We are expert at integrating CiviCRM with WordPress
We are a small, independent web development shop, primarily serving nonprofit organizations looking to take control of their data and digital workflows. Our mission is to empower organizations using WordPress and CiviCRM as their foundational infrastructure.
We are a Workers’ Collective
Our members don’t just work here; we own the company. We share a strong belief in open-source software, and empowering the individual user. Read more about our values and what it’s like to work with us.
Dana Skallman
Dana had a strong record in community organizing when she invited initial members to found Tadpole Collective. She is passionate about promoting equitable access to technology, and has helped dozens of groups, movements, and foundations to integrate organizational workflows using WordPress & CiviCRM.
Kevin Cristiano
Kevin never met a command line he didn’t like, which is why he watches over the Tadpole servers and infrastructure. His expertise in SQL databases and accounting practices has made him an invaluable member of both the collective and the WordPress Community Team.
Melissa Cahill
Melissa assists clients with content strategy, website planning, and search engine optimization. On the AMS side of things, Melissa works on QA testing, documentation, and helping with CiviCRM build-outs and data imports.
Rindy Portfolio
Rindy previously helped organize WordCamps in New York City and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His expertise lies in theme and plugin development, but he’s especially happy about helping others learn to use WordPress & CiviCRM.
Community Involvement
Since 2013, Tadpole has been a Founding Supporting Partner and Empowering Contributor to CiviCRM, which means our members devote over 120 person-hours per year improving and testing the software.
As part of the core CiviCRM for WordPress maintenance team, Tadpole’s Kevin Cristiano plays an important role as a maintainer of the CiviCRM-WordPress Integration component. He routinely contributes his time to working on enhancements, bug fixes, and upgrades in addition to taking the lead on testing all new CiviCRM release candidates to ensure ongoing compatibility with WordPress.
In New York City, Tadpole’s Dana Skallman heads up the monthly CiviDay activities, providing a forum for local CiviCRM users to come together for educational presentations and collaborative work sessions.
Tadpole Collective’s founding members met at the WordPress NYC MeetUp group, so we owe our very existence to WordPress. We recognize the value not only of open-source software but of the communities that form around it and we try to give back in a number of ways.
Tadpole members have helped organize WordPress Meet-Ups and WordCamps from New York to Kuala Lumpur. Tadpole’s Kevin Cristiano volunteers his time on the Community Team where he is primarily responsible for the Global Sponsor Program, coordinating accessibility needs, working on GPL issues, and overseeing budget applications and grants to local WordCamp events.