Core Services

Common Great helps nonprofits build forward-looking development and communications practices that innovate and get results.

We’re rooted in the fundamentals that have helped over 150 nonprofit clients succeed, but wired to help you navigate an ever-changing landscape of marketing, fundraising and digital transformation. We work through a lens of justice, equity, and belonging to help build the power and voice of the communities you serve. We customize our approach based on your mission, impact model, stage of growth, budget, and staff capacity.

Development Services

Common Great can help you build an effective development and fundraising program that delivers the strategy, clarity, team, and tools you need to raise more money in an ethical, inclusive fashion. Our team can help with:  

  • Holistic Development Planning & Strategy 

  • Individual & Grassroots Giving Programs

  • Digital Donor Engagement Strategy 

  • Donor Communications

  • Major & Planned Giving Programs

  • Capital & Capacity Campaigns

  • Board Development & Training 

  • Staffing, Hiring & Professional Development

Communications Services

Our team can help you master the ever-changing communications and marketing strategies and tactics you need to stay relevant, grow your audience, and change the world in the process. We can help with:

  • Holistic Communications Planning & Strategy

  • Messaging & Storytelling

  • Email Marketing

  • Social Media Marketing & Management 

  • Digital Advertising

  • Brand Development & Design

  • Graphic Design

  • Press & Public Relations

  • Staffing, Hiring & Professional Development

Tools and Technology Services

Donor management and communications tools can make or break your development and communications success. Our team can leverage our research and field usage of nonprofit communications, database and giving tools to connect your technology dots, save you time, and help generate actionable insights. 

We can you select, transition, implement, refine, and automate:

  • Constituent relationship management (CRM) systems

  • Giving or event fundraising tools

  • Email and SMS marketing tools

  • Social media management tools

  • Digital advertising management tools