Offerings
Strategic clarity and a focused plan of action are building blocks to impact. We partner closely with clients on the design, development, and deployment of strategic initiatives; help craft implementable business plans; create performance management tools; and write compelling communications to secure investment and increase constituent engagement.
You can work with us on planning projects for your organization, initiative, or program to:
You can work with us on planning projects for your organization, initiative, or program to:
- Articulate a clear strategic direction with measurable, motivating goals. With your team and partners, we'll develop and vet (via analysis and interviews) goals for your initiative and pressure-test "what you'd need to believe" to achieve them.
- Assess the capabilities and resources to achieve those goals. We'll diagnose where you are vs. where you need to be, benchmark your situation with other field actors, and model quantitatively the financial and other resources necessary to achieve your vision.
- Map out a concrete approach to grow key capabilities, secure needed resources, and measure, learn, and improve. We'll work with you and your team to co-develop an implementable plan, and we'll analyze potential revenue sources.
- Develop strategic communications, including multi-year business plans, Board decks, investment proposals, or other products. We'll develop and customize content for different audiences in different forms and manage the process of integrating different viewpoints.
Impact Snapshots
Organization logos with green stars (*) have been KG Impact Advisors clients; the other represents an engagement that Kyle Gardner managed at The Bridgespan Group in 2017-18.
Criminal justice reform strategy design, project management, key stakeholder engagement, implementation planning, and successful $20M investment proposal development for Oklahoma and Tulsa, via George Kaiser Family Foundation, to become one of the first place-based beneficiaries of Justice and Mobility (JAM) collaboration financed by Blue Meridian Partners, Ford Foundation, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. 2020-21.
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Birth-to-3 landscaping assessment and synthesis of actionable recommendations into report; strategy planning and support for successful national investment proposal (raised >$3M); and ongoing leadership advising for Child Poverty Action Lab, a regional backbone dedicated to fighting and ending childhood poverty in Dallas. 2020-21.
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My Brother's Keeper Chicago strategy design, goal-setting, landscaping assessment, leadership advisory, and investment pitch writing for Thrive Chicago (within the StriveTogether network) to help focus implementation, secure resources, and launch initiatives strengthening the educator pipeline, mentorship, and postsecondary success for boys and young men of color. 2019.
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Benchmarking research and design of business model options for national funder and network collaborations to accelerate the development and adoption of principles across community-based partnerships working to improve economic mobility and eliminate racial inequities. Findings and implications are being integrated into ongoing place-based field-building. 2018-19.
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Leadership of client relationships, consulting team activities, and multi-faceted research agenda to support the StriveTogether national network in developing a multi-year strategic plan to improve educational opportunity across its 70+ communities. Recommendations informed a >$60M upfront investment from a large national funder, and have since been deepened across the StriveTogether network for innovation, impact, and sustainability. 2017-18.
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