The person before the plan.

A New Gift is led by Valerie Mullen Pletcher, a philanthropy and nonprofit coach with decades of experience working with philanthropists, nonprofit organizations, and fundraising — integrating mission and development for the sake of the giver and the receiver.

At the heart of this work is a single conviction, rooted in God's promise through the prophet Ezekiel:

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” — Ezekiel 36:26

This is not self-improvement. It is interior renewal. From a renewed heart, generosity, witness, and service begin to overflow. Philanthropy, rightly ordered, becomes the fruit of a gift first received.

That conviction shapes the work.

For entrepreneurs and philanthropists, we help you discern how to share, invest, and steward resources in ways ordered toward the good of the other.

For fundraisers and development professionals, we honor the sacred trust of your work — helping you shape conversations, campaigns, and stewardship practices that respect the dignity of the mission, the beneficiary, and the benefactor.

For nonprofit leaders and board members, we help you build organizations where governance, mission, management, and generosity work in concert. The result is an organization that serves with integrity, becomes worthy of the trust placed in it, and ensures that those it serves receive what they need to thrive.