Hey there! I’m Meg. I was born and raised in Portland, OR. When I’m not working with nonprofits, you might find me goalkeeping on the soccer field, putting on a reading of the latest play I’ve written, or cooking up a tofu stir fry.

My years in fundraising have seen me securing six-figure gifts on Broadway (amazingly, I did manage to keep my calm in the same room as Alan Cumming), helping provide hundreds of thousands of meals for Oregonians, winning donor engagement awards, and more.

I’m in this line of work because I’m passionate about it. And, it turns out (*cue horn toot*), pretty good at it, too.

Small and mid-sized organizations often can't afford full-time senior fundraisers, while one-off consultants may struggle to leave a lasting impact (or worse, their plans gather dust in the Executive Director’s Google Drive).

What sets me apart isn’t just expertise at a fraction of an in-house cost: I provide strategic guidance and hands-on execution, acting as a partner in implementing long-term solutions that advance your mission.

Every client is unique when it comes to co-creating and strengthening the sustainable community-centered fundraising practices that work for them.

That being said, I specialize in:

• Development planning and strategy

• Annual appeal design and implementation

• Give!Guide campaign management

• Copywriting for solicitations, acknowledgments, and other development communications

• Prospect research, wealth screening, and donor moves management plans

• CRM database setup, cleanup, training, and optimization

Our partnership will begin with a thorough assessment of where you’re at, and a strategic planning process to determine where we might go together.

CCF is a fundraising model grounded in equity and social justice, founded by a group of fundraisers of color in the PNW.

In a nutshell, it’s about all of us - staff, board, community members, and funders - working toward a common goal of dismantling systems of white supremacy and oppression to build a better future.

This includes:

• Valuing contributions of time and lived experience in addition to money.

• Working collaboratively, not competitively, with other nonprofits.

• Engaging donors in conversations about wealth redistribution and privilege.

• Shifting from a charity or “othering” mindset to collective empowerment.

To learn more, I encourage you to check out the Community Centric Fundraising website and Vu Le’s NonprofitAF blog.