A community investment strategy firm for institutions ready to stop guessing what communities need.
Project Relatable Stays Accountable to Community
We help institutions make better decisions about community investment.
Our work is rooted in a simple belief: communities should never be the smallest voice in decisions that shape their future. That means we ask harder questions before money is spent, partnerships are announced, or impact is claimed.
Who was in the room?
Who was left out?
Did we ask the community what they need?
Will this investment leave something behind?
Project Relatable exists to help institutions do more than give. We help them listen, invest, measure, and stay accountable to the people their decisions affect.
Why This Matters
Community investment often starts with good intentions. A grant. A sponsorship. A partnership. A program. A public commitment. But good intentions are not enough. Too often, money moves before the right questions are asked. When those questions are skipped, even well-funded efforts can miss the point. Because,
the people with the money should never be the only people who matter.
How We Help Institutions Make Better Community Investment Decisions
We work with institutions including banks, businesses, foundations, nonprofits, community investment teams, and corporate giving departments.
Community Investment Strategy
For institutions that want to stop guessing what communities need
Partnership Design
For institutions that want relationships that hold up after the check clears
Impact Measurement
and Storytelling
For organizations that need to show what changed, not just what happened
Nonprofit Strategy and Funding Support
For nonprofits that need more sustainable funding strategies
Communities already have leaders, ideas, history, relationships, and people doing the work. What they often lack is funding, trust, access, and decision-making power.
Project Relatable helps institutions move from scattered giving, surface-level partnerships, and disconnected reporting to community investment rooted in listening, trust, and accountability.
The Project Relatable Way
Community investment gets messy when money, power, politics and real people's lives are all in the same room. The Project Relatable Way keeps keeps the work grounded. It guides how we make decisions, ask questions, build partnerships, and stay accountable to the people most affected by the work.
Radical Empathy
Unshakeable Collaboration
Fearless Creativity
Expertise with Impact
Accountability & Transparency
These principles help Project Relatable keep community voice, trust, and accountability at the center of every engagement.
A Track Record Built in Community
Project Relatable’s work is shaped by years of showing up in neighborhoods, boardrooms, funding conversations, and the spaces where community decisions get made.
I was truly impressed by Project Relatable's deep knowledge and experience in the nonprofit and grassroots space. Their expertise in branding and design is a tremendous asset—helping organizations not only secure the right grants but also stay consistent and strong in their branding.
Basement Ghost Media
Project Relatable's passion for technology and community growth shines through in everything you do. As a former board member, Maybeth Morales-Davis played an instrumental role in Brass City Gamers’ development, and her consultations continue to be invaluable for our brand and nonprofit growth.
Brass City Gamers
Meet Our Founder
Maybeth Morales-Davis
After a while, I got tired of watching people make decisions about communities without enough community in the room.
Project Relatable grew from that frustration, and from a belief that community investment should be shaped with the people most affected by it.
I built Project Relatable because I was tired of watching people say they cared about community while making decisions without them.
Community investment should be shaped by the people who have to live with the outcome.
What The Minutes Never Say
Because the official record rarely tells the whole story.
Ready to make better community
investment decisions?
Whether you are funding a program, building partnerships, supporting nonprofits, or rethinking your community impact strategy, Project Relatable can help you move with more clarity, accountability, and community voice.