# CoMission

> CoMission is a Sebastopol, California community-relations consultancy that helps local governments, nonprofits, businesses, and membership organizations turn scattered stakeholders into working coalitions. Its services span listening research, action planning, fundraising and membership strategy, campaign infrastructure, media relations, and hands-on community engagement - a model made unusually visible through its pandemic-era work for the City of Sebastopol.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Sebastopol, United States
- **Founders:** Craig Litwin (Founder, CEO and Community Relations Director)
- **Team size:** 34 employees (provided company-data estimate; public directory counts vary)
- **Products:** Community listening and qualitative research, Action planning and campaign infrastructure, Stakeholder engagement and facilitation, Fundraising and membership development, Media and government relations
- **Notable:** Won the City of Sebastopol’s community-vitality engagement in 2020 when the city shifted from hiring one half-time specialist to engaging a team., Completed business and micro-surveys that informed Sebastopol discussions about loans, outdoor commerce, road use, and pandemic support., Established and facilitated three councils for business, community-benefit, and service organizations.

## Products & services

- **Community listening and qualitative research** — Surveys, interviews, stakeholder inventories, and needs analysis for businesses, residents, nonprofits, and public agencies.
- **Action planning and campaign infrastructure** — Goals, work plans, digital and physical assets, tools, and operating structure for fundraising, membership, and community-support campaigns.
- **Stakeholder engagement and facilitation** — Community councils, workshops, summits, outreach, and coalition management across government, business, nonprofit, and service organizations.
- **Fundraising and membership development** — Campaign strategy, giving-circle design, donor and member recruitment, earned-media support, and nonprofit capacity building.
- **Media and government relations** — Press preparation, public-affairs counsel, policymaker engagement, applications, and navigation of public programs.

## Achievements

- Won the City of Sebastopol’s community-vitality engagement in 2020 when the city shifted from hiring one half-time specialist to engaging a team.
- Completed business and micro-surveys that informed Sebastopol discussions about loans, outdoor commerce, road use, and pandemic support.
- Established and facilitated three councils for business, community-benefit, and service organizations.
- Helped organize the 2021 West County Community Needs Summit after surveying more than 100 organizations.
- CEO Craig Litwin co-founded Sebastopol West 100, which awarded $295,000 to eight nonprofits in its first grant cycle, exceeding its initial $200,000 goal.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — CoMission’s CEO Craig Litwin was serving as development director of Sebastopol West 100 as it continued member recruitment and fundraising.
- **2025-10** — Sebastopol West 100 awarded $295,000 to eight west-county nonprofits after receiving 77 applications; Litwin was a founding board member.
- **2025-03** — Sebastopol West 100 launched with Craig Litwin among its founding board members and the Community Foundation Sonoma County as fiscal sponsor.

## Links

- Website: https://www.comission.group/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/comission

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Last updated: 2026-09-14