At 21, Stephanie joined her first Board of Directors for a community radio station at her alma mater in Southern Maine. She was nominated for the fundraising committee. Her introduction to non-profit fundraising began with Mardi Gras Jumbalaya cooking contests and the famous Beg-A-Thons where she raised her first thousands soliciting support from the DJ’s chair.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s, Stephanie moved to Central Europe and started an independent consulting business, becoming licensed to teach Business English to CEO’s and executives in Prague, Czech Republic. She worked with companies such as MAERSK, Verizon, and Czech government officials preparing them with business language skills to host the seat of the European Union in 2008.
Returning to the United States, Stephanie taught at the University of New Haven and continued volunteering as a nonprofit board member, planning fundraisers and raising support. In 2010 she moved to New Mexico to complete a degree in Language, Literacy and Cultural Studies at the University of New Mexico.
At UNM, Stephanie worked with staff and graduate student leaders to streamline the grant making process for students searching for research funding. She secured funding streams from the College of Education for future student use and trained a team of grant-readers and grant writers.
After graduating in 2012, she began working for local nonprofits as a full-time employee. In short order, Stephanie sought more dynamic work. In 2016, she founded Sample Consulting Studio to support growth in the nonprofit community as a new generation of leaders and best practices emerges. She has raised over $2.5 million for nonprofits in New Mexico since 2012.
Stephanie brings both foundational best practices and innovative perspectives to fundraising, fund management and organizational development. She believes that the time for social enterprise is now more than ever, and that as nonprofits learn to grow and develop business principles and mindsets, our sector will only become stronger and more self-supporting.
Care and Share Food Bank
Children's Health Advocacy Institute
Colorado Youth for a Change
Denver Children's Advocacy Center
Girls Inc.
Plains Conservation Center
The Gathering Place
Youth On Record
Amarillo Area Foundation/Nonprofit Service Center, Amarillo Texas
Alta Mira Specialized Family Services, Albuquerque, NM
Amarillo Family YMCA
Amarillo Senior Citizen's Association
Another Chance House, Amarillo Texas
Audubon Area Community Services, Owensboro Kentucky
Cancer Survivor's Network, Albuquerque New Mexico
Casa Esperanza, Albuquerque New Mexico
Children's Future Hillsborough, Tampa Florida (collaboration of 20 partner organizations)
Community Stepping Stones, Tampa Florida
Dismas House New Mexico, Albuquerque
Dream Tree Project, Taos NM
Family Support Services, Amarillo Texas
Gasparilla Distance Classic, Tampa Florida
Kansas Centers for Independent Living
Meals on Wheels and More, Abilene, TX
Police Athletic League, Tampa Florida
Positive Spin, Tampa Florida
Prairie Independent Living Resources, Hutchinson KS
Red River Valley Community Action Agency, Grand Forks North Dakota
Ronald McDonald House Charities, Amarillo Texas
Self Reliance, Inc., Tampa Florida
Tampa Heights Jr. Civic Association, Tampa Florida
The Skills Center, Tampa Florida
USF Pre School for Creative Learning, Tampa Florida
Adirondack Community Action Programs, Elizabethtown New York
Amarillo Botanical Gardens
Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, Amarillo Texas
Center for Nonprofit Stewardship, Philomath Oregon
Community Action Association of New Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico
Denton Texas Area Agencies, Amarillo Texas
Don Harrington Discovery Center
Earth Force, Tampa Florida
Globe News Center for the Performing Arts
Healthy Together, Tampa Florida
High Plains Food Bank, Amarillo Texas
Llano Cemetery, Amarillo Texas
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Rome New York
New Life Homes, Albuquerque, NM
New York State Community Action Association, Guilderland New York
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay
Regional Economic CAP, Fort Edward, New York
Rollins College- Philanthropy and Non Profit Leadership Center, Winter Park Florida
Washington County EOC, Owego New York
Texas Brazos Trails CVBs
Texas Forest Trail
Texas Forts Trail
Texas Independence Trail
Texas Lakes Trail
Texas Mountain Trail
Texas Pecos Trail
Texas Plains Trail
Texas Tropical Trail
Tioga Opportunities, Ithaca New York
Tompkins Community Action, Cortland New York
WESST, Albuquerque, NM
Wyoming County Community Action, Perry New York
Wow! My head us still reeling! 2 days, 2 groups, 1,000 ideas... Really good. Really, really good! You light the fire of imagination. You breathe energy into possibility. You give legs to hope. You dispel unrealities, break down walls, and force honest, calculated assessment. Thank you!
Kim Phillips
Free has turned to fee. . . . Given this funding environment . . . we have taken some major hits but we are growing our programs, we are not shrinking and we are not laying off people. Our Transcare program is now a mature business and it is really pumping out some money. If we hadn't done that we would be in a heap of hurt.
Donna Todd
The Crisis Center
I was thinking before our last Social Enterprise session ended - What a great exercise in group-think this has been. Definitely worth the on-site, team training experience as opposed to individual learning.
Joyce Fleck
Tri-Cap Community Action
This was one of the best trainings I have attended and I have been to many over the past 26 years with the agency. The training was great due to the materials provided, the feedback and support received from the trainers during the training. I highly recommend this training!
Joan Tarantino
Washington County EOC, Inc.
We believe in that class, it was like a sermon! It gave you a new way of thinking. How can we sustain our program? In social service there is the old way of doing things: we depend on the grant, we depend on the state and federal funds. Now it is: Okay, you can self sustain, you can depend on you.
Harriett Scott
Positive Spin
...my directors and I were talking about your Social Venture training and how positive it was for us as a management team.
Alan Jones
CEO
Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc.
Stephanie Sample
Stephanie
Sample
Principal - National
At 21, Stephanie joined her first Board of Directors for a community radio station at her alma mater in Southern Maine. She was nominated for the fundraising committee. Her introduction to non-profit fundraising began with Mardi Gras Jumbalaya cooking contests and the famous Beg-A-Thons where she raised her first thousands soliciting support from the DJ’s chair.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s, Stephanie moved to Central Europe and started an independent consulting business, becoming licensed to teach Business English to CEO’s and executives in Prague, Czech Republic. She worked with companies such as MAERSK, Verizon, and Czech government officials preparing them with business language skills to host the seat of the European Union in 2008.
Returning to the United States, Stephanie taught at the University of New Haven and continued volunteering as a nonprofit board member, planning fundraisers and raising support. In 2010 she moved to New Mexico to complete a degree in Language, Literacy and Cultural Studies at the University of New Mexico.
At UNM, Stephanie worked with staff and graduate student leaders to streamline the grant making process for students searching for research funding. She secured funding streams from the College of Education for future student use and trained a team of grant-readers and grant writers.
After graduating in 2012, she began working for local nonprofits as a full-time employee. In short order, Stephanie sought more dynamic work. In 2016, she founded Sample Consulting Studio to support growth in the nonprofit community as a new generation of leaders and best practices emerges. She has raised over $2.5 million for nonprofits in New Mexico since 2012.
Stephanie brings both foundational best practices and innovative perspectives to fundraising, fund management and organizational development. She believes that the time for social enterprise is now more than ever, and that as nonprofits learn to grow and develop business principles and mindsets, our sector will only become stronger and more self-supporting.
Social Enterprise Ventures
Social Enterprise Ventures
https://www.socialenterpriseventures.com
Stephanie Sample
Stephanie
Sample
https://www.socialenterpriseventures.com/team/stephanie_sample/
At 21, Stephanie joined her first Board of Directors for a community radio station at her alma mater in Southern Maine. She was nominated for the fundraising committee. Her introduction to non-profit fundraising began with Mardi Gras Jumbalaya cooking contests and the famous Beg-A-Thons where she raised her first thousands soliciting support from the DJ’s chair. After graduating with a Bachelor’s, Stephanie moved to Central Europe and started an independent consulting business, becoming licensed to teach Business English to CEO’s and executives in Prague, Czech Republic. She worked with companies such as MAERSK, Verizon, and Czech government officials preparing them with business language skills to host the seat of the European Union in 2008. Returning to the United States, Stephanie taught at the University of New Haven and continued volunteering as a nonprofit board member, planning fundraisers and raising support. In 2010 she moved to New Mexico to complete a degree in Language, Literacy and Cultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. At UNM, Stephanie worked with staff and graduate student leaders to streamline the grant making process for students searching for research funding. She secured funding streams from the College of Education for future student use and trained a team of grant-readers and grant writers. After graduating in 2012, she began working for local nonprofits as a full-time employee. In short order, Stephanie sought more dynamic work. In 2016, she founded Sample Consulting Studio to support growth in the nonprofit community as a new generation of leaders and best practices emerges. She has raised over $2.5 million for nonprofits in New Mexico since 2012. Stephanie brings both foundational best practices and innovative perspectives to fundraising, fund management and organizational development. She believes that the time for social enterprise is now more than ever, and that as nonprofits learn to grow and develop business principles and mindsets, our sector will only become stronger and more self-supporting.
Patrick Hibbard 
Jean Block