I'm Ajak Johnson.

I'm Ajak Johnson, a nonprofit consultant from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

For many people, starting or running a mission-based organization is one of the most valued chapters of their life.

I'm a nonprofit strategist based in Milwaukee, supporting mission-based organizations as they find or diversify their funding, build strong projects and programs that create measurable impact, and helping groups eliminate their biggest liability - opportunity cost - by doing the work that's been sitting on the back burner for a minute (or two, or three). I step into roles where leaders can achieve their dreams and goals knowing that there's another set of hands on the wheel to help steer.

I've handled projects of all shapes and sizes. Across my work, I've led both smaller rural NGOs and national organizations with dozens of staff. I've led trainings for two people and two-hundred, managed four figure budgets and six figure budgets, and led development operations that needed gas in the tank to get going.

I've also done the work that makes the work work - ironing the tablecloths before an event, turning your franken-spreadsheet into a CRM that makes your fundraising take off, or hitting the road to film a documentary halfway through shooting.

My numbers back up my work.

$80,000+

generated through grants, sponsorships, donor outreach, campaigns, and events

15+

programs and initiatives launched

1500+

participants served

$40,000

government grant secured for a program I authored and designed

300+

person event with initial budget of $400

140+

members, staff, and volunteers supported through organizational growth

I'm on a mission to use the time that I have in the world to help good causes do good. I believe that strong organizations replace heroics with systems, build repeatable practices, invest in the systems that make their work efficient, and take the leap on that idea that they've got that'll change the world. I'd love to be your partner on your next adventure.

Here for Good.