About Us
Creating a Justice-Driven Future
Through Strategy, Story, Capital, and PowerEnglish Hudson is a leading strategy and messaging firm that partners with organizations working at the frontlines of justice, equity, and systems change. We help mission-driven teams access, manage, and grow the capital – financial, narrative, digital, and relational – they need to build sustainable institutions and future-ready movements.
We’re rewriting the rules of sustainable impact.
We know that capital has long been unequally distributed, and that too many organizations led by and for communities of color are asked to do transformational work with transactional resources. We’re here to shift that dynamic, helping our clients align their values with their revenue models, deepen their fundraising strategy, and build the internal capacity to lead with clarity and confidence.
Digital presence isn't just important—it's decisive.
We've proven that when your digital strategy and storytelling align perfectly with your mission, you don't just attract supporters and funding, you become their partners. You don't just influence policy, you shape it.
150 Million Campaign
For the Largest National Faith-based Organizing Network
50 Million Campaign
For a National Social Justice Organization
30 Million Campaign
For a National Advocacy Coalition
15 Million Campaign
For a National Advocacy Organization
Our Track Record:
Delivering Results that Matter
Our Track Record: Delivering
Results that Matter
Revolutionary Funding Models
We engineer revenue strategies that withstand market volatility while staying rooted in mission and community. Our clients don’t just adapt to change—they anticipate and capitalize on it.
Strategic Capital Positioning
From prospect identification to grant acquisition to case development, we create funder-facing materials and strategies that showcase our clients’ vision with compelling passion and focus. Our goal isn’t to just tell your story—we seek to position you as the obvious choice to solve the problem(s).
Organizational Excellence
We connect money to meaning with precision, defining exactly what it takes to fund transformational work with complete integrity. Our clients grow without compromising their values because we’ve mastered the art of scaling revenue authentically.
Equity-Centered Fundraising Systems
We design comprehensive tools, messaging frameworks, and organizational processes that democratize fundraising across entire teams. Especially for BIPOC-led organizations, we neutralize bias and leverage power dynamics to create fundraising advantages.
Digital Dominance for Maximum Impact
We build content strategies, messaging architectures, and digital campaigns that don’t just amplify your work—they establish your organization as the definitive voice in your space. You don’t just participate in the digital public square—you lead it.
Working with English
Hudson is Unique
Working with English Hudson is Unique
We believe in sustainability without compromising what’s important. True sustainability comes from resourcing liberation on your terms. Our methodology ensures organizations achieve clarity, build powerful connections, and secure funding in ways that accelerate—rather than dilute—the future they’re creating.
Our clients don’t just survive in challenging funding environments—they thrive. They don’t just adapt to the landscape—they reshape it.
Ready to lead the sector instead of chasing it?
English Hudson transforms how justice-driven organizations think about power, resources, and impact. We’ve proven that when strategy, story, and capital work in perfect alignment, extraordinary change becomes inevitable.
Lynn English & Marlissa Hudson
Our Story
Founded in 2021 by Lynn English and Marlissa Hudson, we sought to change the face of philanthropic consulting and intentionally support organizations dedicated to working towards liberation for people of the global majority.
By recruiting talent from unexpected places—classical singers, poets, educators, academicians, and community organizers—we have built a team of people united by a commitment to solving problems and driving change.
Grounded in a racial justice framework, we cultivate trusting relationships with every client and work in partnership to meet each organization’s unique needs and goals.
We founded English Hudson because we saw three urgent gaps in the field:
- First, too many firms stopped at strategy—we wanted to build a practice that partnered deeply with clients to implement those strategies and move real work forward.
- Second, we saw a need for a firm that could genuinely represent Black, brown, and global majority communities—not just speak to them, but speak from them.
- And third, we knew the field needed more spaces that intentionally draw talent from diverse places, backgrounds, and lived experiences.
We care about these things because we believe justice, excellence, courage and freedom are not just values—they’re practices that ground every aspect of our work.
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Let's Shift the culture and face
of philanthropy together
Let's shift the culture
& face of philanthropy
together
Our work is about more than just securing funding—it’s about ensuring that social impact organizations have the power, influence, and resources to drive real, lasting change through connection.