Community Wealth Ventures
http://www.communitywealth.org
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. is a consulting firm that helps
nonprofit organizations become more self-sustaining by generating
revenue through business ventures and corporate partnerships and
helps corporations improve their bottom line through the design
and implementation of community investment strategies. CWV was
founded in 1997 as a for-profit subsidiary of Share Our Strength,
one of the nation's leading anti-hunger and anti-poverty organizations.
CWV's website features a searchable national directory of social
enterprises.
Foundation Strategy
Group
http://www.foundationstrategy.com
Foundation Strategy Group (FSG) is a professional consulting firm
exclusively dedicated to helping community, corporate, private,
and family foundations increase their effectiveness. FSG offers
objective analysis and confidential counsel on strategy, organizational
alignment, communications, governance, leadership, foundation-wide
assessment, and community foundation donor development. Their
website features extensive research by FSG authors as well as
articles and resources by others in the field.
McKinsey
& Company Nonprofit Practice
http://www.mckinsey.com/practices/nonprofit/index.asp
McKinsey & Company's Nonprofit Practice aspires to help nonprofits
develop and set the highest managerial standards in nonprofit
management and to provide innovative tools and resources that
will enable organizations to meet the challenges unique to the
sector. Their website provides access to some of their latest
knowledge, including recent articles from The McKinsey Quarterly.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
http://www.rockpa.org/
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is an independent, nonprofit service whose mission is to help donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world. They currently advise on and manage more than 50 million dollars in annual giving for individuals, families, charitable trusts, foundations and donor collaboratives across more than 40 countries worldwide, in every major issue area for.
Social Venture Partners
http://www.svpseattle.org/
Social Venture Partners was founded in Seattle, Washington, as a philanthropic organization using a venture capital model, where partners are committed to giving time, money and expertise to invest in long-term solutions to the social challenges facing its community. The Social Venture model has spread to include many cities nationwide that share the same name, mission, and organizational model along with a set of 10 core principles. The website features extensive resource listings.
The
Bridgespan Group
http://www.bridgespangroup.org
The Bridgespan Group is a not-for-profit strategic consulting firm focused exclusively on the nonprofit sector. Their close strategic partnership with Bain & Company uniquely positions them to be a bridge between nonprofit organizations and the leading-edge management strategies, tools and talent that can help them achieve greater social impact.
The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc.
http://www.tpi.org
The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc. is a nonprofit philanthropic consulting firm founded in 1989 to help donors increase the impact of their philanthropy. Their website highlights their research on philanthropic trends, the influence of financial and other professional advisors on their client's philanthropy, donor education, and global philanthropy.
