Assisting organizations and local governments achieve their goals
As consultants, Mercantile Development Partners provides experience and expertise in organizational fundraising, institutional advancement, state/federal government compliance and program management. Our team focuses on assisting community leaders, nonprofit organizations, service providers and governments in meeting their goals and making an impact on the people they represent while saving administrative costs.
This is a remarkably difficult moment for all organizations, especially in the nonprofit and public sectors. At the same time, the services that these entities provide have never been more critical. Mercantile Development Partners’ driving goal is to help community champions continue to do their essential work while navigating an ever-changing financial climate.
Get in touch via email, or use the contact form at the bottom of this page to discuss how we can help meet your organizational goals.
The work
Grant writing/Reporting
Our grant writing services have enabled clients to secure funding from City, State, and Federal agencies and private foundations to support both programs and capital projects. Collectivelly, our team has experience securing $225 million in grant awards and reporting on them to close-out.
Government Compliance/comprehensive planning
Our team can lead your project, program, annual and entitlement reporting. We specialize in HUD,FTA, FAA, New York State ESD, HCR and OTDA programs. We can also facilitate organizational planning with a focus on food access and multi-year capital schedules.
fundraising/Social capital
We craft creative and customized programs/appeals that deliver maximum impact for building revenue, constituents and your brand. Our team has experience in both service-based and capital fundraising and database management, with a focus on virtual/online platforms due to COVID-19 meeting restrictions.
project/program management
We can put our administrative and staff management experience into action and help you supervise projects and complete work tasks that would normally require full salary and fringe costs.
Housing
We can help your organization draft and manage housing development projects, with extensive experience in New York State historic and low-income tax credits, adaptive-reuse financing, new market tax credits, HUD programs and homeless housing and assistance programs.
SOCIAL, WEB DEVELOPMENT & MULTI MEDIA
Our team can help you connect to your community and potential donors by building websites, social presence and coordinated email campaigns.
Let's talk
Use the form below to contact us to schedule a virtual meeting to discuss your organizational needs and how our team can help.