Selected Clients
Client Love
What our clients are saying about us
Ariel guided us, step-by-step, on how to do a virtual fundraiser. She was reassuring when we were anxious, knowledgeable about online platforms, and persistent in her efforts to have us do our early planning. The result was a record-breaking fundraising event that exceeded last year’s live dinner event by 20% and helped us reach a national audience. I highly recommend working with her!
Tom Ikeda
Executive Director
Densho
Seattle, WA
As the leader of a nonprofit arts organization, I have utilized Ariel’s skilled leadership and applied her expertise to multiple large fundraising challenges. I always look forward to Ariel’s uncanny ability to connect with and lift my team to experience the joys and magic of a well-executed fundraising process in exciting, imaginative, and new ways. Professional, purposeful, dedicated, gracious, and without equal sums it up for me.
Jeff Lockhart
Executive Director
Kirkland Performance Center
Kirkland, WA
Working with Ariel was a dream come true. We needed to advance our use of technology for giving during the pandemic. She saw around every corner and helped us anticipate the challenges that would come with using new technology platforms for the first time. Her leadership brought my team to a whole new level of tech savvy that really made a difference for us. All without ever meeting any of us in person.
Daphne Carr
Associate Director of Advancement
Campbell Hall
los Angeles, CA
Kirsten was everything we could have hoped for in a design partner—creative, organized, flexible, and a passionate supporter of our work and mission. We first began working with Kirsten Rogers and Common Great in the summer of 2024 on the design of digital and print assets for our upcoming conference. When it was time to create our 2024 annual report a few months later, Kirsten was the natural choice, and again, she excelled at distilling the broad vision, goals, and feedback from various stakeholders and turning them into a beautiful, polished product that perfectly reflected our brand and objectives. We look forward to collaborating with her on IWPR's design projects for many years to come!
Susan patterson
Senior manager of publications
institute for women’s policy research
Washington, D.C.
Common Great provided top-notch services to our organization that allowed us to improve in a way we had not expected. Their professional team performed our contract by executing our research and fund development needs through honest, sound, and straightforward advising. As such, once implemented, it will allow us to move our fund development forward with improved operations and tactics. As a CEO, I highly recommend them for any executive and organization that is going into their next fundraising chapter.
Cyreena Boston Ashby
CEO
Girls Inc. PNW
portland, OR
Common Great didn't just solve our immediate needs—they empowered our team to thrive. Common Great helped us build a comprehensive communications and marketing strategy that aligned with our organizational goals for the coming year. What set them apart was their ability to help us think strategically about our existing capacity and identify our highest-impact opportunities. Instead of spreading ourselves thin, we now focus our efforts where they matter most. I especially appreciated how Common Great didn't just deliver a plan and walk away. They truly invested in our success, ensuring we had the skills and confidence to implement the strategy long-term.
Laura crosby
Senior Director of Development
Coro Northern California
San Francisco, CA
One of the things that I have really appreciated about working with Common Great is that I knew the direction that I wanted to go for Gamers Engaged, but I didn't have the tools to do it — and they helped me break down my goals and create some bite-size ways to reach them. Within a year, I can see the difference in engagement with our community, the visibility of our work, and the enthusiasm behind it. I also feel supported, because the staff from Common Great actually believe in our mission. So it feels like encouragement and genuine support for what we're trying to do.
I have never worked with such a professional and dedicated team of people. The quality of work is super high, they keep our schedule on time, and they are consistent and thorough in their approach.
LYLA ROSS
Executive Director
Gamers engaged
