Some of L’Etoile’s clients include:

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Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski Miami, FL

"Marilyn Blanchette is the consummate professional who knows and loves the Church. Her keen insight and counsel helped me establish and foster life-long relationships with those who can best help advance our mission. With every client she serves, Marilyn is helping our Church become self-sustaining, building processes modeled after best practices from higher education. She is "teaching us to fish" and her contribution to the Church will leave a lasting impression."

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Tashina Banks Rama Executive Vice President,
Maȟpíya Luta, Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge Reservation SD

L’Etoile Development is a truly exceptional nonprofit consulting firm. When we first engaged with  Marilyn Blanchette, L’Etoile’s president, she impressed us with her deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and her unwavering commitment to our work here on the Pine Ridge Reservation.   

Our organization was facing numerous challenges, from fundraising struggles to program inefficiencies. L’Etoile worked closely with our Board and staff helping us navigate through complex issues and identify innovative solutions.

Thanks to L’Etoile’s guidance and support, Maȟpíya Lúta | Red Cloud has experienced transformative growth. Our fundraising efforts are more effective, our programs are more effective, and our organization is better positioned for the future.

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Thomas Flood Vice President of Institutional Advancement, St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY

"We rely on people with expertise, skill, passion, and an understanding that “it is in giving that we receive” for mission advancement. Marilyn Blanchette offers all of this and more. She helped us successfully establish, plan, and launch an Alumni Engagement effort – one that is built on dialogue, creativity, and service.

She is a teacher who guides with a great sense of enthusiasm and passion. She asks the right questions, listens carefully, and responds in a way that promotes self-assessment and growth. Marilyn helps those she works with discover the right road map for that effort at that time without limiting what could be done in the future.

If working with Marilyn is on the horizon for you and your institution, I recommend it highly. It is a gift to work with a person who has served others at the core of who she is."

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Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. Bishop, Fall River, MA

“Marilyn worked with us for over two years, and we are still implementing the plans she helped develop for our diocese. We enjoyed collaborating with her. The expertise, enthusiasm and pastoral sensitivity she brings is a great resource from which many dioceses may benefit”.

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Sr. Mary Samuel, O.P Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist

"Thank you... you were very helpful and generous with us. We loved working with you!"

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Emily Scarola Catholic Leadership Institute

"Marilyn is always full of positive energy. She challenged us and continually pushed us forward during a time of transition. Marilyn’s personable nature allowed her to become “part of the team” in a very short amount of time—she is gifted at developing true partnerships with the people she works with, and we were blessed to be among them!"

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Matthew Manion The David Grenon Family Faculty Director, Center for Church Management Professor of Practice, Management & Operations Department at Villanova University

"I highly recommend Marilyn Blanchette and L'Etoile Development Services to any non-profit looking to take their fundraising efforts to a new level. She is a woman of great faith and great experience who can help you create the kind of relationships that yield significant gifts that donors are grateful to be able to give you."

Education

(Arch) Dioceses

Foundations

  • The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado
  • The Catholic Community Foundation of Phoenix, AZ
  • The Catholic Foundation of South Louisiana
  • The Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts

Religious Orders

  • Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of Eucharist, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great, Chicago, IL
  • Norbertine Fathers, Orange, CA
  • The Sisters of Life, New York, NY
  • Congregation of the Holy Cross, Moreau Province, Austin

Churches

  • Good Shepherd Parish, Martha’s Vineyard
  • St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, NY
  • St. Anastasia Catholic Church, Ft. Pierce, FL
  • Sacred Heart Tri-Parish Comm., CO, Springs, CO

Healthcare

  • Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY