Common Mountain Consulting (CMC) provides grant-writing, management and communication services for non-profit and traditional enterprise businesses. We build engaging narratives with detail-oriented data to define, bolster and multiply fundraising successes.
Our mission is to support the financial fortification of change-makers, innovators and service providers like you. CMC provides the grant management and writing services required to overcome obstacles and prepare for what every business encounters on the shared path to sustainability, growth and efficacy.
Established in 2000 by Phil Merens, and relaunched in 2025 with Phil’s daughter Jessalyn Ballerano in co-ownership, Common Mountain brings two lifetimes ofexperience to the table. With experience ranging from executive leadership, fundraising and fiscal management to direct services, operations development and program coordination, our team also offers an intergenerational and wide-reaching vision for what’s possible.
Looking for management consulting, an honest assessment of your bookkeeping, or a refreshed communications approach? In addition to grant-writing, Phil and Jessalyn bring a combined 50 years of career experience, with shared commitments to creativity, reason, and determination in service to evolution and excellence.
To see how Common Mountain can help your business climb fill out the form below, or reach out directly at: commonmount@gmail.com; 518-441-4681.