Our Team

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Jarel Loveless, Founder/Lead Counsultant

With nearly 20 years of fundraising experience in the nonprofit sector, Jarel brings exceptional expertise to Harmonic Partners. He has consulted 60+ organizations with fundraising goals between $20k to $8 billion. As a fundraiser, his teams have raised more than $280 million during his career.

Jarel's extensive connections and deep knowledge within the performing arts community, combined with his background as a former performing musician, give him unique insight into the specific challenges facing performing arts nonprofits. This dual perspective allows him to develop tailored strategies that resonate with both organizations and their potential donors.

He currently serves on the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps board of directors and supports various nonprofits with pro bono work.

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Our Story

Born from a simple frustration.

After two decades working in nonprofit fundraising and leadership, one thing became impossible to ignore: arts organizations were consistently underserved by the fundraising consulting industry. The advice they received — when they could afford any at all — was built for hospitals, universities, and large social service agencies. It didn't account for volunteer boards that turn over every few years. It didn't account for grant dependency. It didn't account for the reality that most arts nonprofits are running on passion and a shoestring budget.

Harmonic Partners was founded to close that gap. Not with watered-down versions of what works for bigger institutions, but with a purpose-built approach that starts from the realities arts organizations actually face.

The arts community doesn’t lack generosity. It lacks the fundraising infrastructure to capture and sustain it.

We work with performing arts organizations, arts nonprofits, and booster clubs across the country — from community theaters and youth ensembles to established cultural institutions. Our Catalyst Framework gives every client a structured path from wherever they are today to a fundraising operation that can sustain their mission for years to come.

We believe professional fundraising guidance shouldn't be reserved for organizations with six-figure development budgets. If your work matters to your community, you deserve a real strategy — not a template.