By supporting leaders one-on-one, facilitating group decision-making processes, and conducting high-quality research and analysis, we roll up our sleeves alongside our clients to:
Design and launch new organizations and initiatives
- Guided Mosaic through shaping and activating a national grantmaking initiative for environmental funders and NGOs to collaborate in setting and pursuing shared priorities.
- Led an inclusive, member-driven design process to launch the State Abortion Access Network (SAAN), a collaborative support center for state-level abortion advocacy organizations. (w/ Somerville Consulting Firm)
- Refined and launched a social impact strategy for Eventbrite, focused on tackling social isolation—an enormous public health challenge that only became worse during the pandemic. (w/ ThinkForward Strategies)
Refine and implement institutional and program strategy
- Guided OneJustice through a strategic planning process that resulted in a shift away from providing direct services and toward embracing the organization’s role as a support center helping legal aid organizations maximize their impact.
- Facilitated strategic and contingency planning for Public Rights Project, enabling the organization to clarify its target audience, refine its theory of change, and hit the ground running after the 2024 election. (w/ ThinkForward Strategies and Somerville Consulting Firm)
- Created a plan for the Resources Legacy Fund to better align their environmental grantmaking strategy and practice with health equity. (w/ OgilvieLabs)
Align diverse stakeholders in pursuit of common agendas
- Facilitated the re-design of Philadelphia Water Department’s green infrastructure community advisory committee to ensure more inclusive and effective engagement (with re:focus partners).
- Led the Digital Trust Foundation board of directors – composed of a privacy advocate, a Facebook executive, and a neutral privacy expert – through setting a grantmaking strategy and awarding 40 grants in the digital privacy field.
Research, analyze, and craft innovative policies
- Identified strategic interventions for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to advance equitable enforcement of civil laws after conducting a comprehensive field scan and systematic analysis. (w/ ThinkForward Strategies)
- Created healthy eating and active living policy tools and advised grantees of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust on their implementation. (w/ThinkForward Strategies)
- Researched for Blue Shield of California Foundation how to support state and local public agencies to better engage historically marginalized communities in decisionmaking processes. (w/ThinkForward Strategies)