Amy Kincaid is Founder and Principal of ChangeMatters, Benefit LLC, a social enterprise consultancy that works with entrepreneurs, executives, advisors, funders, and investors in both tax-exempt social enterprises and not-just-for-profit socially-responsible businesses.
Amy has been responsible for securing over $66 million for nonprofit organizations working on economic development, arts and culture, sustainability, and international development in a range of organizations with budgets of less than $100,000 to over $12 million. In 20 years career experience in the roles of grantmaker, lobbyist, publisher, executive director, development director, trainer, and advisor, Amy has developed special expertise in
• Tax exempt organizations, fundraising and resource development, management and governance consulting, local business, social enterprise and socially-responsible small business;
• emerging body of benefit corporation laws and regulations;
• Adult learning, professional training, facilitation, enterprise coaching.
She has worked with startup and established organizations in Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary, and Albania, and developed the grantmaking program for the first foundation in the former Soviet Union. She has directed development efforts for the International Research and Exchanges Board and in interim roles for First Nations Development Institute, Center for Women’s Business Research, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and Bethesda Green. Previously, she published a national employment newspaper for community organizers and non-profit sector executives.
She is an exhibiting visual artist and curator of a local exhibit and performance space, and chairs of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Born and raised in Kansas City, she lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.