Our Services

What we Do

 

Our clients count on us to help them transform uncertainty into possibility and change into measurable progress. Our team knows how to anticipate challenges and provide the innovative solutions organizations need to thrive. 

high impact, cost-effective intervention

We partner with clients to promote lasting progress and sustainable change that won’t strain budgets.

We are a consulting collaborative, not a firm. Our consultants aren’t paid a salary. That means we have far less overhead than larger consulting firms. This business structure allows us to pass the savings on to our clients and enables us to bring in top talent to work with clients on large and small projects alike. In uncertain times, organizations need our services more than ever, but they also need to make smart choices with limited funds. 

Fund Development

Fund development isn’t just fundraising, it’s the process of building relationships that help organizations build capacity & meet the needs of their constituents. We help organizations develop, implement & perfect this process.

Strategy & Planning

Proper planning strengthens an organization’s ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Nonprofits need adaptive strategy now more than ever. We help clients create a dynamic plan that offers development teams real strategies they can use.

Community Development

Building relationships & embracing collaboration is more important than ever. Board members, volunteers, management & administrative staff all have a role to play in community development. We help clients develop strategic partnerships & engage stakeholder communities.

Program Development & Evaluation

We help organizations maintain a strategic approach to staffing, budgeting, funding & program evaluation. We work with clients to retool programs if necessary & develop models of service that meet the needs of client communities.

Digital Infrastructure Planning & Development

Every nonprofit is engaged in online fundraising, but they need to do far more than that. We show organizations how to use software platforms & other tools to engage donors, deliver services & build community.

Board Development

Forward momentum stalls without effective governance. We provide the tools nonprofits need to create a well-informed, focused & cohesive governance team.

How we work with clients 

Our Process 

Our approach to each of our clients is individualized and tailored to meet their unique needs. We partner with our clients on a wide variety of both small and larger projects. Below is just a glimpse of what a typical partnership might look like.

 

 

 

Research & Analysis

We work with our clients to help them gain a complex, nuanced understanding of their organizations & how to best meet the needs of their client communities.

Building a roadmap to success

We use both qualitative & quantitative data, a deep understanding of organizational culture & the broader nonprofit landscape to inform our collaborative planning process. This creates a roadmap clients understand & are eager to implement.

Monitoring progress

We don’t leave once the planning is done. We work with our clients make sure progress toward goals is measured & needed adjustments are made.

Current & Former Clients

Our Partners

From Our Consultants

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Hero Culture

Most nonprofits have foundational stories. These are usually heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking stories about people overcoming adversity, challenging prejudice, or battling chronic illness. Foundational stories are rightly a source of great pride and organizational identity. They serve to inspire others to act and justify the creation of a framework for that action: a nonprofit organization.

There are other stories that don’t always make it into the brochures but are equally significant in terms of how they shape and inform the culture of an organization. These stories celebrate the early days of an organization; days of scarcity, when a small group of extraordinary people kept things together with bubblegum and shoelaces. 

These two narratives—one that speaks to organizational identity, the other to organizational culture—often overlap. We’ve all heard these stories, and we feel tremendous admiration for organizational heroes and their devotion to the mission. Yet it is our admiration for organizational heroes that can keep us from addressing the pitfalls of hero culture.

Testimonial

“Laurie [Senior Consultant] has been a pleasure to work with and always seeks to establish the most collaborative working relationships possible.”

Marlene Hildenbrandt, LCSW, Executive Director, Catholic Charities Senior & Caregiver Support Services

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