Philanthropy Software

Helping foundations and nonprofits achieve better client relationships through optimal SmartSimple database management

Website Design & Management

Helping indie authors & small businesses create, optimize, and manage Squarespace websites

Celeste has 15 years of experience in nonprofit work and grant administration and is passionate about social justice, personal growth, conservation and the outdoors, and child and family well-being. Personable, empathetic, and detail-oriented in nature, Celeste uses a client-centered approach to her philanthropy work. She has been working in grants administration since 2008 and has served as a System Administrator for SmartSimple grants management systems since 2015. Celeste currently works as an independent consultant with the Philanthropy.io team helping foundations in the following areas:

Celeste has 10 years of experience building and managing websites for bloggers, indie authors, and small businesses in the realm of travel, social justice, personal growth, conservation and the outdoors, and child and family well-being. Personable, empathetic, and detail-oriented in nature, Celeste uses a client-centered approach to her work and strives to support clients in the following areas:

  • Website migrations — moving content into the Squarespace platform

  • Website management support & training — teaching website owners how to manage their own sites, control inventory, etc.

  • Website optimization & management support — calls and meetings on a regular basis to keep things running smoothly

  • User interface design — user experience optimization, page creation, permissions, and visibility, etc.

  • Site maintenance — testing, business process optimization, operations manual creation, instruction video production, etc.

Clients include:

  • Well + Wander Retreats (new site launching soon!)

  • Sara Bumgardner artist retreats

  • Safe Harbor Alano Club

  • MDI Backpack Program

  • Acadia Takeaway

  • Wandering Nation

  • Togetherness Redefined

  • Celesteorr.com

Testimonials

Recommendations from clients

“I wholeheartedly recommend her to any organization seeking assistance with their platform, as her dedication and proficiency are unmatched.”

— John Ellington, Director, The Home Depot Foundation

“Celeste is a pleasure to work with and a huge asset to anyone looking to truly leverage SmartSimple and all its capabilities to achieve successful outcomes.”

— Amy Bilodeau, Manager, Community Investment: The Home Depot Canada

“It’s rare to find someone who can see the big picture while paying attention to the smallest detail. We would not have had such a smooth transition to SmartSimple or a robust system without her.”

— Sherry Witherington, Director of Community Support, Georgia Family Connection Partnership

“Her extensive knowledge of both the program as well as the SmartSimple company allowed us to feel confident when making long-term decisions concerning support agreements and additional implementation services. She stepped right into our process and immediately made an impact.”

— Troy Johnson, Chief Financial Officer,  Healthcare Georgia Foundation

“She is fast, efficient, always cheerful, and truly a pleasure to work with.”

— Stephanie Choy, Choy Consulting for California Access to Justice Commission

“ Celeste was an exceptional asset to our organization during our post-implementation journey with Smartsimple. Her extensive knowledge and expertise in the platform proved invaluable in ensuring our users were well-informed and supported, while also providing us with the confidence to adapt and enhance our system as new requirements emerged. I wholeheartedly recommend her to any organization seeking assistance with their platform, as her dedication and proficiency are unmatched.”

— John Ellington, Director, The Home Depot Foundation

“The Home Depot Canada Foundation has had the pleasure of benefiting from Celeste’s consulting services over the past year and the positive improvements on our SmartSimple system – for our users, our Foundation team, and our overall effectiveness have been incredible. Celeste is not only a subject matter expert on the system – she knows how to speak the language and make it digestible for any audience. From start to finish Celeste does an excellent job at understanding our system needs and wants and building our entire team’s capacity according to each individual’s scope of work, helping us to execute in a timely manner to meet our stakeholders’ expectations and ensure a flawless execution for all of our users. Celeste is a pleasure to work with and a huge asset to anyone looking to truly leverage SmartSimple and all its capabilities to achieve successful outcomes.”

— Amy Bilodeau, Manager, Community Investment: The Home Depot Canada

“Celeste Orr has been instrumental in our successful installation and utilization of SmartSimple’s platform. Celeste has the ability to support you in the visioning process and throughout the configuration, launch, implementation, maintenance, upgrade, and staff development phases. She’s a great communicator and really listens and responds to the client’s needs, as well as being proactive in suggesting applications that will improve your grants management system. It’s rare to find someone who can see the big picture while paying attention to the smallest detail. We would not have had such a smooth transition to SmartSimple or a robust system without her.”

— Sherry Witherington, Director of Community Support, Georgia Family Connection Partnership


”Here at Healthcare Georgia Foundation, we have found Celeste’s consulting services over the past year to be instrumental in the successful implementation of the SmartSimple system. Her extensive knowledge of both the program as well as the SmartSimple company allowed us to feel confident when making long-term decisions concerning support agreements and additional implementation services. She stepped right into our process and immediately made an impact.  Celeste was also very patient and empowering when training our staff. Finally, Celeste has developed a client engagement approach that accesses the internal user’s needs while also considering our stakeholder interaction. We will continue to work with Celeste as our requirements change and her schedule permits.”

— Troy Johnson, Chief Financial Officer,  Healthcare Georgia Foundation

“I am an independent consultant responsible for a client grant program built on SmartSimple, and being able to rely on Celeste to administer SmartSimple has been life-saving. She is adept at getting the most out of SmartSimple features, but also brings a wealth of experience designing a user interface that is intuitive for both grantor and grantees. Her existing relationships with the SmartSimple team are an asset as she is able to get results when issues arise. She brings practical creative problem solving, is flexible to meet specific (and sometimes idiosyncratic) needs. She is fast, efficient, always cheerful, and truly a pleasure to work with.”

— Stephanie Choy, Choy Consulting for California Access to Justice Commission