Trinity Community Partners was founded in 2016 to work with clients in Atlanta and across the Southeast.
Team
Our mission is to partner with mission-driven nonprofits, businesses, and leaders to create positive social change by strengthening organizational strategy, developing sustainable funding, and empowering leaders.
Caroline Van Eaton
Founding Partner + Development Strategy
Caroline Van Eaton’s mission is to help your organization work smarter not harder to achieve your goals. She has worked tirelessly with big organizations, such as ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and smaller local organizations like Kairos Church, to create systems and structures that equip the staff to achieve their fundraising, volunteer, communication and community development goals in a smarter and more efficient way than before. By creating new systems and structures she was able to exceed her fundraising goal for the ALSAC Atlanta office by 17%, and was able to create systems for accurate community, volunteer, and donor management at Kairos Church.
Caroline received her BA in Communications from Auburn University and obtained a Certificate in Grantwriting from the University of Georgia.
Mary Flynn Niemitz
Founding Partner + Philanthropic Advising
Mary Flynn Niemitz is an Atlanta native who leverages broad social-sector expertise, extensive project management, consulting, and leadership skill, and a passion for ideation and collaboration among teams. From 2012 to 2014, she oversaw the grantmaking, consulting, and training programs at Hope for New York (HFNY) in New York City. She designed and managed HFNY’s grant program, distributing $1.3M annually to 40+ organizations across New York City. She oversaw HFNY’s Training & Consulting program for grantees, facilitating peer-led roundtables and managing external consultants to deliver best practice workshops and strategic engagements to strengthen grantees’ operations and programs.
Mary Flynn has a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York City, a Certificate in Grantwriting from the University of Georgia, and a BA with honors in English from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Sarah Slick
Director of Fundraising Initiatives
Sarah Slick combines her passion for her hometown of Atlanta with her experience in improving outcomes for organizations and individuals through thoughtful partnership and dynamic strategy work. She began her career as a teacher in a failing school in the Mississippi Delta with Teach For America where she increased student reading scores by 1.6 years, moved to Washington, D.C. and managed the Education Policy Studies Department at the American Enterprise Institute before moving to the Development Team where she coordinated over 130 events across the U.S., helping to raise $43M in 2017. Upon moving back to Atlanta, she joined Cox Enterprises as an internal consultant, conducting process improvement projects across all business areas and from 2020 to 2023, she served as the Director of Marketing and Research at an investment banking and management consulting firm where she instituted new marketing systems and built client engagement programs.
Sarah received a BA in both English and American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Morgan Reed
Event Marketing Specialist
Morgan works in events with our clients and partners. She is from Kennesaw and attended the University of Georgia. She loved the City of Athens so much that she decided to stay after graduation to work in campus ministry for three years. Morgan has previously worked in Human Resources for a private practice where she established an onboarding program and implemented strategic plans for raising Employee Engagement. Before coming to TCP Morgan worked as a consultant at Chick-fil-A, Inc. as in Restaurant Design and Staff Selection.
Morgan received her BA from the University of Georgia in Communication Studies and Religion and her Master's from Mercer University in Organizational Development and Change Management. Her thesis looks into how to raise Employee Engagement for Millennial Employees.
Casey Duthiers
Consultant - Nonprofit Management Specialist
Casey is a part time consultant and the longest-tenured team member of TCP. Over the last four years, Casey has worked on grant writing, supported events and the strategic planning side of our business with clients and partners. Casey’s goal is to understand the big picture that organizations desire to paint. She is skilled in helping organizations identify and activate the small pieces that must fit together to bring this picture to life.
Casey received her MA in International Community Development from Northwest University, WA. In Spring 2023, she obtained her PhD focusing on Nonprofit Management at Biola University, CA.
Lindsey Youssef
Grantwriter
Lindsey is part-time as a grant writer for TCP, where she combines her love of writing with helping non-profits secure resources to sustain the vital work they do. Lindsey is originally from Marietta and stated her career in journalism working for CNN as a News Assistant and Editor. She then moved oversees to Sydney, Australia and worked in communications and graphic design for the non-profit, Leading The Way Ministries.
Lindsey received a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lauren Crites Consultant - Philanthropic Advising
After spending a decade in corporate roles including investment banking, internal audit and consulting, and financial services, Lauren is excited to now pursue her longtime dream of utilizing her business background in working with Atlanta nonprofits and philanthropists with TCP!
Lauren Crites began her career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in debt capital markets where she worked with Fortune 500 clients to secure debt financing. Lauren stepped into an internal strategy role where she helped drive Bank of America’s strategic initiatives such as Enterprise Cost Management, an initiative to analyze workforce activities to provide transparency into cost drivers and enable informed business decisions. Upon moving back to her hometown of Atlanta, Lauren joined the management development program at Home Depot, where she executed auditing and consulting project assignments across the business. Most recently, as a part of Chick-fil-A’s Philanthropic Financial Services, Lauren managed the annual budget process for WinShape Foundation and led a new data strategy and governance project for the foundation.
Lauren received a BSBA in Business and a BA in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Want to Work With Us?
TCP is looking for great talent to be a part of our growing team!
We are looking for candidates with experience in grant writing and grant research, fundraising, and/or event management. We offer competitive pay based on experience with flexible hours, ideal for those who are interested in part-time or project based work. If this sounds interesting to you, we'd love to speak!
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