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Services

Overview

The We Collective offers discrete, bespoke engagements calibrated to context, culture, and complexity. Whether you are a nonprofit organization in the midst of growth or transition, a family stepping into strategic philanthropy for the first time, an established foundation navigating a major inflection point, or a corporate foundation seeking greater mission coherence — this consultancy is designed for you.

 

Satonya brings 30+ years of direct, senior-level experience inside foundations, corporate grantmaking operations, and nonprofit C-Suites to every engagement. She has managed $100MM grant portfolios, built grantmaking infrastructure from scratch, led sector-wide membership organizations, and coached executives through difficult yet necessary decisions. This is not advising from the periphery. This is counsel from someone who has done the work — at scale, under pressure, and with integrity.

 

ENGAGEMENT MODEL NOTE

Engagements are structured as project-based, retainer, or fractional arrangements — designed around your organization’s actual needs and timeline, not a pre-packaged service menu. The information provided below is illustrative of the types of projects possible. Of course, every engagement is tailored to the client and begins with a conversation.

FOR PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS

  • Executive Advising for Foundation Leadership

  • Values Alignment

  • Power-Aware Grantmaking

  • Creating Collaboratives

  • Grantmaking Infrastructure & Operational Excellence

FOR VISIONARY NONPROFITS

  • Executive Advising & Interim Leadership

  • Board Governance & Grappling

  • Mergers & Dormancy Planning

  • Rightsizing & Restructuring

  • Leadership Coaching

FOR EMERGING PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS

  • Strategic Design

  • Start-Up Architecture

  • Compliance Frameworks

  • Giving Philosophy

  • Portfolio Development

FOR PROFIT INSTITUTIONS

  • Grantmaking Strategy & Efficiency

  • Employee Engagement

  • Partnership Development

  • Alignment & Compliance

  • Collaborative Design

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