What if...?
... education systems were designed to help children and youth reach their full potential?
... a safe and affordable home was accessible to everyone?
... economic empowerment shifted to communities, to achieve a more just and equitable society?
... high quality health care was accessible to everyone, regardless of race, gender, or economic circumstances?
We are committed to solving some of the toughest challenges.
For nearly 25 years, we have designed, launched, and managed game-changing education, health, racial, and economic justice initiatives.
Client-Centered Approach
Your needs drive the transformation process.
Customized Frameworks
We explore your unique strategies and goals together.
Explicit Inquiry Process
Dialogue and dynamic activities guide our engagement.
Reflective Learning
Reinforced competencies embolden your leadership path.
Collaborative Design
Evidence-based analysis defines our process.
Strategic Mapping
A long-term plan for success supports adaptive resilience.
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If you can imagine a more just and equitable world,
we can help you build it.
What if...
your organization was more innovative, efficient, and transformational?
What if...
your team members were meaningfully empowered to meet your mission?
What if...
you had strategic support to clearly see and realize your vision?
Organizations
Teams
Leaders
Your organization needs to explore broader strategic shifts, improve cohesion across teams, and build the resiliency necessary for longer-term sustainability.
Your executive management and program teams seek in-depth exploration of team strategy, performance assessment, and stronger collaboration across teams and departments.
You are a leader who wants strategic support. You want tools to clarify your next steps, in order to realize your vision.
NICE TO MEET YOU
We are Nicole and Don, two leaders committed to solving some of the toughest challenges. For 25 years, we have designed, launched, and managed game-changing education, health, racial, and economic justice initiatives.
These days, we guide purpose-driven people at foundations, corporations, governments, and nonprofits. We love to enable transformative leadership in organizations dedicated to social change. From neighborhood community-building to national systems change, our work has fostered self-sufficiency for children, youth, adults, and elders in multiple countries across three continents.
Here are three key values that we strive to embody in every interaction. Send us a note if these resonate with you.
Our values shape our work and guide everything we do.
Accountability
We are accountable to you and to the process: We are fully committed to supporting you as a leader, helping you reach your goals, and improving the lives of the people you serve.
Adaptability
We are adaptive to your needs: We recognize the complexities of what drives you and understand collaboration requires flexibility.
Compassion
We are compassionate in all that we do: We are empathetic to the pressures you face and prioritize your needs by listening with trust, welcoming your ideas, and practicing generosity.
RESULTS
$70M+
Secured for nonprofits, social enterprises, and NGOs
13
Countries reached across 3 continents to drive social change
$100M+
Granted and managed for nonprofits, social enterprises, and NGOs
25
Years providing guided leadership in public and private sectors
100+
Nonprofits, NGOs, social enterprises, government agencies, and leaders supported
Secured more than $70 million in grants and contracts for nonprofit organizations
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