Our Services
For
Non-Profits
Workshops
Our workshops are designed for nonprofit leaders and teams who want to move from thinking to doing. Each 90-minute session is fast-paced, focused, and full of practical tools you can apply right away. No theory, no fluff, just meaningful conversations, actionable strategies, and expert guidance tailored to the challenges you’re facing right now.
The Structure
- Pre-Workshop Survey: We start by listening. A quick pre-workshop survey surfaces your team’s real-world challenges so every session is shaped around what matters most to you.
- 90-Minute Deep Dive: An immersive, high-energy session focused on a pressing organizational issue from strategy execution to team alignment or managing change.
- Interactive Learning: Hands-on exercises, guided discussion, and peer exchange keep you engaged and leave you with practical insights you can immediately put to work.
- Community of Practice: Each workshop connects you to peers tackling similar challenges. You’ll have opportunities to continue learning and collaborating through facilitated follow-up sessions and peer networks that extend beyond the workshop.
- Post-Workshop Resources: Every participant receives access to a private Google Drive packed with templates, examples, and guides that build on what you’ve learned, plus a complimentary 30-day check-in call with a Kivun advisor to reflect, troubleshoot, and sustain your momentum.
The Outcome
You’ll leave each session with sharper tools, fresh ideas, and a supportive network of peers so you’re ready to drive change and strengthen your organization’s impact. These workshops are the perfect on-ramp to Kivun’s deeper consulting and implementation services.
Discovery
Our Discovery process is the perfect next step for organizations ready to move from identifying challenges to charting a clear path forward. It’s designed for nonprofit teams who want an honest, expert view of what’s working, what’s not, and how to strengthen operations for long-term success.
The Offer
- Confidential Conversations: We begin by listening deeply. Through candid one-on-one and small group conversations with leadership and key team members, we uncover the dynamics, systems, and processes that drive (or hinder) your organization’s success.
- Exploration and Analysis: Together, we explore your biggest challenges and untapped opportunities, whether it’s optimizing operations, refining decision-making, or aligning strategy with capacity.
- Deep Dive Assessment: We identify the pain points, gaps, and inefficiencies that may be holding you back, offering a clear, structured picture of where your focus and resources can make the greatest difference.
Next Steps
- Comprehensive Mapping: You’ll receive a clear, actionable roadmap outlining your core challenges, potential solutions, and recommended next steps. You leave with a practical blueprint for operational excellence and the opportunity to continue the journey with customized, on-the-ground support.
The Outcome
By the end of the Discovery process, you’ll have clarity, not just about what needs to change, but exactly how to get there. It’s a strategic starting point that transforms uncertainty into a plan of action.
Implementation Partnership
Implementation Partnership is designed for organizations ready to move from strategy to tangible, lasting results. We partner closely with your team, embedding ourselves within your operations to ensure plans don’t just sit on paper, they become part of how your organization works every day.
The Offer
- Embedded Partnership: Our team works alongside yours to implement strategy, strengthen operations, and build the systems and processes needed for sustained success.
- Bespoke Implementation: Every solution is tailored to your organization’s goals, challenges, and team dynamics, ensuring relevance, buy-in, and practical impact.
- Disciplined Execution: We help your team stay focused on what matters most, embedding routines, accountability, and repetition that turn strategy into everyday practice.
- Measured Impact: Together, we define success and achieve agreed outputs, milestones, and operational improvements that deliver real results.
The Outcome
- Team Transition: We don’t just implement; we equip your staff to take ownership of the new strategy and processes.
- Organizational Strength: Your team is left stronger, clearer, and better prepared to sustain improvements, creating a streamlined and more efficient organization.
Strategy Development
Strategy Development
Strategy Development helps organizations transform big ideas into clear, actionable plans. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing roadmap, we guide your team to align around priorities, define success, and prepare for implementation.
The Offer
- Collaborative Planning: We work closely with leadership and teams to co-create a strategy that reflects your mission, values, and capacity.
- Focused Analysis: By examining internal operations, sector trends, and stakeholder needs, we ensure your strategy is both realistic and ambitious.
- Actionable Roadmap: The outcome is a clear, practical plan that translates vision into achievable goals and measurable outcomes.
The Outcome
- Aligned Team and Leadership: Everyone knows the priorities, next steps, and their role in driving success.
- Ready for Execution: Your organization is positioned to implement the strategy confidently, with a roadmap that guides both immediate actions and long-term growth.
For
Funders
Entering a New Sector
with Confidence
For funders exploring a new field or cause area, our Funder-Led Analysis provides the clarity and direction needed to invest with confidence. We help you navigate complex landscapes, identify where your resources can drive the greatest value, and shape a focused, actionable strategy that turns intent into lasting impact.
The Structure
- Landscape Mapping: We map the ecosystem you want to support, identifying key organizations, funders, gaps, and opportunities. This gives you the insight to invest where your contribution can be most effective and enduring.
- Opportunity Assessment: We evaluate potential partners, initiatives, and entry points to ensure alignment with your philanthropic goals and appetite for risk, scale, and collaboration.
- Collaborative Partnership: Working closely with your team, we translate complex information into clear recommendations, helping you make confident, informed decisions about where and how to engage.
The Outcome
- Informed Entry: Step into a new sector with a strong understanding of its dynamics, needs, and potential for impact.
- Strategic Direction: Define your focus and priorities with clarity, ensuring your investments complement and strengthen existing efforts.
- Meaningful Impact: Begin your engagement with confidence, connection, and a clear path toward sustainable, measurable change.
Building Capacity in the Causes You Champion
For funders already committed to a sector or cause, our Operational Efficiency service strengthens the organizations and ecosystems you’ve invested in. We know that sustainable change requires more than funding. It takes capable teams, strong systems, and clear direction. Acting as an extension of your intent and expertise, we embed within your grantees to build the operational capacity that transforms good investments into enduring impact.
The Structure
- Embedded Partnership: We work directly with grantee teams, on-site or virtually, to implement the systems and processes that drive stronger, more resilient operations.
- Tailored Capacity Building: Each engagement is designed around the organization’s realities and goals, ensuring every improvement is meaningful, owned, and lasting.
- Aligned Impact: Together, we turn your philanthropic intent into tangible, measurable outcomes that strengthen the sector as a whole.
The Outcome
- Stronger Organizations: Grantees emerge more capable, efficient, and mission-driven.
- Amplified Impact: Your funding achieves deeper, longer-lasting results.
- Sustainable Systems: Teams gain the tools and confidence to continue improving independently over time.
Good funding deserves great execution. Reach out to discover how we can help you connect vision, investment, and impact.