Kelly Eckhoff, MSW
Co-Founder & Principal Consultant
Brings a social-work perspective to fund development, with experience across housing, health, children and families, youth development, and refugee resettlement.
[email protected]Who we are
Community isn't a service.
It's our starting point.
Our name comes from the Haitian Creole word for community. For us, community is not a buzzword: it is the starting point for ambitious, lasting change.
How we see the work
We listen. We connect. We build.
Our work starts with understanding the people, pressures, and possibilities that shape each community.
Bridging differences to move work forward.
Partners rarely speak the same language—across sectors, organizations, or lived experience. We translate complexity into a shared direction and practical action.
Built on funding. Driven by community.
Since 2014, we have worked with nonprofits, foundations, healthcare organizations, and public systems on grants, funding strategies, and cross-sector initiatives.
Our consulting work has helped clients secure more than $96.8 million in funding and revenue, supporting programs and services across communities.
Today we partner with established organizations and emerging changemakers who are ready to challenge familiar approaches.
What guides us
Curiosity, integrity, compassionate candor, and a willingness to challenge what is not working.
The people behind the work
Different perspectives. Shared purpose.
A close-knit team bringing experience across fund development, social work, public systems, and community-centered change.
Matt Eckhoff, MPH
Co-Founder & Principal Consultant
Founder of Kominote in 2014. Connects funding strategy, storytelling, and cross-sector partnerships to help ambitious plans move forward.
[email protected]Belinda Little
Development Consultant
Specializes in competitive federal grant proposal writing, supporting organizations through funding research, persuasive proposal development, and submission.
Kaitlin Cook
Development Consultant
Brings more than a decade of nonprofit development experience in fundraising, major gifts, strategic partnerships, and mission-driven growth.
Alayna Truxal
Development Consultant
Supports grant research, proposal development, and funding pipelines, informed by a background in political science and community engagement.
Satin Scott, LMSW
Development Consultant
Brings a social-work and behavioral-health lens to grant development and projects serving communities.