Ministry
$30M capital campaign for an international ministry.
Led fundraising strategy, donor systems, and stewardship rhythms for a global ministry — guiding a multi-year, multi-million-dollar campaign and rebuilding the engine underneath it.
Stephen Bradley — Growth & Marketing Strategist
Growth is not a
mystery. It's a discipline.
Advising, fundraising, marketing, speaking — or just to say hi.
10+
Years leading growth
$150M+
Raised & campaigns influenced
40+
Organizations served
300+
Team members led
Introduction
I'm Stephen — an entrepreneur, strategist, and advisor. For over a decade I've sat alongside founders, executives, and ministry leaders working through the questions that matter most: where to go next, and how to actually get there.
My work moves across fundraising, marketing, operations, technology, and executive leadership — from a $30M capital campaign for an international ministry, to helping small-business franchise owners scale from $350K to $1.5M, to walking a major radio broadcast network through a merger, to advising families on philanthropy, generational wealth, and tax-efficient allocation. The thread through all of it: healthy organizations grow when mission, strategy, and systems move in the same direction.
Selected relationships
- International Ministries
- National Nonprofits
- Broadcast & Media Networks
- Pregnancy Center
- Sports Franchises
- Marketing & Fundraising Agencies
- Private Equity & Capital Partners
- High-Net-Worth Families
What I work on
A broad practice, by design.
Most growth problems don't live in a single department. They sit at the seams — between strategy and execution, between mission and money, between the org chart and the org's actual capacity.
- 01Executive Advising
- 02Fundraising Strategy
- 03Marketing Leadership
- 04Operational Systems
- 05CRM & Data
- 06Revenue Strategy
- 07Brand Positioning
- 08Acquisitions
What I'm building
A small collection of ventures & vehicles.
I try to eat my own cooking. Every venture below runs the same playbook I bring into client rooms.
01Strategic Advisory
AUSTEROM
A boutique advisory practice for founders, executives, and mission-driven organizations navigating growth, marketing, fundraising, and transitions.
Visit →02Operating Systems
TeamWork Operations
Fractional operations, systems, and CRM architecture for organizations that have outgrown their duct tape.
Visit →03Podcast
Done By Thursday
A conversation on leadership, work, and the decisions that shape organizations. Available on audio and YouTube.
Visit →04Investing
Private Equity & Capital
Selective capital and operator involvement in service businesses, franchise systems, and operator-led ventures.
A note on how I think
"Every organization already has a strategy. Most just haven't written it down."
Marketing can't fix broken systems. Technology can't replace relationships. And growth — the sustainable kind — never comes at the expense of the mission.
Read the philosophy →Voices from the rooms
What the leaders I work with say when the door closes.
Stephen sees the whole board. He doesn't just answer the question you asked — he tells you the better question you should be asking.
CEO
International Ministry
He's the rare advisor who has actually run the P&L, carried payroll, and sat with donors. That makes his counsel land differently.
Executive Director
National Nonprofit
Calm, direct, and unusually strategic. He shortened a two-year decision into a two-week clarity sprint.
Founder & Operator
Franchise Network
Done By Thursday
Conversations with leaders who have to decide.
A podcast on leadership, work, and the harder calls that quietly shape a team, a company, and a life — hosted by Stephen Bradley.
Selected engagements
A record of work across mission-driven organizations.
Franchise
17+ i9 Sports franchises — $350K to $1.5M.
Advised local franchise owners across the country on marketing, operations, and sales systems — helping one operator scale from $350K to $1.5M with 29% margins, and replicating the playbook nationally.
Broadcast & Media
Walked a major radio network through a merger.
Managed media buying, digital footprint, and giving conversion for broadcast ministries — and served as a strategic hand through a multi-station radio broadcast merger.
If you're weighing a decision