As the CEO & Founder of Fundraising Beyond Borders, my mission is to help international nonprofits diversify their funding and build long-term financial sustainability through global donors. I have worked with dozens of international nonprofits, helping them shift from grant dependency to sustainable individual giving,
major gifts, and donor engagement strategies.
I understand the unique challenges international nonprofits face to tailor fundraising strategies that work for donors wanting to invest in international programs. Fundraising can feel overwhelming, especially when trying to build a sustainable donor pipeline. After co-founding my first nonprofit in 2014 and leading award-winning fundraising campaigns across East and Southern Africa, I know firsthand what it takes to build a nonprofit from the ground up and secure lasting funding. I believe in realistic fundraising goals, strategic donor engagement, and a customized approach, because every nonprofit is different, and your fundraising strategy should be too.
As the CEO & Founder of Fundraising Beyond Borders, my mission is to help international nonprofits diversify their funding and build long-term financial sustainability through global donors. I have worked with dozens of international nonprofits, helping them shift from grant dependency to sustainable individual giving, major gifts, and donor engagement strategies. I understand the unique challenges international nonprofits face to tailor fundraising strategies that work for donors wanting to invest in international programs.
Fundraising can feel overwhelming, especially when trying to build a sustainable donor pipeline. After co-founding my first nonprofit in 2014 and leading award-winning fundraising campaigns across East and Southern Africa, I know firsthand what it takes to build a nonprofit from the ground up and secure lasting funding.
I believe in realistic fundraising goals, strategic donor engagement, and a customized approach, because every nonprofit is different, and your fundraising strategy should be too.
Morgan Gross
CEO & FOUNDER
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Sjeel Haarhuis
Operations Manager & Fundraising Consultant
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Originally from the Netherlands, Sjeel Haarhuis has spent the past eight years living and working in Zambia, giving her a global perspective on fundraising and nonprofit operations. As Fundraising and Operations Manager at Fundraising Beyond Borders, she's the person who keeps everything running behind the scenes and is always happy to help when questions come up. She also supports nonprofits in creating seamless donor experiences through CRM management, digital strategy, and email marketing. Sjeel loves creating smart systems and practical processes that make fundraising feel simpler, more organized, and more human. Whether she's improving workflows at Fundraising Beyond Borders or working hands-on in a client's CRM, her goal is always the same: to help organizations spend less time wrestling with systems and more time building meaningful relationships with their donors. She's passionate about helping small to mid-sized nonprofits strengthen their fundraising strategies, improve their operations, and build sustainable systems that support long-term growth and greater impact.
Originally from the Netherlands, Sjeel Haarhuis has spent the past eight years living and working in Zambia, giving her a global perspective on fundraising and nonprofit operations. As Fundraising and Operations Manager at Fundraising Beyond Borders, she's the person who keeps everything running behind the scenes and is always happy to help when questions come up. She also supports nonprofits in creating seamless donor experiences through CRM management, digital strategy, and email marketing.
Sjeel loves creating smart systems and practical processes that make fundraising feel simpler, more organized, and more human. Whether she's improving workflows at Fundraising Beyond Borders or working hands-on in a client's CRM, her goal is always the same: to help organizations spend less time wrestling with systems and more time building meaningful relationships with their donors.
She's passionate about helping small to mid-sized nonprofits strengthen their fundraising strategies, improve their operations, and build sustainable systems that support long-term growth and greater impact.
Chelsey is dedicated to ensuring seamless collaboration and exceptional support for our clients and referral partners. With a background in nurturing relationships and building communities, she brings a unique blend of empathy and personalized care to her role. Born and raised in Southern Africa, Chelsey's passion for empowering others is rooted in her diverse experiences, including her work as a live-in carer and supporting children with disabilities. These roles honed her ability to understand and address diverse needs with patience and care, skills she now applies to foster strong relationships with international nonprofits. Chelsey regularly checks in with clients through thoughtful emails, ensuring their needs are met and celebrating their successes along the way. Her mission is to build strong relationships, keep communication flowing smoothly, and make every collaboration with FBB a positive and impactful experience. With her warm approach and commitment to delivering exceptional service, Chelsey is always ready to help our clients and partners achieve their fundraising goals and change lives globally.
Chelsey is dedicated to ensuring seamless collaboration and exceptional support for our clients and referral partners. With a background in nurturing relationships and building communities, she brings a unique blend of empathy and personalized care to her role.
Born and raised in Southern Africa,Chelsey's passion for empowering others is rooted in her diverse experiences, including her work as a live-in carer and supporting children with disabilities. These roles honed her ability to understand and address diverse needs with patience and care, skills she now applies to foster strong relationships with international nonprofits.
Chelsey regularly checks in with clients through thoughtful emails, ensuring their needs are met and celebrating their successes along the way. Her mission is to build strong relationships, keep communication flowing smoothly, and make every collaboration with FBB a positive and impactful experience.With her warm approach and commitment to delivering exceptional service, Chelsey is always ready to help our clients and partners achieve their fundraising goals and change lives globally.
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Chelsey Hinmers
Client & Partner Success Coordinator
She has 20+ years of cross-cultural leadership experience in Nonprofit Management with a specialization in both leadership and fundraising. Her early career was spent cultivating these skills in South Africa– partnering with funders and leaders across the world to support great impact on the ground. Since then, she has fine-tuned what she learned in her early years into Executive leadership that now supports nonprofit organizations in the States. Lindsay believes strong relationships are the backbone to both high-functioning teams and fundraising success and invests heavily in connection with the clients she works with. She brings these beliefs into her work by building strong networks, investing in good governance, and through honest, integrated organizational development and assessment. Her fundraising experience is vast and is comfortable working across various fundraising mediums including individual giving campaigns, strategic partnerships with government, grant writing and more.
She has 20+ years of cross-cultural leadership experience in Nonprofit Management with a specialization in both leadership and fundraising. Her early career was spent cultivating these skills in South Africa– partnering with funders and leaders across the world to support great impact on the ground. Since then, she has fine-tuned what she learned in her early years into Executive leadership that now supports nonprofit organizations in the States.
Lindsay believes strong relationships are the backbone to both high-functioning teams and fundraising success and invests heavily in connection with the clients she works with. She brings these beliefs into her work by building strong networks, investing in good governance, and through honest, integrated organizational development and assessment. Her fundraising experience is vast– she will not ask you to do anything she hasn’t already done herself– and is comfortable working across various fundraising mediums including individual giving campaigns, strategic partnerships with government, grant writing and more.
As many Executive Directors and Development Directors of mid sized nonprofits know, wearing many hats is part of the job– Lindsay comes with both experience and insight into juggling multiple tasks at the same time and ensuring outcomes with limited resources. There are so many opportunities out there and she is eager to help you find them.
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Lindsay Ngidiwe
Senior Fractional Fundraiser
Brittany Kruse is a passionate grant writer and nonprofit consultant dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations secure the funding they need to thrive. She specializes in aligning organizations with the right funding opportunities, crafting compelling grant applications, and managing post-award reporting to support long-term sustainability. Brittany is deeply committed to guiding nonprofits through the complexities of fundraising so they can focus on making a meaningful impact in their communities. With a background in the performing arts, education, and both business and project management, Brittany brings a unique blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and organizational expertise to the team. Her ability to navigate complex funding landscapes and develop tailored solutions makes her an invaluable asset to nonprofits seeking to maximize their reach and effectiveness.
Brittany Kruse is a passionate grant writer and nonprofit consultant dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations secure the funding they need to thrive. She specializes in aligning organizations with the right funding opportunities, crafting compelling grant applications, and managing post-award reporting to support long-term sustainability. Brittany is deeply committed to guiding nonprofits through the complexities of fundraising so they can focus on making a meaningful impact in their communities.
With a background in the performing arts, education, and both business and project management, Brittany brings a unique blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and organizational expertise to the team. Her ability to navigate complex funding landscapes and develop tailored solutions makes her an invaluable asset to nonprofits seeking to maximize their reach and effectiveness.
Brittany Kruse
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Grant Writer & Fundraising Coach
Shawn has spent the past decade assisting nonprofits and impact-focused organizations to share their stories and bring in needed resources for their amazing work. This has included leading fundraising and communications with Ubuntu Football in Cape Town for 8 years, being an Impact and Fundraising Consultant globally, designing websites for non-profits and foundations, and managing Session Leaders at the annual International Fundraising Congress (IFC). Shawn is passionate about giving individuals and organizations the tools they need to make a positive impact. He brings a unique blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and passion to every project he takes on. His roles have covered leading fundraising efforts, consulting on strategy, running fundraising training, managing diverse teams, and crafting engaging online communications. He has honed skills in community and relationship management, storytelling, design, and event organizing that drive meaningful results. He is excited to bring this expertise and enthusiasm to Fundraising Beyond Borders!
Shawn has spent the past decade assisting nonprofits and impact-focused organizations to share their stories and bring in needed resources for their amazing work. This has included leading fundraising and communications with Ubuntu Football in Cape Town for 8 years, being an Impact and Fundraising Consultant globally, designing websites for non-profits and foundations, and managing Session Leaders at the annual International Fundraising Congress (IFC). Shawn is passionate about giving individuals and organizations the tools they need to make a positive impact.
He brings a unique blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and passion to every project he takes on. His roles have covered leading fundraising efforts, consulting on strategy, running fundraising training, managing diverse teams, and crafting engaging online communications. He has honed skills in community and relationship management, storytelling, design, and event organizing that drive meaningful results. He is excited to bring this expertise and enthusiasm to Fundraising Beyond Borders!
Shawn Buck
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Fundraising Consultant
Shelby Schmidt is a dedicated nonprofit fundraising professional with over a decade of experience building strategic, sustainable development programs. She brings a creative and thoughtful, community-first approach to her work. Shelby has worked across a range of mission-driven organizations, from international nonprofits to grassroots initiatives. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to building strong systems that fuel long-term impact. After 10+ years in nonprofit development, Shelby is excited to bring her expertise to FBB and support nonprofits in scaling their fundraising efforts with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Through strategic advising, campaign planning, and donor engagement systems, she helps organizations move from vision to action, especially during moments of transition or growth.
Shelby Schmidt is a dedicated nonprofit fundraising professional with over a decade of experience building strategic, sustainable development programs. She brings a creative and thoughtful, community-first approach to her work. Shelby has worked across a range of mission-driven organizations, from international nonprofits to grassroots initiatives. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to building strong systems that fuel long-term impact.
After 10+ years in nonprofit development, Shelby is excited to bring her expertise to FBB and support nonprofits in scaling their fundraising efforts with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Through strategic advising, campaign planning, and donor engagement systems, she helps organizations move from vision to action, especially during moments of transition or growth.
Shelby Schmidt
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Fractional Fundraiser
Jacquelyn Didio has spent the last 15+ years working for and alongside nonprofits of all sizes. She has touched every aspect of nonprofit work—from programming to executive leadership; guiding organizations through growth and transition; to coaching teams and boards; and leading peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Her experience spans large, international nonprofits and small, community-based organizations across the country. A natural connector and bridge builder, Jacquelyn is passionate about helping people discover what inspires them and translating that into meaningful support. She loves fundraising not only as a way to fuel critical work, but also as an opportunity to bring people together around a shared purpose. Comfortable in the grey areas and energized by complex challenges, she thrives on helping organizations and individuals navigate crisis, uncover solutions and emerge stronger. Committed to socially responsible, equitable strategies, she brings curiosity, compassion and an entrepreneurial spirit to every partnership.
Jacquelyn Didio has spent the last 15+ years working for and alongside nonprofits of all sizes. She has touched every aspect of nonprofit work—from programming to executive leadership; guiding organizations through growth and transition; to coaching teams and boards; and leading peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Her experience spans large, international nonprofits and small, community-based organizations across the country.
A natural connector and bridge builder, Jacquelyn is passionate about helping people discover what inspires them and translating that into meaningful support. She loves fundraising not only as a way to fuel critical work, but also as an opportunity to bring people together around a shared purpose. Comfortable in the grey areas and energized by complex challenges, she thrives on helping organizations and individuals navigate crisis, uncover solutions and emerge stronger. Committed to socially responsible, equitable strategies, she brings curiosity, compassion and an entrepreneurial spirit to every partnership.
Jacquelin Didio
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Fractional Fundraiser
With nine years of fundraising experience and twelve years in digital marketing and business development, Sabine offers her clients extensive expertise and strategic insight into digital fundraising. She loves helping charity leaders increase their visibility to secure essential funding and build meaningful donor relationships to amplify their organization's impact. Sabine believes you don't need just a plan, you need someone who helps you execute it. As an independent Strategist and Mentor, she has worked with dozens of clients worldwide, supporting marketing and fundraising teams on numerous campaigns, many within the animal welfare and climate change sector. In her spare time, she volunteers for several women entrepreneur mentoring programmes in Argentina, the UK and Ireland. She's been a board member of her local French Institute since 2012. She's also the founder and president of "Les Petites Pousses de Rosario", a French heritage language non-profit.
With nine years of fundraising experience and twelve years in digital marketing and business development, Sabine offers her clients extensive expertise and strategic insight into digital fundraising. She loves helping charity leaders increase their visibility to secure essential funding and build meaningful donor relationships to amplify their organization's impact. Sabine believes you don't need just a plan, you need someone who helps you execute it. Sabine's early fundraising career started in London UK, where she worked for national nonprofits such as the National Maritime Museum and Cancer Research UK.
After leaving the UK, she spent a few years in Spain then moved to Argentina in 2010. She worked in the for-profit sector as a marketing and business development manager for an international company. Seven years later, she launched her own online consultancy business. As an independent Strategist and Mentor, she has worked with dozens of clients worldwide, supporting marketing and fundraising teams on numerous campaigns, many within the animal welfare and climate change sector.
In her spare time, she volunteers for several women entrepreneur mentoring programmes in Argentina, the UK and Ireland. She's been a board member of her local French Institute since 2012. She's also the founder and president of "Les Petites Pousses de Rosario", a French heritage language non-profit.
Sabine Panneau
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Fractional Fundraiser
The result is thoughtful, practical support rooted in real-world experience across borders.
Each team member brings a distinct area of expertise: from fundraising strategy and coaching to grants, donor engagement, and executive leadership support. This structure allows nonprofits to be paired with professionals who understand their specific needs, context, and geography.
The result is thoughtful, practical support rooted in real-world experience across borders.
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Morgan Gross
CEO & Founder
Sjeel Haarhuis
Operations Manager & Fundraising Consultant
Chelsey Hinmers
Client & Partner Success Coordinator
Lindsay Ngidiwe
Senior Fractional Fundraiser
Shawn Buck
Fundraising Consultant
Brittany Kruse
Grant Writer & Fundraising Coach
Shelby Schmidt
Fractional Fundraiser
Sabine Panneau
Fractional Fundraiser
Jacquelyn Didio
