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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.

Founded in 2000, our family business builds on five decades of combined experience. In addition to grant-writing, Phil Merens and Jessalyn Ballerano bring established skillsets in executive leadership, fundraising and fiscal management, direct services, program development and coordination. Our team also offers an intergenerational and wide-reaching vision for what’s possible, with shared commitments to creativity, reason, and determination in service to excellence.

Looking for management consulting, a temporary Executive Director, fiscal reorganization, or Board strategy? 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.