Development + Management + CommunicationS

WHAT WE DO 

Is your organization making a big impact but you’re not sure how to share that story? Do you struggle to find, keep, or even ask for funding? Is your board not on board with fundraising? These are challenges AmplifyDMC can help you solve. From grantwriting to project management to graphic design, we help organizations amplify their development, management, and communications.  

In every case, first we’ll listen—then advise and do. Learn more below. 

DEVELOPMENT

Development work is hard, and fundraising advice abounds. We help you ask and answer the right questions. Are you chasing money? If a grant opportunity isn’t a good fit, we’ll talk you out of it—and find the right asks for the right prospects. Is your board not engaged? We’ll find ways to rally them around your cause.

How we can amplify your fundraising: 

  • Prospect identification and cultivation – Individual and institutional 

MANAGEMENT

With experience at all levels of nonprofit management, AmplifyDMC can help you assess internal barriers and find the best path forward. Have an initiative that needs a skilled project manager or facilitator? AmplifyDMC can step in to lead a successful rollout.

How we can amplify your management: 

  • Planning and implementation for special projects 

  • Board development, relations, and governance support 

COMMUNICATIONS

From creating a long-term communications plan to crafting compelling copy, we can help you figure out what to say, when to say it, and who should hear it. Ultimately, a clear set of key messages will help you reach your key audiences, and boost your fundraising and marketing efforts along the way.

How we can amplify your communications:

  • Brand refresh – Strategy, design, and implementation 

  • Graphic design – Annual reports, newsletters, brochures, and more 

  • Communications strategy – Organization and executive thought leadership, key message development, and media support

  • "The AmplifyDMC team did a great job of jumping right in and understanding the whole picture: our community's needs, WSCO's organizational needs, and what support I needed as a new ED."

    — Monica Bravo, WSCO, Executive Director

  • "We've worked with AmplifyDMC in several capacities and increasingly benefit from their grant writing expertise. They've refined our organizational and program goals in proposals, and added much needed perspective on how we frame our asks."

    — Christina Hausman Rhode, Voyageurs Conservancy Executive Director

  • "We've always appreciated Amy's expert project management skills. She swiftly and adeptly developed program guidelines and workflows that allowed us to deploy millions of dollars in relief funds to families."

    — Julie Gugin, Minnesota Homeownership Center, President

  • “Working with AmplifyDMC has been one of the best decisions for HousingLink. Not only has partnering with them expanded our development capacity, but it has also taken a lot of the stress out of the development work."

    — Sue Speakman-Gomez, HousingLink, Executive Director 

  • “AmplifyDMC has been a key partner in helping FamilyWise build a comprehensive strategy for Child Abuse Prevention month. From creating the concept for the Minnesota Family Wellbeing Index to supporting us with media outreach, they play a pivotal role in shaping our campaign strategy."

    — Kate Bailey, FamilyWise, Chief Development Officer

OUR VALUES

AmplifyDMC values are the principles upon which the company is built that guide our planning, goals, behaviors, decisions, and actions. 

  • We are hired to work collaboratively with our clients to deliver their organizations a solid return on investment.

    We communicate in an open, honest, collaborative, and respectful manner. We provide and receive feedback professionally, respectfully, and openly.

  • We take pride in satisfying our clients through the services we provide and how we provide them. We are responsible for our work, are accountable to each other and to our clients.

  • We are experts in our fields and continuous learners. We are resourceful, practical, and realistic.

  • As team members in a small, growing business, we strive to be “functionally flexible”, focusing foremost on our responsibility to serve our clients.

  • We recognize the importance of family in the lives of our team members, and we value and benefit from individual and cultural differences.

    We take our work seriously, but not ourselves, because fun is important in the workplace.

    We are engaged, responsible members of the communities where we live and work.