With over 20 years of experience in strengthening organizations, our Consulting Services foster effective nonprofit leadership and resilient organizations that are accountable to their stakeholders.

The Support Center works directly with chief executives, senior managers, and board members providing support in key impact areas including:

• Strategic Planning & Restructuring
  Ensure that your organization's mission, programs and services are appropriate and being delivered in the best way for your constituents' current realities. Our consultants work with your agency to prepare for future challenges and opportunities, and can help you consider a partnership or merger with other organizations.
• Board Development & Governance
  Build your board's structure, set priorities, establish the appropriate roles and responsibilities for changing organizational demands, and develop a governance model that fits. We help board members understand their fiduciary and fundraising roles, create board development processes, and foster constructive relationships between the board and executive director.
• Fund Development
  Diversify funding strategies, develop effective appeals, engage individual donors, make the corporate connection, and be more effective at proposal writing. Our consultants helps you design and implement long range fund development strategies and train or coach the board and staff on their fundraising role and techniques.
• Financial Management
  Institute and improve your organization's annual programmatic and budget planning, find and implement the most suitable financial management system for your agency, and develop business plans for new programs. The Support Center works with you to develop financial management systems, budgeting processes, business planning and trains your board to understand nonprofit accounting.
• Fostering Accountability
  Measure and verify how your organization's programs and services are helping to improve the lives of your constituents. Ensure that your organization functions in accordance with standard operating procedures. We help you develop proper outcome measurement methods, participatory evaluation processes, program evaluation, and we can create an ethical work environment and ensure that your agency complies with core operational standards.
• Organization Development & Human Resources
  Develop organizational structures, systems, policies, and procedures that fit your organization's current size and projected growth. Our consultants assess and improve supervisory practices and systems, find the most effective way to deploy staff and build upon its strengths, build team among staff, shift the working culture so that it is more supportive of the mission and constructive working relationships.
• Executive Coaching
  Build leadership skills, navigate change, overcome challenges, and bring new energy to your organization. Our coaches help you clarify your thinking, identify solutions to workplace challenges, become a more effective leader and supervisor, and improve your communication, productivity and confidence. (Click here for complete information.)