Objective: Support Sanctuaries leadership in codifying the organization's assets, concretizing its naturally-evolving structure and projecting future needs that may arise.
Role: Consultant
Solution: Supported Sanctuaries' leadership in codifying the organization's business model, projecting operational needs and expenses, and mapping the organization's program and staffing design.
Highlights:
"Jess simply gets it. Before plunging in with resources and recommendations, strategies and suggestions, she takes the time to listen, deeply, to the soul of an organization - to feel its pulse, to catch its rhythm, to see its vision. I feel she empowered our community because she first acknowledged our power. She knew how to counsel us because she first understood who we were. And for that I am endlessly grateful." ~ Rev. Erik Martinez Resly, Lead Organizer, The Sanctuaries
Role: Consultant
Solution: Supported Sanctuaries' leadership in codifying the organization's business model, projecting operational needs and expenses, and mapping the organization's program and staffing design.
Highlights:
- Listened to Sanctuaries' intuitive and naturally-evolving business model and helped codify this through reflecting it back to the organization's leadership.
- Led a half-day workshop on fundraising for start-up non-profits.
- Supported Sanctuaries' leadership in thinking through program design and subsequent staffing needs.
- Supported Sanctuaries' leadership in projecting operational needs and expenses in a 5-year budget format.
"Jess simply gets it. Before plunging in with resources and recommendations, strategies and suggestions, she takes the time to listen, deeply, to the soul of an organization - to feel its pulse, to catch its rhythm, to see its vision. I feel she empowered our community because she first acknowledged our power. She knew how to counsel us because she first understood who we were. And for that I am endlessly grateful." ~ Rev. Erik Martinez Resly, Lead Organizer, The Sanctuaries