WHAT WE DO
Our selection of services provide the powerful solutions and expertise you seek.
CONSULTING SERVICES
Regardless of your organization’s size or focus, our team of consultants serve as trusted advisors and customize each project to help you meet your goals.
Strategic Business Planning
Determine what your organization intends to accomplish and how to direct resources to achieve those goals.
Leadership Transitions
Get a comprehensive strategy to prepare for and successfully get from one leader’s departure to onboarding new leadership.
Mergers and Strategic Partnerships
Explore partnerships, collaborative approaches and ways of working together that achieve shared goals and extend your impact.
Operations and Internal Resources
Strategically build and manage resources, including revenue structure, staff culture and core values, to effectively carry out your mission.
PROGRAMS AND TRAINING
MISSION ACCELERATOR
Nonprofits work alongside business entrepreneurs and our consulting team to refine their vision for growth and better attract investors.
BENEFITS
- Fast-track the growth and impact of your organization.
- Create a business growth plan and a powerful case for support.
- Gain access to new, creative forms of investment.
LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP
In-depth courses that increase your capacity in leadership development, business planning, measurement and more.
BENEFITS
- Learn to navigate complicated business processes.
- Get started on projects, like a strategic plan, with our consultative support.
- Build your team’s expertise with highly-effective tools and training.
NONPROFIT EFFECTIVENESS
All houses begin with a basic blueprint: a strong foundation, thoughtful framing and layout of rooms. Similarly, all nonprofits need a framework around which to live out their mission. These elements are core to our work and guide nonprofits in understanding and achieving organizational effectiveness.
The Nonprofit Effectiveness Framework: Six Critical Elements to Nonprofit Work
Drawing from years of experience working with nonprofits and guided by research of management best practices, we identified six components that are relevant to any organization, regardless of size, scope or mission, and are core to what we do. This guide provides definitions, guidance, tools and resources to help you understand the elements of the Nonprofit Effectiveness Framework, including:
- Clarity of Purpose
- Sustainable Business Model
- The Right Leadership
- Smart Operations
- Implementation and Improvement
- Strategic Collaboration
GET STARTED
You’re on a mission. You’re invested in our community. You want to be part of something meaningful. You want to see change happen. So do we.
Build Your Expertise
Access our in-depth research, learning and leadership programs, and resource library, all created with your success in mind.
Strengthen Your Organization
Overcome your nonprofit’s challenges with our selection of services, such as strategic planning and board development.
Multiply Your Impact
Connect to creative investment models and partnerships that maximize the difference you make in our community.