Testimonials

Kris has a proven ability to do what she says she’ll do, on budget, on schedule, every single time. Her reports are concise, accessible, and incredibly comprehensive.

Kris crafted an analysis that helped us more deeply understand the impact and challenges of our investments in youth media, which guided our work to its next phase. As a result of their findings, we doubled the number of grants we were making and expanded our geographic reach. I strongly recommend her.

Kris asked us questions about our strategic planning that we hadn’t considered. She challenged our thinking and helped us answer key questions around the identity and purpose of our foundation. At the end, we were able to clearly articulate our value in a way that attracted new funding.

Kris and her team were instrumental in helping the United Way of the Bay Area identify organizational challenges and set priorities to tackle these challenges. They did this in a very thorough and responsive way, without taking too much of our staff’s time. Kris understood our institutional culture and brought remarkable diplomacy to a difficult

Kris knows the philanthropy field, has the relationships, and understands the behavior and culture of foundations.

We had an idea for a new initiative but needed to refine and expand upon it. Kris and her team added muscle to our existing staff capacity, including the organizational skills to coordinate, publicize, and convene a series of national workshops, and helped us pinpoint our program design. The initiative, Jobs to Careers, has received