About Flicker Consulting
Flicker Consulting helps mission-driven organizations raise funds, clarify strategy, and build practical systems for what comes next.
Founded by Gillia Bakie, Flicker partners with nonprofits, philanthropic organizations, and community-centered initiatives navigating growth, transition, funding opportunities, campaign planning, organizational change, and responsible AI adoption.
Gillia Bakie is the founder and principal consultant of Flicker Consulting. She brings senior-level fundraising leadership, complex grant writing experience, strategic planning expertise, and practical AI implementation support to organizations working for more just, joyful, and resilient communities.
Gillia has supported organizations across education, youth development, healthcare, advocacy, animal welfare, civic engagement, community development, and systems-change work. Her consulting practice includes fundraising strategy, interim development leadership, institutional giving, campaign readiness, donor communications, board and staff facilitation, and responsible AI adoption.
Before founding Flicker Consulting, Gillia served in nonprofit development leadership roles, including Director of Development at Washington State Charter Schools Association. Her experience includes building fundraising systems, managing donor relationships, developing major proposals, supporting campaigns, and helping organizations communicate complex work clearly and compellingly.
How Flicker Works
Flicker Consulting combines strategy, writing, facilitation, and implementation.
That means engagements are not limited to recommendations that sit on a shelf. Flicker helps teams name priorities, make decisions, develop materials, build systems, and move work forward.
Across projects, Gillia brings:
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Senior fundraising strategy and development leadership
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Strong writing for grants, campaigns, reports, and donor communications
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Practical planning and facilitation for teams navigating change
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A relationship-centered approach to fundraising and donor engagement
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Responsible AI support grounded in nonprofit judgment, privacy, and organizational values
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Clear next steps that match the organization’s capacity and context
Flicker’s approach is collaborative, direct, and grounded. The goal is to help organizations move from complexity to clarity, and from clarity to action.
Who Flicker Works With
Flicker Consulting works with organizations that are ready to strengthen their fundraising, clarify their strategy, or build better systems for the work ahead, specializing in emerging organizations and organizations in transition.
Clients often come to Flicker when they are:
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Preparing for a campaign or major funding opportunity
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Navigating a development leadership transition
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Building or rebuilding fundraising systems
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Seeking complex grant or institutional fundraising support
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Aligning board and staff around strategy
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Launching a new program or initiative
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Exploring responsible AI adoption
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Facing capacity constraints while trying to keep important work moving
Flicker is especially well-suited for organizations that need experienced thinking, strong writing, and practical implementation support — without adding a full-time senior staff role.
Values
Flicker Consulting is rooted in partnership, clarity, trust, and respect for the people doing hard work in complex systems.
The work is guided by a commitment to:
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Mission-aligned strategy
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Honest and useful communication
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Sustainable fundraising practices
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Equity-centered and community-informed work
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Community-centric fundraising
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Asset-based assessment and strategy
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Practical tools that strengthen, rather than replace, human relationships
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Thoughtful adoption of technology in service of people and mission
Flicker works best with partners who value collaboration, candor, clear thinking, and forward movement.