KEA Canada
Helping you fund your mission and grow with confidence.
You’re not “bad at fundraising.” You’ve just been expected to do it without the right support.
Most nonprofit leaders and teams we work with feel the same things.
They know their work matters. They care deeply about their communities. And yet, when it comes to fundraising, they lack direction.
Too many leaders of small and growing organizations believe they have to figure it all out themselves. They don’t always realize that fund development is a specialized skill set that can change everything.
That’s where we come in.
When the mission is strong, but the funding isn’t.
Chasing grant after grant, and it's still not enough?
Struggling to cover the overhead that keeps everything running?
Asking donors again and again, but the support isn't coming through?
Stuck in a cash flow crunch that's holding your mission back?
We walk beside you, wherever you are in your journey.
Free Nonprofit Leaders Roundtable
Virtual one-hour interactive session to connect, learn, generate ideas and support each other.
Join Kathy Arney and fellow nonprofit leaders for an open conversation about the challenges you’re facing in today’s changing world. Share your experiences, hear how others are managing, and gain insights to help you lead with confidence through uncertain times.
Read the book: The Deep End
A Nonprofit Leader’s Journey from Financial Chaos to Clarity.
Explore how nonprofit leaders and organizations grow from instability and strain toward greater clarity, strength, and confidence. This book begins where many leaders begin: in the uncomfortable gap between commitment to the mission and confidence with the money.
Self-directed Learning
Grant Writing 101
Whether you’re new to grant applications or just looking for a refresher, navigate the world of grant writing and secure more funding for your initiatives in this 10-module, self-paced online course. This course is a clear step-by-step guide to help you identify, plan, prepare and submit grant applications/proposals.
The GROW Revenue Program
12-Week Cohort Program
Build your own fund development plan rooted in donor relationships. Built on the GROW Model, the program focuses on philanthropic revenue: individual giving, major gifts, grants, and lasting donor relationships. It combines self-paced lessons, live coaching, and peer learning so leaders can put a real strategy into action with confidence.
Workshops & Training
Explore 5 Signature Topics
In-person Keynotes (45-60 minutes) · Workshops · Board sessions · Webinars & Virtual Training.
Audiences describe her sessions as practical, fun, and quietly transformative. People leave with tools they use the next morning and a different way of thinking about what their work is worth that stays with them much longer.
Coaching, Consulting & Strategic Planning
KEA Canada designs and facilitates strategic planning processes that connect where an organization is headed with how it will be funded. Too often strategy and revenue are handled by different people, in different meetings, on different timelines. The result is a plan that inspires but never quite gets resourced. We facilitate planning that closes that gap, so every priority you set has a realistic funding pathway behind it.
Grants aren’t working the way they used to.
With more organizations chasing fewer dollars, grant funding feels like a lottery. And even when you win, the funding rarely covers what it actually costs to deliver your work, so overhead gets squeezed, your team runs on empty, and every year begins with worry.
There’s a better way.
KEA Canada walks beside you to build a fundraising plan rooted in donor relationships, one that covers your real costs, diversifies your revenue, and grows a culture of philanthropy that lasts. You’ll build it, learn it, and grow confident in it.
KEA Canada FAQs
What is KEA Canada?
KEA Canada is a capacity-building consultancy that helps nonprofit leaders fund their missions and grow with confidence. Founded by Kathy Arney in 2013 and based in Canmore, Alberta, KEA Canada provides fund development consulting, the GROW Revenue Program, self-directed learning, and speaking and training for nonprofit organizations.
Is KEA Canada a charity or a nonprofit?
Who is Kathy Arney?
Where does KEA Canada work?
KEA Canada works with organizations across Canada, the United States and beyond. The team is based in Canmore, Alberta, and most consulting, coaching, and training is delivered virtually, with in-person engagements, workshops, and speaking available by arrangement.
What kinds of organizations does KEA Canada work with?
KEA Canada works with nonprofits, registered charities, and impact-driven organizations of all sizes, from grassroots organizations building their first fundraising plan to established institutions running major campaigns. Most clients are led by Executive Directors and boards who know their mission matters but have never been shown how to fund it.
How much does it cost to work with KEA Canada?
KEA Canada is designed so organizations can start at any budget, including none. Our Nonprofit Leader Roundtable events and many of our resources are free. The Deep End, the book by our founder Kathy Arney and Gordon Holley of Humanity Financial (coming November 2026), teaches the foundations of our approach for the price of a paperback. Self-directed courses range from about $50 to $1,000. The GROW Revenue Program cost, our 12-week cohort, will be announced when registration opens. Ongoing support is scoped to fit your organization, with the flexibility to add project work as needed. Defined consulting engagements, such as strategic planning or a fund development assessment, are scoped individually, and most consulting clients invest $10,000 or more. Speaking and training fees vary by format, length, and audience; contact us for a quote. All prices are in Canadian dollars and subject to GST.
How do I start working with KEA Canada?
Start by booking a free introductory call. We will talk about where your organization is, what you are carrying, and which path fits best: a course, the GROW Revenue Program, consulting, or a free Nonprofit Leader Roundtable. If none of these is the right next step yet, we will tell you that too.
Explore KEA Canada Case Studies
From Summit Dreams to Sustainable Revenue: How the Alpine Club of Canada Transformed Fundraising
The Alpine Club of Canada is a nonprofit organization established in 1906 to promote mountaineering, foster a sense of adventure, and advocate for the protection of the alpine environment. Executive Director Carine Salvy registered for the RAP course to better...
How Canadian Food Focus Doubled a Key Annual Donation with the GROW Revenue Program
Please note that the 'Revenue Accelerator Program' (RAP) is now the GROW Revenue Program.Canadian Food Focus connects communities and organizations with the agricultural sector. With the help of the Revenue Accelerator Program, Penny Eaton, Managing Director,...
KEA Canada Brings A Fresh Perspective to Help Greenways Trail Alliance Meet Their $9.6M Fundraising Goal
At a glance: 25-km paved multi-use family-oriented trail connects the communities of Invermere and Fairmont Hot Springs 17 benches, 25 KM marker flagstones, 3 washroom facilities and 2 trailhead kiosks honour donors and their legacies along the way $9.6 million in...
Land Acknowledgement
The KEA Canada team is thankful for the opportunity to create, collaborate, play and work on the lands known today as Canada. We recognize that these lands are home to the enduring presence of all First Nations and Métis people, and the Inuit.
We acknowledge that KEA Canada's home office in Canmore is in the area traditionally known as “Chuwapchipchiyan Kudi Bi” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “shooting at the willows”) and the traditional Treaty 7 territory of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation, and Goodstoney First Nation – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is also home to the Rocky View Métis District within the Battle River Territory (District 4).
We are grateful for the meaningful relationships that we are forging with Indigenous communities across this land that we know today as Canada as we work towards truth and reconciliation in all that we do today and every day.
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New book, The Deep End, coming November 2026