IMPACT STRATEGY AND ADVISORY

Tailored Support for Leaders Ready to Make Change

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

The old model of making change - earn, give, repeat - leaves too much opportunity on the table. The builders of the world are looking for more. We help them align their capital, their position, and their power to drive the change they want to see.

Our clients are looking to expand their impact on the world. That might look like an individual who knows they want more, but needs looking for a partner to learn the world of impact. Or a foundation eager to explore how the goals of their 5% charitable allocations can be amplified by PRIs and the allocations of their endowment. Or a family realizing their relationships mean as much as their capital. Or an impact leader who needs an experienced partner to bring a bold vision to life.

We’re here to help you make your mark.

WHAT WE DO

Support at every stage of your strategy

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.

Leverage for your vision and goals

We work to align your work across all aspects of your power, from high-impact grantmaking and 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.

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Alignment of your position and power

With over a decade at the forefront of social innovation across family offices, fund managers, and nonprofits, we can help you build the knowledge, mindsets, frameworks, and partnerships to advance your impact mission, building a more just, equitable, and beautiful future.

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 grant maker, a fundraiser, and a nonprofit leader - all while enabling a whole ecosystem of partners and peers. That range of perspectives is the foundation of an inclusive perspective to build strategies and systems that 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 opportunity to influence and engage partners and peers.

My favorite work is in combining both to help 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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