Marcano Thyme Collective – Welcome to Marcano Thyme Collective

Fundraising with Heart. Leading with Intention.

Helping mission-driven leaders raise more — while staying grounded, whole, and well.

🌿 Clarity

Gain confidence and focus in your fundraising efforts.

🌼 Connection

Build stronger, more authentic donor relationships.

🌞 Calm

Lead with purpose — without burning out.

Rooted Fundraising for Real Impact

We believe fundraising with heart shouldn’t mean running on empty. Through intentional coaching and grounded strategy, Marcano Thyme Collective helps you lead with confidence, connect with donors authentically, and protect your energy along the way.

The Rooted Fundraiser

A guide to sustainable fundraising, grounded leadership, and lasting impact.

This book is written for fundraisers and mission driven leaders who love their work — but feel worn thin by it.

Drawing from real stories, lived experience, and practical frameworks, The Rooted Fundraiser invites you to rethink success, rebuild your energy, and lead with clarity and care. Inside, you’ll find reflections, tools, and practices designed to help you fundraise effectively without sacrificing your well-being.

This isn’t a quick-fix manual. It’s a companion for fundraisers who want to thrive — not just survive.

$19 - Digital eBook

The Rooted Fundraiser Journey

A six-week experience designed to help you realign your purpose, rebuild your confidence, and renew your energy — so you can fundraise with clarity and ease.

Week 1–2: Regrounding Your Why

Clarify your purpose and reconnect to what drives your mission.

Week 3–4: Building Confidence in Donor Conversations

Develop grounded, heart-centered communication with donors.

Week 5–6: Creating a Sustainable Fundraising Plan

Design a rhythm that supports long-term success and well-being.

A Focused Conversation Over Tea

Sometimes you don’t need a full program you just need space to breathe and clarity to move forward.

Tea Time is a one-hour coaching session designed to help you unpack one challenge, reset your focus, and leave with a clear, actionable next step.

What Fundraisers Are Saying

Kenya helped me reconnect to the heart of my work. I left every session feeling grounded and inspired.

The clarity I found through this process transformed how I approach donor calls.”

Meet Kenya Roberts

Kenya Roberts is a fundraising coach, strategist, and wellness advocate who believes that thriving fundraisers build thriving missions. With more than two decades of experience leading multimillion-dollar campaigns and mentoring development professionals, Kenya founded Marcano Thyme Collective to help fundraisers lead with confidence, connection, and calm.

Inspired by her grandmother, holistic wellness practitioner Irene Marcano, Kenya blends psychology, wellness, and fundraising strategy to help mission-driven leaders work in ways that are impactful and sustainable. Through coaching, workshops, and resources, she invites fundraisers to redefine success not by how much they do, but by how rooted they feel while doing it.

Start Your Journey Toward Calm, Confident Fundraising

Download your free Rooted Fundraiser Toolkit — complete with reflection prompts, boundary scripts, and weekly reset rituals to help you stay grounded while doing good.