Our Team

We know foundations. As individuals, our consultants have spent their careers working in top-tier private and corporate foundations. Our women-led team has consulted with nearly 100 foundation clients to implement organization-wide process and system changes. We are strategic thinkers and thought leaders who truly understand the beginning-to-end grantmaking process, the docket cycle, and foundation culture. We are driven by our passion and follow through with our experience.

We believe that when your foundation is making the best use of your people and its technology, it can unlock greater impact. We have analyzed dozens of foundations’ processes, policies, and systems, and managed change processes that have resulted in smarter staffing and streamlined grantmaking frameworks. We have extensive experience configuring and working in foundation grantmaking systems.  In addition, we have trained hundreds of foundation staff to use these systems and thoroughly understand how these tools can be best used to support collaborative grantmaking processes.

We rely on data and all of the knowledge we have gained over our years of working in philanthropy to design sustainable change that will set you up for success. We deeply believe in learning about you—both your organization and the humans working for it—and our team will tailor our approach to align with your work. 

Why 1892? Read about why we started, and why the name.


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