Building Capacity. Increasing Impact.
What Matters to Us
Under-resourced agencies matter to us.
We meet YOU where you are at:
Service level - Service type - Timeline
It is important that our benefit to your organization be sustainable and provide continuity, equipping and empowering you to achieve your goals and mission.
Why it Matters
Being under-resourced places stress and strain on your team and the organization's impact over time.
Your community matters. Your team matters.
We help you find stability and growth.
Our Core Ideology
We believe all communities can be better places to live. We strive for all communities to be positively impacted by the professionals and organizations serving them. We hope all communities being served by our clients become more inclusive, healthier places to thrive.
We believe organizations want to be sustainable – financially, programmatically, etc. We want all organizations to do more with their available resources and access additional resources. We hope all organizations will have a more meaningful impact on the communities they serve.
We believe all professionals have something to learn and something to contribute. We desire all professionals to be competent, informed, equipped, and empowered to grow and collaborate. We hope professionals will be seekers and improvers.
As a social enterprise, we believe we should be profitable to remain sustainable and achieve reasonable growth. We should also elevate our commitment to values and purpose over pursuing profits. We desire to create or find affordable, quality solutions for our clients and utilize their available resources best. We hope we can serve our clients and communities to the fullest by investing in the quality of our organization and professionals.
Our CEO, Marie Gress
Marie Gress is a licensed master-level macro social worker specializing in organizational development, leadership development, and services for the aging sector. Her skills converge at the intersection of capacity, competency, and community in the communities served.
She is the CEO at Kovir, serves on Washtenaw County's Commission on Aging, and provides supervision and mentorship to macro social workers in the aging sector.
Marie started providing grant writing and grant strategy services with the mission to increase the capacity and impact of small non-profits with limited resources, along with low-cost websites and outreach methods.
Since then, she crafted a Grant Writing for Novices workbook, created a self-paced online course, and has led grant writing courses and seminars for groups like NASW-MI, NAAP, and Volunteer Florida. She enjoys offering mentorship to macro social workers in the aging sector.