Major funders want meaningful data. Individual donors want compelling success stories.

Nonprofit executives are being pulled in so many directions.

Christina M. Santos Consulting assists nonprofit and mission-driven organizations in communicating with stakeholders, measuring success, and executing critical projects that you, as a busy nonprofit executive, just don’t have one more minute to handle!

Every day, you’re serving organizational constituents, overseeing dynamic programs, directing effective development efforts, and building meaningful stakeholder relationships.

Have you been moving projects from one to-do list to another for weeks, months, or—let’s face it—years?

With more than 20 years’ experience working for and with nationally-recognized nonprofit organizations and grant-funded programs, Christina M. Santos Consulting is poised to jump in to lighten the workload.

COMMUNICATIONS:

Brand strategy
Social media management
Newsletter and report writing
Copywriting for online and print publications

MEASUREMENT:

Data and evaluation frameworks
Technical assistance for database development and implementation
Staff training and support to build a data-driven culture

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Conference/ large meeting planning and coordination
Special event coordination
Project management

Your voicemail is full. Half the emails you received today are marked urgent. And your development team is stretched way too thin.

Between Board recruitment, staff emergencies, and cultivating funders, you’ve got your hands full.

Do you ever wish you had a trusted advisor by your side to lighten the load?

That's where I come in!

I'm Christina Santos

And I work with small, medium, and growing nonprofits to communicate with stakeholders, measure your success, and manage those projects you keep moving from one week’s to-do list to the next!

I partner with senior nonprofit leaders to create compelling success stories to share with your supporters; overhaul your evaluation systems so you can satisfy major funders; and take the lead on special projects that you just don’t have the budget to staff with a full-time person.

With a “whatever it takes” approach and a “bring it on” attitude, I collaborate with you, your staff and your Board to streamline systems, create communications strategies, and complete those projects that just keep getting pushed down your list of priorities.

With more than 20 years’ experience at nationally recognized nonprofit-organizations and grant-funded programs, first as program staff and later as a senior administrator, my work is driven by MISSION.

When I work with you, your mission becomes my mission.

As the first person in my family to graduate from college (and later to earn a master’s degree), access to opportunity and equity in our society are my core values. I spent more than 15 years working full time at organizations serving low-income populations, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and those historically marginalized by American society. Since 2020, I’ve supported nonprofit organizations working in education, food instability, and the arts.

The communities served by our organizations deserve excellence and respect. My work reflects those beliefs.

My work is characterized by incredibly high standards, impeccable attention to detail, and the kind of direct communication that comes naturally to a woman born and raised in Philly.

Bottom line: I get things done so that we can make our communities just a little bit better each day.

And I know you could use a partner like that.

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Get to know Christina

Christina earned her bachelor's degree in English from Rosemont College. She has a lifelong love of reading and writing. She prides herself on being a grammar nerd and is a fierce proponent of the Oxford comma.
Christina earned a Master of Science in Education degree in Higher Education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Christina was the first to hold the position of Coordinator of Penn GSE's Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management, the first program of its kind in the education field. Because there was no roadmap for this role, Christina was the architect of the suite of support and administrative services provided to program constituents, including students and faculty.
In her leadership roles at Philadelphia Futures between 2006 and 2017, Christina
- was a key member of the senior management team that set the vision for the organization and designed and implemented the programs that brought that vision to life.
- led the organization’s nationally-recognized, holistic approach to its college retention services— increasing Philadelphia Futures’ college graduation rate by 20 percentage points. She established and maintained ground-breaking partnerships with top colleges and universities which connected students with the financial resources and services neccesary for college success.
- played a major role in the development of the organization’s Theory of Change and evaluation framework— took the lead on the design and construction of the database needed to track the relevant data; and crafted and led the accompanying staff training and support.
- worked closely with the Executive Director on all major projects and activities including the organization’s annual conferences, annual fundraising event, donor cultivation events, etc.
- contributed to grant proposals, reports, publications, and social media.
- ate more pizza and soft pretzels than she can count.
As Director of the Charles E. Ellis Trust for Girls, Christina administered a $45 million trust, overseeing the distribution of over $1.5 million in grants annually. In her role, Christina coordinated the interests of the Trust’s Advisory Committee, partner organizations, including the School District of Philadelphia and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and most important, the young women who received grants from the Trust.
Christina is a fifth-generation Philadelphian. She thinks Stock's pound cake makes the perfect breakfast and that there's no better way to spend a spring evening than watching the Phillies win at Citizens Bank Park.