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We help social sector organizations navigate change, so they can be more effective at delivering on their mission.

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Strategy consulting for nonprofits, foundations, and social enterprises.

Transforming Complex Problems into Actionable Solutions

Working together, we’ll co-create customized strategies to fit your unique needs, delivered within a proven framework that keeps your organization focused on what matters most. We will help you strengthen your ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment.

Toolkit

Considering a merger, alliance, or some other form of collaboration?

If you are thinking that your mission will be stronger, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, working in partnership with another organization; our Merger & Alliance Toolkit provides practical information and concrete guidance to help you move forward.

How do we grow with fresh eyes and an old soul?

In recent years, nonprofits have faced unprecedented and often unexpected growth. To address the challenges that come with this expansion, La Piana, in collaboration with the Ford Foundation’s BUILD initiative, developed a multi-year evidence-based intervention for over 60 social justice organizations.

The BUILDing for Growth program was a tailored capacity-building initiative that assisted select Ford grantees in navigating significant, rapid, and unplanned growth. It focused on developing the organizational infrastructure necessary for achieving sustainable impact and providing ongoing supports for leaders of changing nonprofit organizations.

OUR APPROACH

Research & Innovation

We bring new thinking to your biggest questions, rooted in rigorous analysis and informed by a deep understanding of the social sector.

Proven Methodologies

Since 1998 we’ve helped more than 1,500 nonprofit organizations of every size and type. This deep experience, augmented by our proven methodologies for strategic and business planning, mergers and partnerships, and managing adaptive change, helps us consistently deliver successful outcomes for our clients.

Customized Solutions

No two nonprofits are alike, which is why our proven methods are highly adaptive and customized to fit your unique situation and challenges.

High Touch

We believe how we do our work is just as important as what we do. Our hands-on approach is supportive, pragmatic, and led by an experienced team. Most of our consultants have previously served as leaders of social sector organizations. We get you.

Racial Equity

We bring an awareness of the impact of racial inequities in our country’s history and present to all the work that we do, centering racial justice in our practice and supporting your own equity journey.

Enduring Value

Everything we do is designed to help you accelerate your impact. Our goal is to yield rapid results and measurable outcomes, leading to sustainable change.

Workbook

Contemplating a leap: changing career, role, or sector?

The Workbook asks a series of questions that enable a nonprofit leader contemplating a career change to organize their thoughts, reflect on their values, and take stock of the journey they have been on, enabling better decision-making about the future.

Knowledge Is Power.

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