Consultants Directory

The nonprofit sector is filled with complex, labor-intensive challenges, which means nonprofits and foundations need all the help they can get.

Inside Philanthropy’s members include some of the top consultants and advisors in the nonprofit sector. This directory includes the types of clients they work with, areas of specialization, contact information and social media profiles, and other relevant information.

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Aug 9, 2022

Theresa Barrett

Aug 9, 2022

In operation since 2006, DABS Consulting, LLC is a boutique woman-owned company that provides strategic fund development and management that creates innovative programs, fills service gaps, and expands the impact of client-driven missions.

Aug 9, 2022

Jul 1, 2022

Emma Beeston

Jul 1, 2022

Emma Beeston is a UK-based independent Philanthropy Advisor. She guides individual philanthropists and families to develop and implement their giving plans.

Jul 1, 2022

Erika Borg, Civic Allies Consulting

Jul 1, 2022

We support business, nonprofit, philanthropy, and government organizations in building cross-sector partnerships to solve pressing social issues.

Jul 1, 2022

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John Campbell

Launched in 2018, FundED Strategies supports schools, education nonprofits, and small to mid-sized organizations to start, scale, and sustain their fundraising programs.

Julie Carter

Carter Consulting Group is a boutique firm known for combining a positive, can-do approach with a candid assessment of circumstances standing in the way of fundraising success. We take a problem-solving approach to overcoming obstacles and bringing a solid vision to fruition.

Harvey Chess

I challenge people in nonprofits to examine and understand why the organizations they represent exist by examining — and often re-examining — their missions, along with asserting that the imperative of seeking resources to stay in business also represents an opportunity to strengthen their organizations internally.

Neill Coleman, Mission Magnified

Neill Coleman is a leader in deploying philanthropy, partnerships, and persuasion to drive social change. As the Founder and Principal of Mission Magnified Consulting he has a track-record of creating strategies, building organizations, and inspiring people towards meaningful impact.

Alexa Culwell

Open Impact is an advising and innovation firm that serves as a trusted guide to private donors, foundations, and networks in developing impact strategies. We bring deep expertise in strategy (leveraging all forms of capital), governance, organizational design, and executive leadership.

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Aria Edry

We take on organizations, big or small whose missions we believe in; learn about what keeps you up at night, and then offer you practical affordable solutions.

Elevate

Elevate partners with effective and ambitious nonprofits to build smart and sustainable grants programs. We form in-depth partnerships with clients all over the country to support their leaders, increase their revenues, and build more sustainable organizations.

Stephanie Ellis-Smith, Phīla Engaged Giving

As philanthropic advisors, our sole agenda is to cultivate informed, active, and joyful givers who are equipped with the tools and concepts to become meaningful partners to organizations that are affecting change.

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Aug 9, 2022

Philip Farese

Aug 9, 2022

I help organizations develop actionable strategies and then put in place the operational system needed to pursue those strategies. This is centered in deep interviewing and facilitation, research, and data analysis. I am sure to understand not only the organizational goals but also the culture, capabilities, and staffing situation.

Aug 9, 2022

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Jody Giles

Jody Giles is the Director of Philanthropy for Catalyst Family Office and brings over twenty years of experience in the financial services industry.

Dan Goldstein

The Improve Group is a woman-owned, full-service evaluation, research, and strategic planning consulting firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota. We are committed to helping local, national, and international organizations make the most of information, navigate complexity, and ensure their investments lead to meaningful, sustained impact.

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Jul 29, 2022

Susan Hirsch

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Jul 29, 2022

Founded in 1999 by entrepreneur and CEO Susan Hirsch, we are one of the first philanthropic advising firms in the United States. A leader and innovator in the field of philanthropic advising, we have directed $1.5B to organizations, leaders, and public sector agencies boldly solving our most pressing social issues.

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Jul 29, 2022

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Nov 17, 2022

Buff Kavelman, The Kavelman Group

Nov 17, 2022

The Kavelman Group Philanthropic Advisors builds strength and lasting impact in the nonprofit world. Founded by Buff Kavelman in 1997, our consultants have extensive senior-level experience spanning both the funding and the nonprofit management sides of philanthropy at some of the country’s leading institutions …

Nov 17, 2022

Aug 9, 2022

Gisela Keller, K + A Group, New York

Aug 9, 2022

Gisela has more than 15 years of experience in international major donor identification, strategy development, qualification, cultivation, and stewardship as well as developing targeted fundraising marketing actions.

Aug 9, 2022

Aug 8, 2022

Anna Kornilakis

Aug 8, 2022

I am passionate about helping organizations deepen partnerships with their current donors, and identify and build relationships with new benefactors.

Aug 8, 2022

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Matt Landfield

TimeTravlr Creative is a film and video production studio led by director Matt Landfield, specializing in film, video and online content for non-profits, philanthropies and foundations.

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Cathy McCann

Cathy has over 20 years of experience in nonprofit administration as a staff member, consultant, board member, and grant maker and is available for part-time or interim program officer/grant making positions.

Tracy McFerrin, Credo Philanthropy Advisors

Our approach is to work with donors to understand the issues, build strong relationships with stakeholders, develop actionable strategies and assess progress toward impact.

Jo-Ann Mort

Since its founding in 2006, ChangeCommunications has provided strategic communications for a wide variety of social change organizations and prominent individuals.

Al Mueller, Excellence in Giving

Excellence in Giving provides the needed confidence for clients to make 7 and 8 figure grants to efficient, difference making nonprofits.

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Laurie Neighbors

We meet our clients as partners at the intersection of learning, equity, and strategic action for systems change.

Theresa Nelson

Theresa Nelson & Associates specializes in fund development, campaigns, board development and governance, and strategic planning for nonprofit organizations and public agencies, and Founder and Principal Theresa Nelson, MBA, CFRE, has more than 35 years of experience.

Tracy Nowski

We see philanthropy as a uniquely flexible, risk-taking, and innovative part of the social change ecosystem. Philanthropy holds the potential to spark the breakthroughs we need to solve vexing societal problems.

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Sunil Oommen

Oommen Consulting is a boutique practice that provides strategic counsel and hands-on support in fundraising, events, and project management.

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Gina Reiss & Anne Reiss, Reiss² Advisors

Reiss2 Advisors are development and fundraising specialists: “we knock down doors” and identify, cultivate, and solicit donations from high net-worth individuals, institutional foundations and corporations.

Erin Rodriguez, Root Cause

Root Cause is a nonprofit consulting team that helps drive effective and enduring social change. Our mission is to empower communities to build, improve, and sustain social change initiatives that enable all people to thrive.

Daniel Ross

DAISA Enterprises is a national team of equity-focused consultants working at the intersection of food, culture, and health. We partner with social enterprises, nonprofits, community leaders, policy makers, and mission-aligned investors to support the realization of equitable food systems and vibrant communities.

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Jill Salter

I take the time to learn about each organization with which I work, so that I can create customized communications that resonate with donors. I pore over the client’s website, blog, social media, Internet presence, 990s, and charity ratings in order to obtain a picture of how the public views the organization, in addition to having conversations with key staff.

Susan Schaefer

For 20 years, Resource Partners has worked with nonprofit leaders to fund their priorities through major private grants. If you’ve got big goals in mind, your largest corporate and foundation awards can launch the social change your team seeks to make.

Patricia Steele

Using frameworks and lenses of equity and justice, we help foundations, nonprofits, colleges and universities answer mission-critical questions to continually advance their impact for marginalized populations and communities.

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Apr 14, 2022

Sachi Takahashi-Rial

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Apr 14, 2022

Listen4Good is the signature initiative of the Fund for Shared Insight. We work with nonprofits (and funders) to build sustainable, equitable feedback systems that allow organizations to be more responsive to the needs of those they serve.

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Apr 14, 2022

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Jan 28, 2022

Third Plateau

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Jan 28, 2022

We believe that complex social change requires new ideas, a deep understanding of people and systems, and a commitment to continuous learning. As a field with a long time horizon, a wide vantage point, and relatively few constraints, we believe philanthropy has an important role to play in driving social impact — especially in addressing persistent, complex social challenges.

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Jan 28, 2022

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Jan 1, 2022

Kimberly Dasher Tripp

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Jan 1, 2022

Kimberly Dasher Tripp is Founder and Principal of Strategy for Scale where she works with donors and doers on philanthropic strategy. She conducts research and writes on the practices and behaviors of philanthropists; acts as a strategic philanthropic advisor to individual, family and institutional philanthropies…

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Jan 1, 2022

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Susan Winer

Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd., is a boutique firm providing customized support to high-net-worth individuals and families to ensure that their charitable gifts are meaningful and have the kind of impact that will resonate for stakeholders.

Mary Grace Wolf

Our staff have a combined 21 years of experience in grassroots fundraising and individual giving. Innovative Fundraising, LLC aims to bring fundraisers together from coast to coast in order to learn from each other and implement best practices.

William Woodwell

Independent writer, editor and consultant who helps clients communicate effectively about their work, their impact, and their vision for smart and innovative social change.

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Caren Yanis, Croland Consulting

As Executive Director, Caren helped build the Oprah Winfrey Foundations during the period of Oprah's Angel Network, Oprah's response to Katrina, and the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

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