She/ Her

Favorite food: Burritos

Mindy Schweitzer-Rawls

Director of Fundraising Services


Mindy is a seasoned nonprofit professional with over two decades of experience empowering organizations to achieve their missions. Mindy started her nonprofit career working in affordable housing as a property manager for a community development organization, sparking her interest in and appreciation for increased access to safe, accessible housing and discriminatory land use and redevelopment issues, which has remained a throughline over her 20 years in the nonprofit sector.

While at Purpose Possible, Mindy has served as the lead consultant for the Atlanta Land Trust’s fundraising initiatives since 2020. As the Director of Fundraising Services at Purpose Possible, Mindy leads a team of dedicated consultants in crafting and implementing tailored fundraising, communications, and community development strategies with a focus on human service organizations, affordable housing, and community development, as well as other organizations across the sector.

Mindy has supported the work of the Women’s Affordable Housing Network, Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County, a Raleigh-based housing-focused organization, DHIC, and served as the interim executive director at a family housing shelter, Nicholas House.


Mindy has worked with: Atlanta Land Trust, Wesley International Academy, 21st Century Leaders, Nicholas House, Endwell, Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity, and others.


Education

  • Bachelor of Science

  • Institute for Equity Activism

  • Empathy workshop facilitation certification


Skills

  • Grant writing

  • Corporate sponsorships

  • Annual fund planning

  • Major giving

  • Federal grants

  • Facilitating board meetings, retreats, or work sessions

  • Fundraising plans

  • Evaluations

  • Project management

 

System skills: Salesforce, Donor Perfect, Mailchimp, Squarespace, Network for Good, Later.com, DonorBox


Memberships & Volunteer Service

  • Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, Advisory Board Member

  • Girls on the Run of the Bay Area, Associate Board

  • Help Each Other Out

  • Drew Charter School

  • Kirkwood Neighborhood Organization

  • Equitable Dinners


Mindy has been featured in:

  • CBS Local, Atlanta