Portfolio
We have worked with more than 40 organizations over the past 10 years.
Grounded in first-hand human services experience, we work as system thinkers and community change agents.
Our current clients include nonprofit organizations, foundations, local government, coalitions, and universities.
View a list of clients, case studies, and FAQs on this page. These examples highlight the impact of our nonprofit consulting services.
Our Clients
Nonprofit Organizations
Public Sector
Coalitions
Foundations
When you work with Partners for Impact, you’ll see greater impact, measurable progress on complex challenges, and sustainable change that lasts beyond any single project.
Case Studies
Public Sector Consultants
Case study of Mid and Southeast Michigan Youth Homelessness Regional Partnership, to whom we subcontracted with Public Sector Consultants to participate in the development of a needs assessment focusing on youth homelessness in Michigan.
Town of Cary
Case study of Cary, North Carolina, to whom we provided a discovery process about the growing needs of individuals experiencing homelessness.
Lucy Daniels Center
Case study in which we evaluated an early childhood program that supports attachment and parenting.
Chatham County Partnership for Children
Case study in which we provided research and a needs assessment for early childhood services in Chatham County, North Carolina.
City of Sanford
Case study S3 Housing Connect in Sanford, North Carolina, to whom we provided capacity building and technical assistance related to homelessness.
Mecklenburg County
Case study of Mecklenburg County Health Department, who worked with Partners for Impact for evaluation of their community health worker initiative.
Western NC Youth Homelessness Partnership
Case study in which we provided evaluation for Western North Carolina’s program to address youth homelessness.
HOPE NC Community Facilitator Program
HOPE NC works with adults with autism; they contracted Partners for Impact to do a developmental evaluation for a new program.
Positive Childhood Alliance North Carolina (PCANC)
Case study of strategic planning performed for Positive Childhood Alliance for North Carolina, an early childhood nonprofit organization.
100 Black Men of Triangle East
Case study in which we provided support to 100 Black Men Triangle East for fundraising and hiring support and grants.
Triangle Community Foundation
Case study in which we provided capacity building for a Raleigh, North Carolina Foundation
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Has Partners for Impact worked with human services organizations?
A. Yes! We have deep experience consulting with nonprofit organizations and human services, from foster care to homelessness and crisis situations. We understand the complex organizational systems that people in crisis navigate and value the cooperation and collaboration needed by the nonprofit, philanthropic, and government sectors to improve these systems.
Q. What frameworks do you use?
A. Frameworks help us organize thinking, data collection and analysis, and reporting. We frequently use the collective impact framework, social-ecological model, adaptive cycle, Simon Sinek’s “Golden Circle” starting with “Why,” equitable evaluation, and Adrienne Maree Brown’s Emergent Strategy. Using the OpenSource racial equity framework has taught us to continually acknowledge structures and power relationships, analyze the cumulative impact of those relationships, and strategize structural interruptions and innovations.
Q. How do you use data to create change?
A. Research and data are key to systems change. A mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches provide a richer and more complete understanding of the system or approach. Stories often provide deeper insight than quantitative data alone.
Q. How do you make system-wide change?
A. We help our partners recognize and share how all actions have broad effects across systems, entities, and people and either create opportunities or barriers for change. We encourage shifting mindsets to see also how systems impact individuals. Learn more in this blog post.
Q. How do you help organizations build capacity?
A. We help our partners discover or build the resources they need to sustain change and growth. This might include such solutions as strengthening skills, hiring people with specific capabilities, creating new processes, leaning on partners or coalitions, developing skills among existing staff, or shifting responsibilities to more or different individuals or groups. Read this blog post for more.
Q. How do you create and build better leaders?
A. Adaptive leaders are those who can navigate complexity and uncertainty; this is critical for creating lasting change. Through leadership coaching and executive coaching, we help leaders create space for difficult conversations and new perspectives, build on commonalities, understand and address power dynamics, align their values with their actions, and adjust actions as the context or situation changes. Learn more in this blog post.