CPER gathering, February, 2013.
Consulting
I offer consulting to philanthropic institutions, individual donors and non-profit
organizations in the following areas:
Testimonials
Amanda’s deep knowledge of philanthropy and social justice organizing have been of immeasurable value to growing and strengthening Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER). For three years, Amanda skillfully advised strategic and fieldbuilding efforts for CPER’s national efforts to advance educational equity and excellence, playing a critical role in donor education, convening, and peer learning activities. For CPER’s California work, she fostered relationship-building and alignment between grassroots and advocacy grantees, identified prospective funding partners, and nurtured grantee and donor networks essential to sustaining our effort.
– Melinda Fine, Director of Education, Public Interest Projects
Amanda brings expertise and wisdom to her work with foundations and social change organizations. She has that unique ability to innovate and implement. Whether it be co-founding the Funder's Collaborative for Youth Organizing or her program work with foundations, she is always creating partnerships and opportunities to move work forward and make significant change in the world.
– Shona Chakravartty, Senior Program Officer, The Hill-Snowdon Foundation
Amanda is a connector--of ideas, people and of communities. She has a long history of working for social transformation and justice, whose areas of expertise include youth development, civic participation, leadership and progressive philanthropy. I've know Amanda for many years and I respect her greatly.
-- Akaya Windwood, CEO and President, The Rockwood Leadership Institute
Clients (Partial List)
I offer consulting to philanthropic institutions, individual donors and non-profit
organizations in the following areas:
- Designing and implementing grant-making portfolios (including focus groups, due diligence and grant-making processes).
- Designing and implementing local, state and national needs assessments of program areas and issues to inform strategic plans and business plans.
- Launching and managing strategic collaboratives.
- Facilitating and designing retreats, convenings and conferences.
- Developing and managing learning communities, capacity building and leadership programs.
Testimonials
Amanda’s deep knowledge of philanthropy and social justice organizing have been of immeasurable value to growing and strengthening Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER). For three years, Amanda skillfully advised strategic and fieldbuilding efforts for CPER’s national efforts to advance educational equity and excellence, playing a critical role in donor education, convening, and peer learning activities. For CPER’s California work, she fostered relationship-building and alignment between grassroots and advocacy grantees, identified prospective funding partners, and nurtured grantee and donor networks essential to sustaining our effort.
– Melinda Fine, Director of Education, Public Interest Projects
Amanda brings expertise and wisdom to her work with foundations and social change organizations. She has that unique ability to innovate and implement. Whether it be co-founding the Funder's Collaborative for Youth Organizing or her program work with foundations, she is always creating partnerships and opportunities to move work forward and make significant change in the world.
– Shona Chakravartty, Senior Program Officer, The Hill-Snowdon Foundation
Amanda is a connector--of ideas, people and of communities. She has a long history of working for social transformation and justice, whose areas of expertise include youth development, civic participation, leadership and progressive philanthropy. I've know Amanda for many years and I respect her greatly.
-- Akaya Windwood, CEO and President, The Rockwood Leadership Institute
Clients (Partial List)
- Active Voice
- Bay Area DACA Collaborative (BADACA)
- Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions
- Communities for Public Education Reform/Public Interest Projects
- Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing
- Hunt Alternatives Fund
- James Irvine Foundation
- Kalliopeia Foundation
- Rockwood Leadership Institute
- San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership
- Stuart Foundation
- Pacific Institute of Community Organizing (PICO) California
- Unbound Philanthropy UK
- Working Films