“I first learned about Maria from her thoughtful and challenging posts on the Community Centric Fundraising Blog. We then engaged Maria and Further Together for two fundraising trainings for the many nonprofit partners and grantees of Dr. Bronner's. Maria's trainings were extremely well received and well attended. The content she brings is accessible and inclusive, and pushes people to think beyond their preconceived notions of how to fundraise. She is skilled at delivering content while meaningfully engaging participants even from behind their zoom screens. Her most recent training on ethics in storytelling was one of the best we've ever done. Maria is a creative, enthusiastic and high integrity fundraising consultant, coach and trainer and I can't wait to work with her again!”
About
With over a decade of fundraising experience, I specialize in exponentially growing revenue and reach.
Some of our key achievements include:
⭐️ Increasing overall funding by 30% in just one year for Client A.
⭐️Client B saw a 421% increase in year-end donations.
⭐️ Client C experienced a 58% increase in revenue and donors.
👉🏼 More testimonials and results can be found on my
Recommendations or on our website at https://www.gofurthertogether.ca/impact
Let us help your nonprofit thrive.
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Education
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
Living Wage Canada
- Present 1 year 11 months
Poverty Alleviation
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Event Organizer
Photography Meetups
- 7 months
Arts and Culture
I independently ran three photography meet ups during the year, with about 100 photographers from the GTA showing up to each one, with the highest attendance to one being 150-160 people. My intention was to promote collaboration and networking between photographers in my city. I arranged for locations, models, sponsors, props, costumes, and whatever else necessary to facilitate a good creative environment and hosted an elaborate competition after each meet up utilizing hashtags, with my most…
I independently ran three photography meet ups during the year, with about 100 photographers from the GTA showing up to each one, with the highest attendance to one being 150-160 people. My intention was to promote collaboration and networking between photographers in my city. I arranged for locations, models, sponsors, props, costumes, and whatever else necessary to facilitate a good creative environment and hosted an elaborate competition after each meet up utilizing hashtags, with my most successful hashtag being used almost 700 times throughout the GTA.
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KidCoach
Future Possibilities For Kids
- 8 months
Children
Coach a child as they complete a Goal of Contribution that aims to improve the community and helps the child develop leadership skills.
Publications
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Your 9 step guide to ditching donor-centricity to actually effect systemic change
Community-Centric Fundraising
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Who holds the mic? Storytelling ethics in the nonprofit world
Montana Nonprofit Association
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Just because you hire a CCF fundraiser does not mean you are committed to the CCF principles
Community-Centric Fundraising
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Expectations vs. Reality: Community-Centric Fundraising in Practice
AFP Congress 2022 Presentation, Toronto
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Strategy, partnerships, implementation: where to start?
Community-Centric Fundraising
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The cost of food is at a crisis level
The Monitor - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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9 ways to transition nonprofit leadership from performative to transformative
Community-Centric Fundraising
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The highs and lows of CCF in practice: 9 approaches we've championed
Community-Centric Fundraising
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