Our Services.
Twelve services. Five pillars. From strategy through execution — tailored to the organization in front of us, drawn from a collective with decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, brand, and innovation.
Pillar 01
Strategy & Sustainability
The shape of the organization — and the business of staying strong.
Strategic Plans & Sustainability
Where is the organization going, and how does it stay there? We help leaders translate mission into a multi-year plan with clear priorities, honest trade-offs, and a financial model that can actually hold. Strategy that lives in the work, not a binder on the shelf.
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Multi-year strategic plans
Organizational assessments and health checks
Business model and sustainability analysis
Theory of change and impact frameworks
Board-ready strategy documents
Leadership & Governance Support
Strong strategy needs strong leadership. We work alongside executives and boards on the structures, relationships, and decisions that make good organizations great — from succession planning to governance tune-ups to the conversations leaders can't have alone.
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Executive coaching and advisory
Board development and governance reviews
Succession and leadership transition planning
Executive recruitment strategy
Executive performance and effectiveness reviews
Interim Executive Leadership
Sometimes the right move is to bring someone in for a defined chapter — through a leadership transition, an operational reset, or the run-up to a scaling moment. We step into interim executive roles with focus and clarity. An interim leader isn't trying to keep the role. They're trying to set it up to succeed.
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Operational stabilization and team assessment
Key hires and structural decisions
Strategy and execution planning
Hard calls without internal politics
Stay through the transition to a permanent leader
Mergers, Alliances & Partnerships
Strong strategy needs strong leadership. We work alongside executives and boards on the structures, relationships, and decisions that make good organizations great — from succession planning to governance tune-ups to the conversations leaders can't have alone.
INCLUDES
Partnership and merger feasibility analysis
Cultural and operational integration planning
Negotiation and term-sheet support
Governance and board alignment
Post-combination operational design
Pillar 02
Revenue & Fundraising
Where the money comes from — and how it keeps coming.
Fundraising & Philanthropy Strategy
Sustainable revenue is a design problem, not a sales problem. We help organizations build diversified funding models — major gifts, institutional, earned revenue, sponsorships — grounded in the donor and funder relationships that already exist and the ones worth building next.
INCLUDES
Philanthropy strategy and donor pipelines
Campaign planning (capital, endowment, comprehensive)
Major gift and principal gift strategy
Sponsorship architecture and activation
Earned revenue and business model design
Grant Strategy & Proposals
Grants fund specific work. Great grants fund the work in a way that lets the organization do it well. We help identify the right funders, shape proposals that resonate, and build a grants program that scales beyond any single cycle.
INCLUDES
Funder research and landscape analysis
Letters of inquiry and full proposals
Grant program design and pipeline management
Reporting and funder stewardship
Annual grants calendar and strategy
Pillar 03
Branding, Marketing
& Communications
The work that makes your work visible and compelling.
Strategic Communications,
& Storytelling
If the organization can't explain what it does in one clear sentence, neither can anyone else. We shape the messaging, the narrative, and the editorial voice that carry the mission through every touchpoint — from the website to the board deck to the one-paragraph email that sets up the next meeting.
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Messaging architecture and messages planks
Narrative and positioning frameworks
Editorial style and voice guides
Content strategy and thought leadership
Annual reports and impact storytelling
Brand & Marketing Strategy
Brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room. We help organizations clarify who they are, who they're for, and what they stand for — and translate that into a marketing plan with the audiences, channels, and resources to carry it.
INCLUDES
Market research and strategic analysis
Brand identity and positioning
Audience research and persona development
Marketing plans (strategic and tactical)
Creative direction and visual systems
Go-to-market and launch planning
Creative, Campaigns & PR
Strategy that doesn't reach anyone isn't strategy. Because our creative and communications capabilities live inside the collective, we execute the work — not just advise on it. Design, campaigns, press, partnerships, digital — handled.
INCLUDES
Campaign Concepts
Graphic design and creative production
Integrated marketing campaigns
Public relations and media strategy
Influencer and partnership marketing
Paid media and digital campaigns
Mission Preservation
Protecting the heart of your organization through clarity, alignment, and strategy.
Services:
Viability assessment
Sustainability planning
Merger advisement
Stakeholder facilitation
Sustainability by Design
Building capacity and resilience through practical, future-focused design.
Services:
Business model forecasting
Shared infrastructure alignment
Strategic and scenario planning
Executive and board facilitation
Financial Stewardship
Creating financial clarity and accountability so every dollar advances your mission.
Services:
Financial assessments
Donor and fund alignment
Cost reduction strategies
Merger due diligence
Systemic Responsibility
Empowering leaders to make ethical, transparent decisions through change.
Services:
Health diagnostics
Change management
Crisis response
Board coaching
Stewardship Mandates
Time-limited, high-impact engagements to stabilize and strengthen organizations.