Remember that adage “give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime“? Simplistic maybe – but here’s the point: MDR is here to reinforce your team + your skills. Of course, we will write grants and build project plans and jump in … Read More →
…but it was SO worth it! For a small, grassroots non-profit it can be very difficult to ‘break through’ to established local funders. Those funders often have commitments to other organizations and are facing shrinking contributions themselves. That was the case for a local non-profit. After 15 successful years, we wanted to target a major … Read More →
Thanks to our fabulous friend and colleague, Simone Kelly, we have become part of the Own Your Power network Power Players! Watch for our weekly radio podcasts. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite famous advice + lessons learned. I’ll introduce to you some of my wonderful clients, who themselves are doing some amazing things to change … Read More →
Now offering grant proposal writing + editing and organizational sustainability consulting services to non-profits! Contact us for full-service grant proposal writing | for editing and support to your internal grant writing efforts | or for organizational sustainability & advisory services. With a certificate from TGCI (The Grantsmanship Center | Get Funding. Create Change) for successful … Read More →
Early in the recent recession, a large local non-profit was falling behind its annual fundraising target. This organization had never done any successful online fundraising, but wanted to immediately launch an online giving campaign to help make up the projected deficit. The organization did not have the technology capability to accept donations online. The responsibilities … Read More →
A start-up online payments business with a very profitable concept and working prototype software had recently partnered in a joint venture with a very large US payment processor. The start-up team needed to quickly enhance and extend the software to meet client needs, but there were no priority management or design processes in place to … Read More →
