Organizational development
Provide analysis to surface insights that inform decision-making and create pathways to strengthen organizational practices and infrastructure.
Examples: Organizational audit, values clarification, value proposition assessment, staffing infrastructure, skills audits, and staff recruitment and hiring.
Research and learning
Gather information to support institutional and field-level knowledge building and sharing.
Examples: field scans, feasibility studies, facilitated knowledge exchange, desk research and literature review, internal and external stakeholder interviews, and case studies.
Grantmaking
Provide capacity support to support the design and implementation of grantmaking programs.
Examples: portfolio design, external review of proposals, progress reports, and grantmaking operations audit
Strategic communications
Provide thought partnership to identify the purpose of organizational communications and strengthen efforts to meet aims.
Examples: Organizational communications philosophy and guiding principles, communications framework development, audience and message research, organizational communications assessments, external perception surveys, thought partnership during leadership transitions and organizational changes, one-on-one communications coaching, and communications policies, practices, and protocols.