A decade of building for good causes by a team that knows the work inside out.

ActivatUs is built by the team behind Creative Frontiers: ten years, 200+ projects, 100+ mission-driven clients. In April 2026 we took everything that worked and rebuilt it around intelligence.

Our Leadership

Portrait of Mustafa Hasnain

Built Creative Frontiers from zero to 200+ projects. Led Grant Assistant AI to $1M ARR and an acquisition by FreeWill.

Mustafa Hasnain

Portrait of Sean Carroll

CEO of Anera, a $200M+ humanitarian organization. Julia Taft Award recipient and InterAction board member.

Sean Carroll

Portrait of Murtaza Syed

Financial architecture and global operations.

Murtaza Syed

Portrait of Rebecca Semmes

Former USAID BHA Office Director with 20+ years in international development.

Rebecca Semmes

Portrait of Yahya Ehsan

Visual storytelling and brand design.

Yahya Ehsan

Portrait of Rob Russell

Former FreeWill CRO and Thomson Reuters government business development director.

Rob Russell

From Creative Frontiers to ActivatUs.

2014

Creative Frontiers opens its doors

A creative studio for mission-driven work, starting with a simple conviction: good causes deserve great craft.

2014 to 2025

200+ projects, 100+ clients

Stanford, Save the Children, World Bank, USAID, Discovery Education, AAAS, UnidosUS, Benetech. A 5.0 Clutch rating and a Gold LA Film Award along the way.

2024

Grant Assistant proves the thesis

Our leaders built an AI product for nonprofit grant writing, grew it from $200K to $1M ARR in less than a year, and it was acquired by FreeWill, a leader in nonprofit tech. Building tech-enabled tools and growing them for this sector is what we do.

April 2026

ActivatUs

The same team, rebuilt around intelligence, insights, and content. With an award-winning creative studio and deep sector insight combined, ActivatUs is a marketing partner designed from the ground up for how membership organizations and nonprofits actually grow.

A world where no need goes unseen and no capacity to help goes unrealized.

That is the world we are working toward. Here is how we get there.

ActivatUs empowers organizations with intelligent insights, high-impact outreach, and seamless automation to create meaningful connections when and where they matter most.

In practice that means campaigns built around your calendar: we find the right people, understand how they listen, and reach them in your voice.

Ready when you are.

Start with a conversation. Tell us about your organization and your year, and you decide if what we see resonates.