Twenty years. Four hundred fifty million dollars. One trusted partner.

Rebecca Hunter Tam founded Social Ink LLC in 2010 after nearly fifteen years teaching high school English — a foundation that still shapes how the firm approaches every funding proposal: as a story worth telling, an argument worth making, and a partnership worth building.

Since 2006, Rebecca has worked across the full spectrum of fund development — grant writing, corporate sponsorships, major donor cultivation, capital campaigns, and the organizational strategy that holds it all together. Over that time she has secured more than $450 million for clients ranging from county offices of education and private hospitals to LGBTQ+ community centers, foster youth programs, tribal governments, and federal agencies.

What makes Social Ink different is the long view. Rebecca doesn't just write the proposal in front of her. She helps clients build the case, the calendar, and the relationships that turn one win into a sustainable funding portfolio. Every engagement is grounded in the same conviction that drove her into nonprofit work in the first place: that institutions worth funding are institutions worth understanding deeply.

Social Ink has secured funding from a wide range of federal agencies and federal programs, including: