In a city where grassroots ideas fuel real change, one organization is helping nonprofits and small community programs grow without losing their soul. The Hypatia Collaborative is rethinking how social impact work gets done, not with rushed scaling or corporate-style pressure, but with something much more St. Pete: community-led growth, shared support, and space to build thoughtfully.
At its core, Hypatia believes that systems change doesn’t start in big boardrooms but in neighborhoods. They believe that when small organizations share administrative tools, professional services, and expertise, they can spend less time drowning in paperwork and more time doing the real work that matters.
Hypatia serves as a Shared Services Organization, offering things like:
- Grant writing
- Financial Management
- Strategic planning
- Legal help
- Evaluation tools
- Business coaching
It’s like a community foundation for operational support where multiple organizations can tap into the same pool of resources and save money + reduce stress while gaining access to higher-quality services.
A model rooted in St. Pete values
Hypatia supports the kind of organizations we see every day in the Burg: community-led, creative, culturally specific, and fueled by passion more than infrastructure. Many of these groups are led by people who wear five job titles, write grants at midnight, and don’t have the budget to hire a full-time executive team…