesdays at 10:15 am CT / 11:15 am ET via zoom.
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The League monthly live 90 minute workshop are at 11 am CT / 12 noon ET the 4th Thursday of the month, excluding November and December which are the 3rd Thursday of the month.
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The pricing, access and log in is per person, not per organization. You can submit work to be reviewed if you cannot attend a session live, but you may not send another person to join in your absence.
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You can work with Rachel 1:1 in her VIP day service.
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You have access to the content as long as you are a member.
Is Fundraising Stars right for you?
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This IS for you if:
• You work for a nonprofit (fundraiser, ED, CEO, Marketing Director, Deputy Director, Communications Director, Volunteer or Board Member).
• You’re responsible for raising real revenue.
• You want expert feedback on your actual work.
• You want to be coached, challenged, and sharpened.
• You want to write better appeals and make smarter asks.
• You’re done trying to figure everything alone.
• You’re ready to implement and take action.
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This is NOT for:
• Fundraising consultants.
• People who aren’t comfortable receiving feedback.
• Anyone who wants hand-holding but doesn’t want to change anything.
Ready to stop going it alone?
Join Fundraising Stars and bring your real work to a coach who's seen it all.
Your first session is the start of your best fundraising year yet.
Wondering if Fundraising Stars is right for you? Talk it over with Rachel before singing up.