ABOUT US
Meraki for Good brings over ten years of expertise in the non-profit development field. Through this, we’ve gained a depth and breadth of knowledge and skill as we’ve counseled over 80 non-profits with a broad spectrum of scope, size, and regional presence.
Meraki’s approach is grounded in objective research and practical experience which is applied to guide the non-profit organization along their strategic trajectory.
The goal is not only to provide tools and plans for action, but to coach the client in the skills and confidence necessary to achieve their organization’s philanthropic goals.
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Meet our founder
Lindsey Loyd is a non-profit development expert with nearly 15 years of experience in the fields of organizational development and fundraising.
Before launching Meraki for Good, Lindsey Loyd was a Senior Consultant at Graham-Pelton Consulting. Here, she managed two campaigns with goals totaling $52 million, acted as an interim Chief Development Officer, and conducted multiple campaign feasibility studies.
Prior to this, Lindsey served as Major Gifts Officer at New Orleans City Park where she solicited philanthropic investments from individual and corporate donors. In this role, she developed a capital campaign strategy, including benchmarking tactics, prospect pipeline, timeline, cases for support, and a gift catalog demonstrating funding needs.
Earlier in her career, Lindsey was an Associate Director for Orr Group, another consulting firm serving the nonprofit sector. Achievements for her clients during this time include: spearheading comprehensive development for startup non-profit organizations; collaborating with teammates and executive leadership teams to design long-term fundraising plans; managing relationship building with prospective funders by qualifying prospects, strategizing cultivation moves, leading outreach, and submitting funding proposals; and co-writing and submitting grant submissions and stewarding successful foundation relationships.
Lindsey is a graduate of Florida State University where she earned a B.S. in Business Management.