We are offering the best solutions
We offer a full range of digital services to help your brand stand out, connect, and grow.
Technology That Strengthens The Work.
Not another layer of complexity — websites, design, workflows, and digital storytelling built to make the mission easier to carry, not harder.
Technology Should Make The Work Easier, Not Add Another Layer To It.
SMC Technical extends our capacity-building philosophy into digital systems and communications. Four Practical Areas — website strategy, design, workflow, and interactive storytelling — all connected back to the same goal: making organizations stronger, clearer, and easier to engage with.
Four Ways We Help
Strategy, design, systems, and storytelling — the practical work behind a mission that runs smoothly online.
Website Strategy, UI/UX & Design
Responsive UI/UX design focused on navigation, performance, accessibility, scalability, typography, consistency, and trust.
- Nonprofit website strategy
- UI/UX design
- Responsive web design
- Information architecture
- Accessibility-minded design
- Navigation & user journeys
- Brand integration
- Content structure
Graphic & Digital Design
Brand-aligned visuals for campaigns, presentations, and reports.
- Campaign graphics
- Social content
- Digital advertising
- Presentation graphics
- Report graphics
- Brand-aligned assets
Digital Workflow Support
Cleaner systems behind the scenes, so your team spends less time searching and more time doing the work.
- File organization
- File management
- Collaboration systems
- Workflow improvement
- Documentation systems
Interactive Communications
Turning evidence into digital experiences people actually explore, not another static PDF nobody opens twice.
- Digital reports
- Dashboards
- Impact hubs
- Campaign landing pages
- Data storytelling
- Interactive communications
Common Questions About SMC Scribes
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What exactly does SMC Scribes do?
SMC Scribes is an equity-rooted nonprofit consulting firm working at the intersection of fundraising, strategy, evaluation, storytelling, and digital capacity. We help mission-driven organizations secure resources, strengthen their systems, demonstrate their impact, and communicate the change they are creating — as one connected practice rather than separate consulting assignments.
Do you only write grants, or do you help with strategy and evaluation too?
Grant writing is one part of our work, alongside fund development, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, evaluation and learning, research, equity-centered practice, storytelling, and digital strategy. We bring these together because fundraising rarely succeeds in isolation from the strategy, evidence, and systems behind it.
What size or type of organization do you work with?
We partner with organizations at every stage — grassroots and emerging groups building their first fundraising systems, growing nonprofits expanding programs and infrastructure, and established organizations pursuing major funding or strategic change. This includes community-based organizations, public health and human services groups, arts and education nonprofits, and social justice and advocacy organizations.
How is SMC different from other nonprofit consultants?
We do not simply produce a report or proposal and disappear. We become embedded thought partners: we listen first, learn how your organization works, and then bring together strategy, evidence, storytelling, fundraising, and implementation support to move the mission forward — with the goal of leaving your organization stronger, not dependent on us.
Are you based only in Oakland, or do you work nationally?
SMC was founded in Oakland, California, and we maintain deep roots in the Bay Area, but we work with mission-driven organizations locally and nationally across the United States.
How does equity show up in your work?
Equity is not an add-on service — it shapes how we build strategy, fundraising, evaluation, and communications from the start. That includes centering community knowledge and lived experience, language justice audits, culturally responsive program design, and fundraising approaches that preserve an organization's authentic voice instead of diluting it to fit a funder's expectations.
Can you also help with our website, dashboards, or digital tools?
Yes. SMC Technical extends our capacity-building work into digital systems: website strategy and UI/UX design, graphic and digital design, digital workflow support, and interactive communications like dashboards and impact hubs. Because it sits alongside our other services, your digital work can connect directly to your fundraising, evaluation, and storytelling strategy.
How do we get started, and what does it cost?
Every engagement is different, depending on scope, services, and timeline. We start with a conversation to understand your mission, community, and goals, then share a clear scope and next steps — no generic package, no pressure.
About Us
At SMC, we partner with organizations on the frontlines of change. We’re not consultants who write reports and disappear—we’re embedded thought partners who bring strategy, storytelling, and infrastructure support when it matters most.
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