1. Asset-Based and Mission-Rooted. We build on what *is* working, work from where you are, and honor
the unique assets and soul of your organization.
2. Facilitation, Technical Assistance, and Coaching. We are committed
to helping you strengthen your organization's ability to do effective work. We offer authentic challenge, honest feedback,
practical tools, useful resources, tailored consultation and rolling-up-the-sleeves service. Hoping to be your one of your
organization's most trusted critics and informed enthusiasts, Change Matters brings practical fundraising, management, and
leadership experience in small and mid-sized nonprofits.
3. Liberate and Modify. We
lift good ideas from small
business, community development, psychology, theatre and dance, fine art and
design, traditional cultures, and more. Our magic is in tailoring best
practices in fundraising and nonprofit management to your group's assets,
environment, challenges, and leadership.
4. Bias for Diversity. Organizations are more effective when they build a culture of mission-focus along with inclusiveness
of experience and viewpoint. We try to set an example of being inclusive and actively anti-bias, in our engagement of consulting
teams, in seeking diverse partner organizations, and in our work. We will not knowingly accept contract work with organizations
whose intent it is to promote cultural bias and discrimination, deny human rights, or whose work conflicts directly with building
inclusive communities or progressive social change.
5. No small actors. While principals of the
ChangeMatters Collaborative have worked for some of the most prestigious
nonprofit organizations, our special interest is in providing capacity- building
support to grassroots leaders and programs. It is a point of pride that we treat
small budget, all-volunteer organizations with as much seriousness and sensitivity
as the largest established institutions. We are committed to empowerment of
individual organizations and leaders through transfer of knowledge, peer
executive support, and strengthened skills and organizational capacity.
