ABOUT MAINSPRING

A full-service media communications firm, MainSpring specializes in developing materials that increase awareness, participation and giving at educational institutions and non-profit organizations. We aspire to be experts in both media and fundraising, and our history dates back to the Duke University e-solicitation series in 2002-2003. We work with institutions across the country, public and private, small and large.

MainSpring is a certified woman-owned, small business.

Our philosophy

Our philosophy is simple: one size doesn't fit all. Every organization is different and each set of constituents is different. While there may be some commonalities among them, tools need to fit the organization - not the other way around. At MainSpring we build fully customized products that are flexible to meet the changing needs of our clients.

Our process

We believe that an organized process and well-structured project team increases efficiency and leads to a better final product overall and a more satisfied client. To that end, we assign a project team dedicated to the creation, production and delivery of your project. The project team includes a dedicated project manager who leads the designer, programmer, and writer (producer, editor and video crew when necessary). Our proven process revolves around taking on the burden of the work and involving the client in review/revision aspects of the project.

Our team

Our team is made up of project managers, designers, writers, programmers, producers, editors and business development personnel. We also work with video crews around the country.

Stephanie I. Rasamny

President and Founder

Stephanie is the president and founder of MainSpring Media Communications, Inc. She leads the strategic planning and execution of projects and oversees MainSpring’s project teams. She created MainSpring to help fundraisers more effectively grow participation and contributions by integrating electronic tools with traditional fundraising methods. Stephanie has been invited to speak on efundraising at many conferences including CASE, the Association of Advancement Services Professionals, Academic Impressions and the Annual Giving Directors’ Consortium. She is also a committee member of the Association of Advancement Services Professionals. Stephanie holds a BA in Economics and Public Policy from Duke University with honors.

Client testimonials

Jennifer Kyles
Director of Communications and Technology at Emory University

“Stephanie and the staff at MainSpring are a joy to work with. They are creative, high energy and knowledgeable about their work. The Emory Alumni Association has worked with MainSpring for a number of years on numerous projects and have consistently been pleased.”

Byron Kantrow
Development & Corporate Relations at Tulane University, New York Regional Office

“Stephanie has been nothing less than a pleasure to work with. She is extremely responsive, very organized and the quality of her (and her team's) work has been above our expectations.”

Melissa Johnson
Director of Development, San Jose State University
former Director of Annual Giving, Haas School of Business UC Berkeley

“MainSpring did a terrific job of developing and executing professional, forward-looking, creative and interactive e-appeals that effectively represented my institution’s (the Haas School of Business, UC Berkely) brand identity. For starters, they listened to what I wanted. And they offered solutions custom-designed and tailored to our needs. The results? Solid. Easy to use? Yes. Did I hire them again? Yes, I did.

Bottom line, I recommend hiring MainSpring. Not only that, you will enjoy working with Stephanie Rasamny. She’s bright. She enjoys what she does. And it shows in all the work she produces.”