About Ashley Kasprzak
Experience, heart, and a genuine commitment to nonprofit work.
Ashley Kasprzak founded AK Consulting to help nonprofit leaders move important work forward with stronger funding, clearer plans, and practical support.
For more than 31 years, she has worked alongside people who are addressing complex community needs. Her career has included nonprofit leadership, fundraising, consulting, grant writing, teaching, training, and capacity building.
Ashley brings both strategic perspective and firsthand understanding of the demands nonprofit professionals face. She listens closely, speaks candidly, and stays focused on work that will be useful after the engagement ends.
A career devoted to mission-driven organizations
Leadership experience that connects strategy with real life
Ashley’s leadership roles have included Development Manager at UCHealth, Fund Development Manager at McKee Wellness Foundation, and Executive Director of TEAM Fort Collins. She also worked for JVA Consulting from 2000–2013, supporting a range of nonprofit organizations as a consultant, trainer, capacity builder, and grant writer.
Across her career, Ashley has helped raise more than $30 million. Her work has included donor development, funding research, grant proposals, fund development planning, capital campaign support, governance, organizational planning, and coaching nonprofit leaders through growth and change.
Her teaching background includes art history at Colorado State University as well as practical nonprofit and grant-writing training for professionals and community leaders.
Why the work matters
AK Consulting grew from Ashley’s belief in the power of social change and the people who make it possible. She values the opportunity to work with organizations of different sizes, missions, and stages of development because each one is carrying a responsibility to its community.
That sense of purpose shapes every engagement. The goal is not to hand over a generic plan or add more work to an already full plate. It is to understand what matters, bring useful experience to the table, and help people leave with greater clarity, confidence, and momentum.
Professional experience and standards
Trusted guidance for important nonprofit work
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Trusted leadership counsel
Executive coach and trusted advisor to nonprofit leaders navigating growth, change, and sustainability.
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Campaign momentum
Capital campaign support that helped a client exceed its fundraising goal while staying on schedule.
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Certified expertise
Certified Grant Professional (GPC) committed to excellence, ethics, and best practices.
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Professional assurance
Fully insured professional consultant.