Consulting Services Overview

Our staff and affiliated consultants possess a comprehensive range of consulting capabilities. The majority of our work is in the following areas:

Capacity Building Initiatives
We assist funders and other intermediaries to design, implement, and evaluate initiatives to build capacity among groups of nonprofits, networks, or across communities. read more»

Collaboration Services
We offer a range of collaboration services, from assessment, to planning, to evaluation. Whether you are starting—or are in the midst of—a joint effort, alliance, collaboration, or merger, we can help you be more effective and have greater impact. read more»

Community Planning
We work with you to bring about large-scale change in your neighborhood, city, region, or country through creative, inclusive and effective community planning and change processes. read more»

Financial Strategy Planning
Fieldstone Alliance assists grantmakers and nonprofits by developing a range of financing and organizational options to ensure viable exit strategies for funders and financial sustainability for grantees. read more»

Organizational Assessment
Using our tested Organization Assessment Process, we help you gain a clear picture of your strengths and limitations, identify how you can strengthen your organization’s capacity, and facilitate change to increase quality, effectiveness, and results. read more»

Strategy Development
We help you forge overall organizational strategy, or work on more specialized areas such as revenue strategy, cultural competency or collaboration and network capacity building. read more»

Who we work with
The majority of our clients are intermediaries and networks—grantmakers, collaborations, associations, government partners, and multisector alliances. These groups contract with us to help them support their nonprofit constituents.

How we work
We see each project as a partnership. Through discussion with you, we design services to help you achieve your goals. This begins with a written proposal, work plan, and cost estimate. After project start-up, we monitor progress frequently to ensure that our work is meeting your expectations. We use an external evaluator to review results and satisfaction on every consulting project we do. These evaluation findings help us constantly improve our work and help you have confidence in us.

Related resource
"The Organization-Consultant Relationship: Making It Work," an article by Carol Lukas with tips on how to hire the right consultant, at the right time, for the right reason.

For more information, please contact Sandy Jacobsen at 651-556-4510 or email her at sjacobsen@FieldstoneAlliance.org.