Programs That Match Community Needs
Design or refine programs with the people they are meant to serve, not just for them—rooted in local knowledge and evidence.
Solutions
Nonprofits & Philanthropy
We partner with nonprofits, foundations, and community-based organizations to design programs, tell impact stories, and build authentic relationships with the people they serve and the funders who support them.
Programs & Services
Impact Storytelling
Evaluation & Learning
Community Engagement
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Outcomes
What We Help Nonprofits and Funders Achieve
Clear, Credible Stories of Impact
Build narratives that connect numbers, stories, and context, so funders and partners understand both outcomes and the work behind them.
Learning Cultures, Not Just Compliance
Use evaluation and reporting to support learning and strategy, instead of treating them as box-checking exercises.
Service Bundles
Ways We Engage With Nonprofits & Funders
We work alongside executive directors, program staff, boards, and community partners. These bundles illustrate common ways we structure collaborations with nonprofits and philanthropic organizations.
Programs & Services
Program Design & Theory of Change
Clarify how your activities and resources are meant to create change— and strengthen the logic linking effort, outcomes, and impact.
- Co-created theory-of-change and logic models.
- Program design or redesign workshops.
- Equity-minded access and participation analysis.
- Implementation plans aligned with staff capacity.
Impact Storytelling
Impact Narratives & Communications
Translate your day-to-day work into narratives that resonate with funders, partners, and the communities you serve.
- Impact reports and case stories.
- Language frameworks for staff and board.
- Messaging for campaigns, events, and appeals.
- Story-gathering practices that honor participants’ dignity.
Evaluation & Learning
Program Evaluation & Learning Partners
Build evaluation practices that are proportionate to your scale, respectful of communities, and truly useful for decision-making.
- Evaluation frameworks and indicator selection.
- Mixed-methods data collection and analysis.
- Participatory sense-making sessions with staff and partners.
- Funders’ learning reports and board-ready summaries.
Community & Partnerships
Community Engagement & Cross-Sector Collaboration
Support authentic engagement with communities and cross-sector partners, including schools, employers, and local government.
- Stakeholder mapping and engagement strategies.
- Facilitated community conversations and listening sessions.
- Cross-sector partnership design and MOUs.
- Frameworks for sharing power, credit, and responsibility.
Approach
Centering Mission, Community, and Stewardship
Our nonprofit and philanthropy work draws on the OrganoSys frameworks— DEM.ON.STRATE™, TCMTS™, and E.G.O.™—with a constant eye on mission, community accountability, and resource stewardship.
Discover
Clarify your mission, funding landscape, community relationships, and the questions driving your project or initiative.
Diagnose
Review existing programs, data, and stories. Listen to staff, participants, and partners to understand how your work is experienced.
Design
Co-create right-sized strategies, programs, and tools that your team can realistically own and sustain.
Deliver
Support launch and implementation with facilitation, communications, and coaching for staff, board, and partners.
Debrief
Reflect on outcomes and process, identify what to keep, tweak, and let go of, and document lessons for internal and external audiences.
Examples
Illustrative Projects With Nonprofits & Funders
Youth Development
Clarifying Impact for a Regional Nonprofit
Worked with a youth-serving organization to articulate its theory of change, align programs with that vision, and communicate outcomes to donors and partners.
Read the caseCommunity Foundation
Learning With, Not Just About, Grantees
Helped a foundation move from compliance-only reporting to a learning-focused approach that supported grantees and informed future grants.
Read the caseCross-Sector Partnership
Building a Shared Framework for Collaboration
Partnered with nonprofits, schools, and employers to design a shared language and structure for a regional college and career initiative.
Read the caseWorking Together
Questions From Nonprofits and Funders
We recognize that nonprofits and philanthropic organizations balance bold aspirations with real constraints: staff bandwidth, funding cycles, and accountability to communities. These are questions we hear often.
Do you work with small, grassroots organizations?
Yes. Some of our most meaningful work has been with small teams doing big things in their communities. We right-size our approach to your scale and capacity.
Can you help us communicate with both funders and participants?
Absolutely. We design messaging frameworks that adapt to different audiences while staying true to your mission and voice.
How do you handle evaluation when we have limited data?
We start with what you have, supplement thoughtfully where possible, and avoid overpromising. Qualitative insights and stories are often as important as quantitative metrics.
Do you support funders as well as grantees?
Yes. We work with foundations and corporate giving programs to design learning agendas, reporting frameworks, and communications that strengthen relationships with grantees and communities.
Ready to talk about your organization or initiative?
Share a short sketch of your mission, programs, and current questions. We’ll propose a next step—whether that’s a focused diagnostic, a design sprint, or a longer-term learning partnership.