The Honor Roll — CauseMatch Trusted Vendor Marketplace

Confer honor · 30 seconds

Add your vouch by WhatsApp voice note

Record a 30-second note about a vendor who did right by your organization. We transcribe it and add it to the roll — under your real name and title. No forms, no stars.

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Seals of Trust

Honor that compounds

A vendor cannot list themselves. Each named endorsement is one vouch on the roll. As real leaders add their names, a vendor rises through the seals — gravitas, not points.

I

Endorsed

1–4 named orgs

A client staked their reputation to bring this vendor onto the roll. The bar to enter at all.

II

Distinguished

5–9 named orgs

Multiple leaders, multiple organizations, have put their names beside this vendor’s work.

III

Illustrious

10+ named orgs

A vendor the community returns to again and again. The highest seal we confer.

The Honoree Page

Ateret Creative

How a full honoree reads: the seal first, then the story, the work, and the roll of names that put it there.

Featured Honoree II

Ateret Creative

Miriam Adler · Founder & Creative Director · Brand & Campaign Design

“Campaign identities and matching-day microsites for Jewish nonprofits.” Based in Jerusalem · works remotely with US orgs.

Tier II

Distinguished

6Organizations endorsing

11×Hired through the community

~3 hrsTypical response time

The Story

Istarted Ateret because Jewish organizations deserve design as serious as their mission. The work begins with the community — who they are, what they carry — long before a single pixel. My favorite projects are the ones where the campaign becomes something the whole community feels proud to share.

Brand systems Annual-campaign creative Matching-campaign microsites Donor mailers Rebrands

Projects & Outcomes

Beth Shalom Academy — annual campaign rebrand & $2M matching microsite

A refreshed identity and campaign site for the day school. Raised 38% more than the prior year.

Federation Giving Tuesday toolkit

A templated social + email kit built for reuse. Adopted by 20 partner organizations.

Photo slot Community gala / Miriam presenting the campaign identity at work

The Roll of Endorsements

Every vouch: name · organization · what she did.

“Miriam understood our community before she designed a single pixel. The campaign brand felt like us — and it raised more than any year before.”

Rabbi David CohenExecutive Director · Beth Shalom Academy · Chicago, IL

“She turns a fundraising strategy into something people actually want to open.”

Sarah FeldmanDirector of Development · Hillel International · remote

One vendor. One clear next step.

Get an intro → Intro on WhatsApp

In the client’s words

“The campaign brand felt like us — and it raised more than any year before.”

From the structured reference interview · Rabbi David Cohen, Beth Shalom Academy

In the vendor’s words

“The ones I love most are where the campaign becomes something the whole community feels proud to share.”

0:32

Auto-transcribed from Miriam’s voice recording · the warmth layer

Sample profiles shown are illustrative.

The Roll

Others our community has honored

Each carries its own seal. Each was nominated by a named leader — never by the vendor.

Kol Rina Media

Dovid Weiss · Fundraising Video & Story · Brooklyn, NY + remote

“Short films that make donors feel the mission.”

Rivka Klein · Campaign Chair · Yeshiva Ohr, Lakewood NJ“People cried at the dinner. Then they gave.”

Endorsed by 4 orgs · hired 7×

Simcha Event Productions

Rivka Stein · Galas & Kosher Events · Los Angeles, CA

“Annual dinners run like clockwork, glatt kosher.”

Aaron Gold · Executive Director · Maimonides LA“Our biggest night of the year, and I didn’t worry once.”

Endorsed by 5 orgs · hired 9×

Nesiya Journeys

Eli Bar-On · Heritage & Mission Trips · Jerusalem + remote planning

“Donor and leadership missions to Israel.”

Endorsed by 3 orgs

Tzedakah CRM Partners

Naomi Ashkenazi · Nonprofit CRM & Salesforce · Remote

“Your donor data, finally trustworthy.”

Endorsed by 4 orgs · hired 6×

Ohr Print House

Shimon Weber · Premium Print & Mail · Monsey, NY

“Mailers donors keep on the fridge.”

Endorsed by 3 orgs

An empty plaque

Categories · Brand · Video · Events · Print · Missions · CRM · PR · Web

Know a vendor worthy of the roll? Their honor begins with your name.

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How a plaque is earned

Two voices, in order

The trust layer comes first, from the client. The warmth layer comes later, from the vendor. We never let a vendor write their own praise.

I

The reference interview

With the vendor’s client · the trust layer

A short structured interview with the leader who hired them — the hard-to-fake part.

What was the need your organization faced?
What did the vendor actually do?
What changed — the outcome you can point to?
Would you hire them again? Who else should?

Yields the named endorsement + the project story. Nothing is anonymous.

II

The vendor’s voice note

Recorded later · the warmth layer

Only after the community has spoken, the vendor records who they are and their favorite project — auto-transcribed.

Why you started, in your own words
The kind of work you do best
A favorite project and why it mattered

Kept visually distinct from the client’s words — story, never self-review.

Endorsing a peer’s vendor is an act of חֶסֶד — sparing a sister organization a bad hire.

An honest read

Where the Honor Roll wins — and where it loses

Where it wins

Prestige is the product: being listed feels like a genuine honor, which is exactly the north star.
Named tiers turn trust into something legible — “endorsed by 6 orgs” reads instantly, no stars needed.
The live feed makes the community’s generosity visible and social, without gamified points.

Where it loses

Prestige framing can feel exclusive — worthy newcomers with one vouch may look small next to Tier III.
Slow to fill: a wall of honor is only impressive once it has names, so early days can look sparse.
Ceremony over utility — a buyer in a hurry to filter by category may find the reverence gets in the way.