Fundraising can feel hard, but it doesn’t need to. We’ve got you!
Our mission
Our mission is to help you grow revenue.
Community Grantwriters is a tiny talented team of fundraising consultants to nonprofit organizations. We offer online resources that help nonprofit staff and boards build comfort around connecting with donors. Through free downloadable templates and videos, and low-cost coaching and content, we make fundraising feel do-able.
Why work with us?
Of the nearly 1.6 million U.S. nonprofits, 70% have a budget of less than $100,000. That’s a lot of small nonprofits! And that’s our focus.
We work with executive directors and their boards to build revenue stability — especially by reaching more individual donors — and to create fundraising ease through online tools and training. We are:
- Passionate about a vibrant, sustainable nonprofit sector.
- Teachers, consultants, and mentors with years of hands-on fundraising experience.
- Partners and allies to small-staffed nonprofits doing amazing work.
- Focused on helping you build revenue from donations and major gifts.
- Honored to have been of service to dozens of extraordinary nonprofit organizations.
Are you a nonprofit with 0-1 fundraising staff? Hiring your first fundraiser? Starting a major donor program? Building a culture of philanthropy in your board? We can help get you from here to there.
Melanie Hamburger
Principal
Fighter for justice, equity, and opportunity. Grateful for community, outdoors, cooking, laughing, and digging in on big problems (and solutions) —together. Read more
Specialties: major gifts, board engagement, fundraising strategy, teaching.
Claire Silva
Social Media Coordinator
Designing creative content and building online communities that help nonprofits thrive. Constantly finding new inspiration in art, people, and good music.
Specialties: Insta reels, graphic design.
Sian Romoli
Client Services
Excited to contribute to the mission of nonprofits by utilizing my research and database experience as a former corporate librarian. Love the beach, water sports, and reading.
Specialties: donor databases, research and data, gift entry and reports, training staff.
More About Melanie:
Melanie is a seasoned fundraiser with decades of experience as a development director, major gifts officer, and fundraising consultant, mentor and trainer. She believes that individuals drive philanthropy, and her passion lies in the intersection of major donors and social justice. She brings deep experience helping small-staffed nonprofits to build their base of individual donors—by activating their boards and starting with what feels easiest.
You may be wondering why she calls this work CommunityGrantwriters.us. Most nonprofits think grants are the easiest source of funding, but Melanie will do her best to convince you otherwise. Individual donors give the most, can provide funding quickly, and tend to donate year after year. Read more in Melanie’s biweekly newsletter, funderfollies.substack.com.
Melanie and her tiny talented team have helped nonprofits exponentially increase revenue for a wide variety of causes, including health equity, affordable housing, independent journalism, conservation, education, foster youth, survivors of domestic violence, veterans, LGBTQ+, African Americans, women, and LatinX communities.
Connect with Melanie on LinkedIn or schedule time to talk with her about your nonprofit’s unique fundraising needs at communitygrantwriters.us/meet.