Experienced Fundraising and Grant Strategy Partners for Nonprofits

Sonya Page is a grant strategy and foundation fundraising consultant and the founder of Page Consulting Group. She brings nearly two decades of experience helping nonprofit organizations secure and sustain institutional funding.

Prior to founding the firm, Sonya held foundation fundraising roles at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Greater Boston Food Bank, and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she led corporate and foundation relations efforts supporting the Mass General Cancer Center and a diverse portfolio of health and education initiatives. These roles shaped her practical, systems-focused approach to fundraising and her belief that strong grant outcomes begin with strategy rather than relying on writing alone.

Today, Sonya works with nonprofit leaders nationwide to strengthen prospect research, clarify organizational positioning, and build sustainable grant programs that align fundraising ambition with operational capacity. Her work emphasizes practical tools, collaborative partnership, and expanding access to fundraising knowledge for community-led and resource-constrained organizations.

Sonya holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, where she was a Waldemar A. Nielsen Philanthropy Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University.

Matthew Swoveland has been with Page Consulting Group since 2019, helping nonprofit organizations build the capacity and strategic foundation needed for lasting fundraising success. He works with clients across the human services, healthcare, arts, disability services, and international development sectors.

Matthew has held roles across the nonprofit sector, from frontline educator and program coordinator to program director, deputy director, and executive director. He has worked within and alongside organizations serving survivors of domestic violence, high-risk and gang-involved youth, and immigrant communities in Greater Boston and beyond. His experience spans direct service, program development and evaluation, community outreach, and organizational leadership, including navigating major organizational transitions and building new relationships with state, federal, and private funders.

Matthew brings to his consulting work a deep, practice-rooted understanding of how nonprofits actually operate – the pressures leaders face, the complexity of the communities they serve, and what it takes to build sustainable programs and funding. His background in crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and strengths-based practice shapes an approach that is adaptive, relational, and grounded in the real work. He is known for being deeply engaged with clients, helping them to define their needs and bring their ideas to life through well-thought-out logic models and budgets, translating potential solutions into fundable projects.

At Page Consulting Group, Matthew works closely with nonprofit teams to identify and articulate their strengths, align their programs with funder priorities, and build the confidence, systems, and strategies needed to grow both their foundation fundraising and the programs that these grants support. He holds a Master's degree in Classics and Linguistics from Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree in Classics, Philosophy, and Religious Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

Martina McPherson has been a consultant at Page Consulting Group since 2018. She specializes in comprehensive prospect research and analysis, compelling narrative development, and outreach and stewardship mapping.

Prior to her nonprofit consulting work, Martina served as an environmental scientist at an environmental consulting firm in Boston, Massachusetts, where she provided lead technical support and project management for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal, regional, and state agencies. For over eight years, she successfully led coastal management and planning projects, public health assessments, and stakeholder analyses across the United States, managing complex initiatives from concept through implementation.

Martina brings a unique combination of technical environmental expertise and strategic engagement to Page Consulting Group. Her background in geospatial analysis, environmental datasets, and working across federal, state, tribal, and local governments has honed her ability to distill complex information into clear, compelling narratives. Her pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach helps organizations stay focused and organized to meet critical deadlines.

Martina has worked with a range of nonprofit clients over the years, including legal services, women's health services, and environmental causes. Her clients appreciate her passion and thoroughness in writing about their missions and services, her professional systems that keep grantwriting on track, and her clear, direct guidance for their outreach and stewardship of foundation relationships.

Martina holds a BA in Government and an Environmental Studies Certificate from Wesleyan University, and a Master's of Environmental Management and Geospatial Analysis Certificate from Duke University.

Nicole Castillo has worked with Page Consulting Group since 2020. With 18 years of experience with organizations working to end gender-based violence, she specializes in fundraising strategy, philanthropic alignment, and strengthening the organizational systems that support effective grants programs.

Nicole has held roles across the full spectrum of nonprofit engagement, from volunteer and direct service to policy director, program director, and board leadership. She has worked within hospitals and community organizations in Central New York, Massachusetts, and Colorado, and has reviewed grant applications for local foundations and corporate giving committees. Her board service reflects her core commitments: LGBTQ+ rights, supporting survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence, and the empowerment of women and Latine/x communities.

She brings deep programmatic insight, substantive systems knowledge of gender-based violence services, and a strong equity lens, particularly in supporting the work of BIPOC-led organizations. Her experience spanning direct service, policy, governance, and grantmaking allows her to think strategically while staying grounded in community realities.

Nicole is known for being exceptionally responsive and meeting clients exactly where they are. She brings diligence and follow-through to every engagement, and she understands firsthand how demanding this work can be from the inside. Her goal is to complement her clients' efforts as seamlessly as possible so they can stay focused on the meaningful impact they're creating in their communities.

Nicole holds a BA from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MDiv from Harvard University. She has also earned certificates in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Tufts University and in Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Caroline Dolive has worked with Page Consulting Group since 2023. Drawing on a career emphasizing cross-cultural engagement and nonprofit program administration, Carrie works with nonprofit organizations across the human services and healthcare sectors.

Carrie has administered complex, grant-funded programs sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State, advancing initiatives focusing on professional development and cross-sector collaboration. She spent nearly a decade at the Institute for International Education (IIE) administering the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, empowering professionals to create meaningful, sustainable impact within their institutions and communities. She also informed enterprise-wide participant advising systems and strategies while also implementing a range of technology-driven process improvements.

With her deep experience in program design and administration, system and process optimization, and advancing equitable access initiatives, she brings a nuanced understanding of both client priorities and stakeholder perspectives.

Carrie holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Russian Language and Literature from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. in International Education from The George Washington University. She has served abroad as a community health educator in the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan and as an educational evaluator in Kyrgyzstan.