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Four capital projects for mission-driven institutions, and four businesses that needed a brand, a storefront, or an operation rebuilt.

Capital & Nonprofit Services

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Pocono Family YMCA

Driving a $21 Million Capital Expansion

  • $21MCapital project value
  • $8MUSDA RD loan package
  • $1MPaired federal grant
  • 40%Administrative hours saved

Grant writing, USDA Rural Development financing, operations audit, and project management across a one-year $21M facility expansion.

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An architectural rendering of the expanded Pocono Family YMCA — a long two-storey brick and timber building under a wide blue sky.

Uniontown Area YMCA

Funding a $9.6 Million Community Health Transformation

  • $9.6MCapital improvement value
  • $15MRACP grants coordinated
  • 3Congressional applications
  • 6Letters of support secured

Capital campaign strategy, federal appropriations, and grant infrastructure for a community wellness hub in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Five interior renderings of the renovated YMCA: a locker room, an accessible pool lift, the lobby entrance with a family at a café table, a children's play space with a jungle mural, and a community room set for a birthday party.

Blue Atlas Project

A USAID Application for Clean Water and Nutrition in Uganda

  • 3Continents coordinated

Navigating the USAID application process for a Spirulina Development Institute in rural Uganda, with research, partnerships, and remote workflow design.

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A parchment-lined bowl of deep green spirulina paste resting on dark soil.

The Hempstead PA & All Together Now PA

Growing Sustainable Communities Around the Hemp Economy

  • 5Partner organizations

Federal and state grants and regional coalition-building around industrial hemp, textiles, and sustainable construction in Pennsylvania.

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A grower in a cap kneeling to plant seedlings along rows of black plastic mulch, with a treeline behind.

Production Services

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Fawn Beauty

Two Websites, a Studio Expansion, and a Skincare Launch

  • $10,000+Saved annually
  • 30%Administrative hours cut
  • 20%Revenue growth after expansion
  • 45%Website traffic in three months

Rebuilding the digital experience, streamlining operations, and launching a product line for a growing beauty and wellness brand.

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Two amber pump bottles of Fawn cleanser, labelled and lit against a deep blue-grey background.

Aura Explorer Photography

Bringing 10,000 Aura Photographs Online

  • 10,000+Photographs taken
  • 6,000+Readings completed
  • 6Pages designed and written

Brand identity, a six-page website, and a booking system for an aura photography practice with a decade of work and no digital home.

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A soft full-spectrum gradient running from red through green and blue to violet — the aura colour range Emily photographs.

Scott Besser Music

Launching a Piano Teacher as a Published Composer

  • 2Income streams beyond lessons

A branded storefront, professionally engraved scores, and integrated lesson booking for a piano educator building income beyond private lessons.

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The Scott Besser Music shop, offering the complete ten-piece piano collection as a discounted bundle beside a grid of the cover designs.

Daggerfish Gear Company

Scaling a Craft Gear Maker Through COVID-19

  • 2,000Units contracted
  • 1New facility opened

A 2,000-unit contract, a new manufacturing facility, and the operational backbone to deliver both under pandemic conditions.

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A maker in a workshop operating a drill press, in black and white.