Rhea Wong Consulting

Name: Rhea Wong Consulting
Address: New York, NY, US
Telephone: +19293240659

Home
United States
New York, NY
Rhea Wong Consulting

Call Website Contact the business

Feeling stuck on fundraising? 📈 Facing tricky staff or board management issues? I get it.

I'm Rhea, and I bring 15+ years of in-the-trenches nonprofit experience to help you find solutions and build momentum.

10/13/2026

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁.

In Episode 409 of Nonprofit Lowdown, SusanDeMarco of Brand K Partners walks through what every fundraiser should know about the finance side, including cash flow planning and getting finance and development on the same page.

Listen to the whole thing, then send it to your finance person. They’ll want to hear it too.
Link in the show notes.

10/08/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸!

Did you know your 501(c)(3) can engage in advocacy?

In Episode #405 of 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ny Whitaker about how nonprofits can build relationships with elected officials, use their influence, and advocate for the work they do.

Thank you Ny, for sharing your insights and reminding us that nonprofits have a voice, and that voice can make a real difference.

Listen to the episode now! Link in the comments

10/06/2026

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗭 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀?

Loved talking with Phil Putnam about Gen Z, what they care about, and what nonprofits need to rethink when it comes to engaging them.

One takeaway I loved:
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀.

Listen to Episode 407 of The Nonprofit Lowdown, link in the comments!

10/05/2026

Loved having Ben Smithee and Brad Duff-Hudkins from Nextafter on The Nonprofit Lowdown!

We talked about email, donor retention, and why your donors might be worth so much more than you think.
Want to learn how to build stronger donor relationships and make the most of your fundraising efforts? Tune in to this episode!

Listen to the full episode, link in the comments!

09/30/2026

𝗜 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗭 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.

I've said "kids these days." I've complained about being called bro.
Then Phil Putnam told me Gen Z is the most conscientious generation in the workforce. They're loyal to causes they feel personally connected to. And by 2035, they'll be 31% of the global workforce.

Most of our donor strategies were built for boomers, by boomers and Gen Xers.

On this week's Nonprofit Lowdown, Phil and I get into:
→ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗭 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 (𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘁: 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲)
→ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿
→ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁

Episode 407 is live. Link in comments

09/16/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?

It’s not just about the information you hear. It’s about the takeaways you can bring into your work and fundraising journey.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

Join us tomorrow and leave with ideas you can put into action.

👉 The link is in the comments below!

09/14/2026

Your board member says "𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱!" and then... crickets.
Same, Same.

Tomorrow I'm doing a live training exclusively for board members. Not for you. For them.

I'll say the things you've been swallowing at every board meeting for the last two years - kindly, but without flinching, because I don't have to see them at the holiday party.

Send me your board. I'll handle it.
Registration link in comments

09/08/2026

That "𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" in your database might not be a foundation at all.

𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 named her donor-advised fund the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Because she wanted a foundation. So she named it like one.
Which means somewhere in your CRM there's a "Smith Family Foundation" your team has been researching for 990s that don't exist.

Here's what actually separates them:
A private foundation has a board, governing documents, and a legal requirement to pay out 5% of assets every year.
A DAF has none of that. No board. No payout requirement. Much simpler to open. But the donor gives up control the moment the money goes in.
Same money.
Completely different rules for how you find it, credit it, and steward it. And a few mistakes in there can bite you hard - like sending a tax receipt for a DAF gift.

Liza spent 10 years as a frontline fundraiser and 7 more inside a major DAF institution deciding where charitable dollars went. She knows both sides of the table.

Listen to episode 404 of Nonprofit Lowdown, where I dive into DAFS and foundations.
Link in comments.

09/02/2026

I coded a $7,500 gift to Charles Schwab.
Not to Susan, the person who actually gave it.

In our database, Susan looked like she’d bought a gala ticket.
She wasn’t on my prospect list. No one was calling her.

For years, we treated a major donor like a $250 event attendee.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗥𝗠 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

You probably have a few “Susans” in your database, too.

This week’s podcast episode breaks down how to find them, including the 𝟰 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗔𝗙 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿
and why 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

🎧 Listen to this week’s episode. Link in the comments.

08/26/2026

"𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆."

That's what happens when a board has no system. And no board member is doing it.
Here's the thing nobody says out loud: your board thinks fundraising means solicitation. It doesn't. Solicitation is a sliver of the whole thing.

Your board can't be working class OR broke and useless. They can be working class AND deeply valuable, once they know where they fit.
Give them the framework. Give them a role. Watch them show up.

I'm breaking down the full system on a live training next week. September 3, 2026 at 2:30PM-3:30PM EST
link in bio to save your seat.

Address

New York, NY

Telephone

+19293240659

Website

http://rheawong.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Rhea Wong Consulting posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Rhea Wong Consulting:

Unique Model & Talent Network
Hudson Street

Want your business to be the top-listed business in New York?