Collaborative Network Partners
Our network of administrative vendors and services provides an array of administrative services.
Meet our Partners
Building Capacity through a Diverse Network
Hypatia Collaborative has established relationships with nonprofit capacity-building consultants and agencies across St. Petersburg and beyond. Below are the primary consultants and agencies that are active members of the Collaborative Network.
Grant Writing, Grant Research, Program Evaluation, Program Monitoring,
Leadership Training,
Professional Development,
Nonprofit Management Training, &
Business Licensing/Registrations/Certifications
Atilol (pronounced “ah-tee-lol”) is Lolita, the founder’s first name, spelled backwards. The business began its debut on January 1, 2020, and provides business consulting services to non-profit organizations and minority-owned small businesses, with a specific emphasis on assisting entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, independent contractors, sole proprietors, and self-employed individuals. The business has established and maintained numerous collaborative partnerships with various community organizations in Pinellas county, whose goals and objectives aligns with Atilol’s goal to assist small minority- owned businesses and organizations sustain and reach their highest sustainability potential.
Communication & Marketing, Leadership Training, Professional Development, Nonprofit Management Training, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Training, & Customer Service Training
DeNeen K. Attard is the founder of Attard Leadership Academy (ALA), a premier leadership training and development company. With a Master’s degree in Management and a background in higher education, career services, nonprofit program management, training and development, and leadership, DeNeen brings unparalleled expertise to her work. ALA delivers workshops, training programs, and micro, bite-sized lessons to equip professionals with essential leadership and professional development skills. As an accomplished author and sought-after speaker, DeNeen has inspired countless individuals and organizations through her engaging workshops, online courses, and leadership books. ALA’s commitment to authenticity, transparency, and community ensures that clients receive practical and transformative insights. Under DeNeen’s visionary leadership, ALA continues to empower leaders to achieve their full potential and drive organizational success.
Program / Project, Management,
Board Governance, Assessment and Training,
Leadership Training, Professional Development,
Nonprofit Management Training,
Strategic Planning, & Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Training
ASX Consulting is a national Black-woman-owned multi-disciplinary management and consulting firm based in Pennsylvania, Susquehannock Land. We work to transform the organizations who work with us by revitalizing operations, enriching company culture, and igniting and orchestrating growth. We do so by leading with authenticity, humility, compassion and curiosity. ASX Consulting works top-down to address the organizational sociology that has created barriers for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC+). We are working to create a world in which race and gender wage gaps are non-existent, disabilities are normalized, and people of color thrive and live fulfilling lives. We do this by helping organizations recruit, retain, engage, and promote BIPOC+ at all levels of the organization, advocating for their inclusion in the workforce, and demanding a just and dignified labor pool free of exploitation and discrimination. We partner with organizations committed to dismantling systemic barriers for the advancement of people of color, fostering inclusive work environments where staff can authentically embody their values. Our expertise spans Strategy, Operations, Human Resources (HR), and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Program / ProjecT Management, IT Support, Leadership Training, Professional Development, & Strategic Planning
BDM Squared is a management consulting firm providing project management and business process management as a service. We specialize in helping organizations scale by leveraging repeatable and optimized processes. We offer tailored solutions that streamline operations, reduce inefficiencies, and support sustainable growth. Our expertise in process optimization, business process management, and technology integration ensures that your business can adapt to changing market conditions without compromising quality or performance.
At BDM Squared, we focus on creating scalable processes that enable consistent and efficient growth. Our solutions are designed to be flexible, allowing your business to respond to new opportunities and challenges while maintaining operational excellence. Whether you need to optimize existing workflows or implement new, technology-driven processes, BDM Squared is your partner in driving long-term success.
Web Design & Development, Online Fundraising, Marketing Strategy, Marketing, Membership, IT Services, IT Consulting, Website Hosting, Technical Consulting, CRM Consulting
Big Sea helps impactful brands make an even bigger splash. That’s why we lead growth strategy, storytelling, digital fundraising, IT, and web design for nonprofits, cultural, and educational institutions that serve their communities. Whether you need an IT specialist to help with networking and procurement, or a marketing expert to get the most out of your holiday giving campaigns, we have the experience and track record to make it happen.
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Big Sea’s distributed team of 30 digital professionals has been creating outstanding digital experiences since 2005. Our local clients include Metropolitan Ministries, Florida State Fair, Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, Champions for Children, Tampa Bay History Center, The Florida Holocaust Museum, Mote Marine, Volunteers of America, St. Pete Free Clinic, and many, many more.
Financial management, bookkeeping, tax preparation
Jodi Chemes is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s in Taxation located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her firm specializes in bookkeeping and tax preparation, payroll, Quickbooks training, corporate entity formation, nonprofit or business growth, tax planning, and financial structuring.
Project management & Consulting
If you are looking to find your voice, then look not further than Dr. Loretta Caldwell-aka The Mgmt. Dr. of Caldwell Management Solutions. As a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, Dr. Thompson focuses on leadership growth and business development.
Dr. Thompson continues to motivate audiences to be the best version of themselves and add value and worth to others. By bringing a fresh perspective to her trainings; her wit and humor is certain to add a spark to any meaningful conversation.
Dr. Thompson received her undergraduate education from the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Urban Studies; she furthered her formal education by receiving her Master of Arts Degree from Howard University in Criminal Justice and Urban Studies. Dr. Thompson completed her dissertation in December 2016 for her doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University in Organizational Leadership and Management.
Since opening her leadership and management consulting firm in 2007, Dr. Thompson has served on both national and international leadership teams. She has stayed abreast on new and transformational modalities that can be tailored to fit her clients. Believing that ‘everything rises and falls on leadership,’ this certified women-owned business company is available to move you and your team forward.
“Let the size of your belief determine the size of your goal.”
grant writing, research, and evaluation
Carriage House Consulting provides organizations with access to additional tools and resources to do more daily – grant research and writing, special event logistics, strategic planning, research, and evaluation, as well as marketing and communication planning and execution.
Program management, professional development, and coaching
Empact Solutions (ES) is a certified veteran-owned and for-profit-woman-owned small business company. As a consulting organization, ES provides supportive leadership, management training, coaching, project management, and speaking to organizations that want to add value to the people with which they serve and work. ES is uniquely suited to assist targeted businesses to achieve excellence in leadership, management, diversity, change, racial equity, customized training, and growth via its certification and positive past performance in the above-noted areas.
In a world where many times leadership development and training are lecture-based presentations, ES facilitates organizations resourceful, dynamic, and introspective for current and upcoming leaders or trainers who want a value-add shift in performance results.
ES offers leadership modalities that give tools for personal and organizational achievement and makes the participants feel connected, empowered, and enriched to make a powerful life-transforming contribution to the people and the organization they serve.
Empact Solutions (ES) has achieved excellence in its tailored programs and training in the areas of strategic leadership, diversity, inclusion, and management to help organizations build a culture of learning. As a result, the civilians and employees receiving these services learn to identify how they can create more impact, change, and growth within their organizations.
The CEO and President of Empact Solutions is Elizabeth V. Siplin. She is a highly respected professional and is a 100% Disabled Military Veteran who served our nation as a Military Police for 27 years while performing in positions of increased responsibility.
While in the United States Army, she served as the Directorate of Emergency Services Sergeant Major and possesses an MBA in Business and Sports Management. She has experience as both a Project Manager and Physical Security Specialist who contributed to enhancing an agency’s readiness by providing a wide range of installation management and human services support to civilians, Soldiers, and their family members.
This type of background is vitally important when working with governmental agencies and their management and human services structures. She has subject matter expertise, as it relates to all of Empact Solutions’ projects in the areas of critical thinking and problem solving, strategic planning, and coaching and mentoring.
Our team is also filled with professionals to cover every part of your business needs. Each professional team member holds many years of formalized education and experience in their respective fields.
We provide the following services:
Professional Development
Training: Detailed Leadership Skills, Behaviors, and Preferences:
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Financial Readiness
- Leadership Training
- Customized Training
Leadership Development Program: Explore Key Concepts such as Identity, Power, Privilege, and Communication:
- Professional Development
- Leadership Development
- Business Development
- Youth Development
Coaching: Make Dramatic Shifts in Leaders Critical Thinking From Leadership Experts:
- Entrepreneurial Coaching
- One-on-One Mentoring Sessions
- Group Mentoring Programs
Organizational Management
Project Management: Defining the Right Type of Project Using Strategic Analyses, Research, and Analytics
- Planning and Development
- Visualizing
- Identifying Goals
Program Management: Provide a Broad Range of Educational Programs and Project Management Software Operations
- Management
- Designing
- Training of People, Property and Logistical Management
- Maintenance Management
Research and Marketing Analysis: Extract More from Your Data, Gain Insights and Make Actionable Decisions
- Assessments
- Understanding Organization’s Culture
- Understanding Its People
- Understanding Its Needs and Motivations
Strategic Planning
- Implementation
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Creating Meaningful Collaborations
Program / Project Management, Grant Writing, Program Evaluation, Program Monitoring, Professional Development, Nonprofit Management Training, &
Strategic Planning
My name is Michael Fussner, and I am the founder of Fussner Strategic Solutions (FSS), a consulting firm specializing in program evaluation, data analysis, strategic planning, and organizational behavior management. With a strong background in behavioral health, education, and applied behavior analysis, I bring a unique perspective to my work, leveraging my expertise to support small and growing organizations. Since its inception in 2019, FSS has been dedicated to empowering nonprofits across Florida by providing them with the tools and insights needed to make informed decisions and achieve sustainable growth. Our mission is to foster equity and community-led development through high-quality evaluation and data services.
Public relations, marketing, and communications strategy
Madeira Public Relations opened its doors in 2011 and has a rich history of serving respected local and national nonprofit organizations. Locally, our clients have included the American Heart Association, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Early Learning Coalition, PARC, Healthy Bones Tampa Bay, Meow Now, Florida Dream Center, Friends of Strays, and the Nonprofit Leadership Center.
Our work for these organizations included developing marketing and communications strategies; campaign planning and execution; research; media relations; social media campaigns; policy campaigns; content development; video production; graphic design; web design; coalition building; core skills training; and more.
Each of the aforementioned clients hired Madeira PR to lead projects that would positively impact all members of our community. Our work with the American Heart Association included outreach specifically targeting the public health needs of local black and brown residents. An example of this work included developing a relationship with The Weekly Challenger and ghostwriting articles on timely heart health topics.
Our work with GulfCoast Legal Services included a bilingual video project and research to determine how best to formulate a campaign that would effectively reach vulnerable populations.
The coalition we created for American Bone Health specifically focused on health equity and involved our seeking input and participation from such entities as the Center for Health Equity, Metro Health, military veterans, the Pinellas County Urban League, and the Hispanic Services Council, among numerous others.
One of our core service areas includes researching and evaluating an organization’s functional processes as it relates to its core mission. This commonly includes guiding nonprofit leaders on how to more effectively manage their team. These findings and recommendations are then built into the strategies we develop for our clients. This can include multi-year marketing and communications plans as well as crisis mitigation strategies.
Our work with Meow NOW, a local nonprofit dedicated to reducing the community’s stray cat population by spaying and neutering feral cat colonies, serves as an example of how we integrated management consulting services into our communications and marketing strategies.
When we first met with the organization, they shared specific fundraising goals, particularly around staffing and operational infrastructure. Through extensive research and consultation with leadership, a more nimble and cost-effective operational strategy was devised for this organization.
These operational changes redirected the focus of the marketing and communications plan we developed and presented to Meow NOW’s board of directors.
Legal consulting and government affairs
I am born and raised in St. Petersburg and I have an extensive history of supporting and receiving benefits from local nonprofit organizations. When I was 14 years old, I was a student of Les Jeunes Danseurs, a nonprofit organization that allowed ballet students to take classes free of charge. In order to provide payment to the ballet teachers, family members and those old enough to, would work concessions at Tropicana Field and the former Bayfront Center. Since graduating law school, I work continuously with Community Law Program, a legal aid society in St. Petersburg. There, I counsel on the issues of non-profit organizations, family law, and bankruptcy. Community Law Program selected me as the recipient of their Young Lawyer Volunteer of the Year in 2012 and their Lawyer Volunteer of the Year in 2019.
My experience in working with nonprofits stems from my volunteer work at Community Law Program. As a legal aid society, Community Law Program serves the needs of St. Petersburg’s disadvantaged clients. Since 2020, I personally handled 21 pro bono matters for Community Law Program, in the areas of family law, bankruptcy, and non-profit organizations. Most of St. Petersburg’s poorest residents, who meet the income criteria of Community Law Program, are Black and Brown. I have handled their divorces, their paternity cases, their bankruptcies, and I have assisted them in establishing and governing non-profit organizations.
I have experience evaluating a range of non-profits. My work with Community Law Program allowed me to work with larger non-profit organizations, which receive federal funding and have various entities within them, as well as organizations that are run by a single person. My nonprofit experience with nonprofit entities includes churches, non-partisan groups, cheerleading, animals, and therapy, to name a few. I have been able to evaluate the individual organization’s needs, complete the necessary forms to obtain 501(c) status, and determine what continuing level of support each organization will need to continue its operations.
Technology, Database development, and systems change
Fetch Data provides web systems development, operations consulting, platform integration, data analysis, and Quick Base support. Fetch Data will be the lead agency developing and managing our client database to share technology resources.
dei training, grant writing, event planning
At Invincible Summer Enterprises, we are committed to providing the highest level of service and best possible outcomes for our clients. We take the time to develop a close relationship and understand each client’s unique needs. We pride ourselves on prompt, clear, and efficient communication. We’re always striving to deliver creative, thoughtful, and practical solutions to our client’s concerns.
We have over 15 years of experience in providing exceptional services and can’t wait to work with you!
Strategic planning, project management, research, evaluation, & process improvement
Strategic, tactical, and practical leader with demonstrated success in building and enhancing internal and external partnerships. An advocate for stronger communities, recognized for skills in strategic planning with successful execution and measurement. Project management professional and certified change management practitioner adept at collaborating with multiple stakeholders to facilitate improvements. Strong background in budgeting, cross- departmental project management, training, and team development.
professional development & nonprofit capacity training
Merit provides capacity assessment, building, and curated support services.
We help nonprofits go from good to great through our quick-yet-robust, metrics-oriented capacity assessment.
Through our signature product, Merit, we give nonprofit teams a powerful tool to improve how they do what they do.
We are a one-stop-shop for team development, offering coaching, custom workshops, and strategic facilitation.
strategic planning, facilitation, & professional development
Collaborative leader with experience working with multiple sectors including corporate, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy. Advancing collective action, social change, and racial equity. Skilled in strategic planning, meeting design, program development, coalition building, network theory, relationship building, and community engagement. Strong analytical business professional with a Masters of Science in Environmental Science from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Professional experience includes: designing and implementing a community led listening project, leading community engagement efforts for a private foundation, supporting a national equity and social justice network to improve oral health access and outcomes, managing a local multi-county nonprofit focused on improving community health and wellness, serving as the project director for a large multi-year federal maternal and child health grant program, supporting a community consortium, coordinating a countywide coalition to address teen pregnancy, implementing youth development programs, and working as a business consultant for a worldwide management and consulting firm.
grant writing, fund development, strategic planning, financial management, & nonprofit consulting
SDC Strategies LLC was founded on the belief that community-rooted organizations are powerful agents of change. What sets us apart is our unique understanding and relatability to the challenges faced by our clients. As experienced nonprofit professionals with a background in public service, we connect with our clients on a personal level, enabling us to truly comprehend your needs and provide tailored solutions.
We collaborate with small to mid-sized organizations dedicated to addressing complex community issues. Our areas of expertise encompass housing and homelessness, health inequity, tackling root causes of poverty, and bridging community connection gaps. We empower and support community leaders who are passionate about driving positive change but may encounter obstacles in time, capacity, or expertise to support their organization’s growth.
Together, we are committed to helping you realize your vision and make a lasting impact within your organization and the communities you serve. SDC Strategies LLC is here to champion your success and accelerate your impact!
Communication & Marketing, IT Support,
Database Development,
Web Design, &
Electronic Security
TriOrb Solutions, LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that provides diversified Technical, Professional and Managed Services to our clients. TriOrb’s expertise is in Information Technology, Telecommunications and Cyber Security Solutions. We are currently supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs Bay Pines Data Network contract, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority On-Demand Information Technology Service contract and Orange County Public Schools three IT services and three telecommunication contacts. Our team offers a collaborative approach to improve program operations, and operational performance, and deliver solutions with increased ownership and accountability. We are comprised of a small team but are very capable and consist of both employees and subcontractors, all of whom bring a wealth of experience to resolve your issues in a timely fashion.
Legal contract reviews, Program monitoring, Consulting, Credentialing, Professional Development, Non-profit Training, & Leadership Training
CWCD was founded in February 2018. Since our inception, the organization has grown from providing individual clinical supervision to providing organizational support in the development of behavioral health programs and policies and in achieving behavioral health licensing and credentialing. CWCD strives to ensure organizations and clinicians utilize a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach to behavioral health, supported through a social determinants of health lens by providing professional training development; consultation toward behavioral health program development; and administrative support for policy development, accreditation and licensing, credentialing, and clinical supervision. We have recently added legal consultation for contract reviews and submissions.
Web Design
In 2016, Taylor Smith embarked on her creative services venture. While pursuing a career in marketing and film in Atlanta, Georgia, she provided bespoke website design solutions for entrepreneurs and crafted marketing materials for her church and local entrepreneurs and small business owners. After years of freelancing, studying, and refining her skills, Taylor The Creator Agency was born in 2020 upon completion of her Master of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing. The agency focuses on meeting the needs of entrepreneurs who require high-quality websites to thrive in the digital age.
Staff training, best practices, bookkeeping, creating financial statements, & filing annual reports/tax forms
Your Next CPA, LLC provides tax, accounting, and advisory services for individuals, small businesses, non-profit organizations, small business owners, and self-employed entrepreneurs. Our work is characterized by our firm’s core principles of integrity, excellence, and reliability. Lorrie A. Brinson, CPA CGFO began her accounting and tax business over 23 years ago in Lake County, FL in her dining room. Offering IRS form 1040 tax preparation for individuals, providing bookkeeping services for her church, and 3 daycares, while working for local government as an Accountant. This company was created and rebranded to target individuals, entrepreneurs, and non-profit leaders that need assistance with training staff, best practices, bookkeeping, creating financial statements, or filing annual reports or tax forms.
Join Our Collaborative Network
Are you interested in being a part of The Hypatia Collaborative and helping local nonprofits? Contact us using the form to the right.