Leadership Support

Lead With Clarity, Purpose & Intention

We bring strategy, intentional design, and hands on support to the people responsible for making things happen.

Sometimes that means designing a grant program from the ground up. Sometimes it means coaching an Executive Director or social impact leader through a difficult decision. Sometimes it means getting a board and staff in the same room and helping everyone listen to one another.


What We Help With

Leadership Coaching & Advising
Work one on one with Executive Directors, foundation leaders, and social impact leaders through transitions, big decisions, new roles, and the everyday realities of leading.

Staff+Board Training & Facilitation
Give boards the tools and context to participate meaningfully. We facilitate meetings, lead trainings, and create space for productive conversations when the stakes are high.

Grant Program Design & Launch
Design a grant program with clear priorities, guidelines, decision making, processes, and systems, then bring it to life.

Grantmaking Strategy & Operations
Strengthen how your grantmaking works day to day, from application and reporting processes to impact tracking, operations, and continuous improvement.

Governance & Decision Making
Help boards, foundations, and nonprofit leaders clarify roles, strengthen governance, and make thoughtful decisions when the path forward is complicated.


Why It Works

We listen first, ask the questions that get underneath the hood, and bring experience from multiple sides of the funding table. We help leaders see what they may not be able to see from inside the work, then build the strategy, structure, or confidence to move forward.

The result:

• Clearer priorities and decisions
• Stronger leadership and governance
• Grant programs designed with intention
• More thoughtful grantmaking and operations
• Teams and boards better equipped to lead
• Strategy that actually makes it into practice


Get In Touch

Have a meaningful idea, a capital campaign, or a fundraising challenge to navigate? Let’s start the conversation.

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