Meet Nate Birt
Founder and CEO of Silver Maple Strategies | Nonprofit Fundraising, Communications, and Operating Systems Strategist
Welcome! I’m Nate Birt, founder of Silver Maple Strategies, where we help mission-driven nonprofits communicate with clarity, unlock transformative funding, and achieve measurable impact.
Our Mission
Our marketing agency and consultancy helps nonprofit leaders and their teams breathe, lead, and grow.
Why Work With Us
You’re leading high-stakes work—and you need a partner who understands your world, your urgency, and your long-term goals. That’s where we come in.​
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Our core service is helping you show up with clarity, confidence, and credibility to the audiences who matter most: funders, policymakers, partners, and the public.
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Through a powerful mix of business development coaching, executive ghostwriting, and AI-forward training and systems building, we’ll help you go from scattered to strategic—so your voice leads the way.
Let’s make your impact impossible to ignore.
What We Do
Strategic Communication + Fundraising Strategy + Fractional Leadership
Our work blends strategic communication, business development, and advisory services to help you:
Engage key audiences authentically and effectively, starting with existing and prospective funders
Strengthen your message and impact by leveraging human-centered, AI-forward systems
Lead with clarity and confidence
The primary way we support clients is through our signature Growth Foundations Retainer, a flexible, month-to-month engagement designed to help you build momentum now and into the future.
Experience
15+ Years of Strategic Storytelling + National Climate Leadership
I’ve spent the past 15 years helping purpose-driven leaders elevate their messaging and deliver real-world outcomes in diverse industries such as food, agriculture, and conservation.
Highlights include:​
My Story
From Journalism to Farming And Into the Future of Climate Solutions
I began my career as a newspaper and online journalist serving small towns and urban communities. Then, my family relocated to rural Missouri to raise our family—plus chickens, cows, turkeys, vegetables, and fruit. That lived experience has transformed me.
Some of our personal favorite nonprofit causes include supporting families seeking to adopt children and improving food security for all.
Today, our team helps nonprofits and funders achieve their biggest goals across fundraising, communications, and operations, recognizing the world needs more generosity, creativity, and passion for the public good, now more than ever.