IMPACT STRATEGY AND ADVISORY

You deserve a partner to help you make your mark

Tailored support for leaders ready to make a change

Impact isn’t just about allocating or doing more. It’s about acting with clarity and conviction

It’s a whole new world. The old model of making change - build, give, repeat - leaves too much impact on the table. The world’s innovators are looking for more. We help them align giving, investing, convening, and advocacy to drive the change they want to see.

Our clients aren’t willing to compromise on impact. That might look like a foundation eager to explore how their 5% charitable allocations can be empowered by the 95% of their endowment. It might be a family or institution realizing their relationships mean as much as their capital - and maybe even more. Or an organization looking for that one connection they need to unlock scale.

WHAT WE DO

Strategic support for every stage

We meet you where you are, whether that’s at defining your impact vision and values or building the processes you need to scale or scouring the world for the most impactful organizations to back. We build customized approaches based on your unique position, goals, and resources.

Expanding capacity for every tool

We work across philanthropy and impact, from high-impact grantmaking to program innovation to impact investment strategy and sourcing to peer engagement and alignment. We’ll help you consider and activate your full set of tools to drive positive change.

Build your capacity for systemic change

With 12 years at the forefront of social innovation, we help you build the knowledge, mindsets, frameworks, and partnerships to advance your impact mission, building more just, equitable, and beautiful futures for all.

Over 12 years at the frontier

A track record built alongside the worlds most pioneering impact organizations

Dustin Shay

My career has been centered on enabling the world’s most innovative impact organizations, helping align capital to values as an allocator, a grantmaker, a fundraiser, and a nonprofit leader - all while enabling a whole ecosystem of partners and peers. That breadth of perspective makes me an ideal thought partner for your work.

I believe in the compound power of relationships and that the biggest barriers to driving systemic change are often less about capacity to deploy capital and more about capacity to influence and engage partners and peers.

My favorite work is helping impact-driven leaders unlock all of the tools they have to drive positive change.

I’m here to enable your vision.

  • We help our clients move from intention...

  • Define Your Theory of Change

    The most effective impact leaders ground their approach in their own values and experience. We help leaders create a strong foundation to make the change they want to see in the world.

  • Identify Levers for Impact

    Systemic issues are complex. We help impact leaders develop a an understanding of the ecosystem around the issues they’re passionate about, as well as specific opportunities to drive deeper impact.

  • Create an Effective Strategy

    Insights drive impact when implemented. We work with impact leaders to build strategies that drive measurable results, structured around how you want to drive change in the world.

  • Enable High-Impact Allocations

    We help donors move dollars into the field quickly and effectively without sacrificing accountability - as an extension of your team, over the course of a specific initiative, or as part of a focused, short-term engagement.

  • ... to impact

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