Nonprofit Consulting

Leading with Heart

We offer professional consulting for businesses and organizations.

Building Strong Foundations for Purpose-Driven Success

At NorthStar, we understand that nonprofits operate with big missions and often limited resources. Our nonprofit consulting services are designed to strengthen the foundation of your organization by helping you identify key strengths, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Through organizational assessments and audits, we uncover what’s working and where alignment can be improved. Our strategic planning and alignment services transform your mission into actionable steps that guide daily operations and long-term success.

We also provide board and leadership training to strengthen governance, enhance leadership capacity, and build positive rapport across teams, ensuring collaboration and accountability at every level. To support organizational transitions, our change management and culture-building approach focuses on trust, communication, and inclusion—creating environments where people and purpose thrive together.

Finally, our fund development and grant guidance services help nonprofits create sustainable funding strategies grounded in their capacity and culture, empowering organizations to achieve stability and long-term impact.

A deep dive into your systems, culture, and structure to identify what’s working, where gaps exist, and how to strengthen alignment with your mission. Includes actionable recommendations and follow-up support.

We co-create customized strategies that transform vision into measurable results. From annual plans to multi-year roadmaps, we ensure your team has clarity on priorities and pathways forward.

We strengthen governance and engagement through board orientations, role clarification, ethics training, and fundraising strategies—building boards that lead with purpose and accountability.

One-on-one or group coaching to help executives, directors, and emerging leaders navigate challenges, manage stress, and embody authentic, values-based leadership.

Custom-designed retreats and workshops that enhance collaboration, strengthen trust, and align teams around shared vision, values, and goals.

Practical, sustainable systems and processes that reduce confusion, streamline communication, and support smooth day-to-day operations so leaders and staff can focus on impact.