Research

• Vision/Purpose
  Facilitation to clarify what you want to accomplish in the world.
• Needs Assessment
  Determine whether and how your idea fills an unmet need.
• Market & Field Research
  Discover what prospective users and stakeholders think; conduct due diligence
• Identifying Promising Practices
  Identify effective ways to accomplishing the vision and goals
• Funding Source Research
  Uncover who is most likely to be interested in funding your idea or partnering with you

Strategy

• Granting Strategy
  Explore whether a strategic, responsive, and/or operational approach will best match your philanthropic intention
• Organizational Strategy
  Uncover and review processes and structures to effectively engage your team and stakeholders
• Funding Strategy
  Develop an effective direction for gaining your initiative financial support Determine what will make it of maximum interest to prospective funders.
• Membership Strategy
  If you are an association, assess how to increase your value proposition through new initiatives and approaches to membership service.

Program Design, Professional Development, & Project Management

• Program planning
  Chart how to move your idea from concept to action.
• Professional development and training
  Provide resources, materials, and facilitation to develop your leaders in understanding of community benefit issues, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility, or program planning.
• Program option development
  Assess program options to determine which will best enable you to fulfill your community benefit intention.
• Program or event design and management
  Plan and manage a high impact, high engagement program, event, or series.
• Pilot project launch
  Organize how you will initiate your project and advise on how to manage selected aspects of the process, including stakeholder engagement, infrastructure, development, and promotion.
• Impact and results
  Set up baseline structure and criteria for monitoring and on-going assessment; evaluate progress and recommend future improvements