We start with an intensive consultation between your leadership, our strategic experts, and our lawyer. You lay out everything: the landscape, the risks, the internal dynamics, the external pressures. From there, we map out an action plan with clear next steps; a direct assessment of what you need to do to survive and thrive.

Our team turns over every stone to uncover vulnerabilities, reviewing the following in light of recent best practices: 

• Your website, programmatic language, and internal documents
• Public social media posts, blog content, personal tweets, and social media from key staff (especially leadership). 
• Executive Director’s LinkedIn history—because, yes, that matters
• Board member statements and public affiliations
• Internal strategic frameworks and values
• Anything that could be compromised, misinterpreted, or weaponized against the organization
• Grant agreements and materials to ensure legal compliance and alignment with language being used across the organization
• We will identify high-risk staff or messaging and provide compassionate decision-making support to mitigate risks without destroying morale.

Once the audit is complete, we deliver a full strategic report outlining:

• A legal review of grant agreements examining requirements, modification processes, termination options, and compliance verification
• A clear and concise assessment of what’s working, what’s dangerous, and what needs immediate attention
• A risk assessment for funding, including state and federal considerations
• Case studies of similar organizations and how they navigated these issues
• A presentation for your board to manage their fears, pushback, and worst instincts

Our goal is to make you whole. We help future-proof your organization for the next four years and beyond by ensuring there’s alignment between your values, your practices, your policies, and your external narrative and organizational voice.

This is where we get to work. We don’t just hand you a report and walk away—we are prepared to execute:

• Crisis communications: Press releases, talking points, and media training
• Messaging refinement: Maintaining the essence of DEI work without saying DEI, strategic narrative shifts, language washing
• Legal compliance strategies: Ensuring grant agreements and organizational materials meet new and evolving regulatory requirements
• Board and donor engagement: Reports that make the case without setting off alarms
• Public-facing storytelling: Your work, framed in ways that resonate within legal alignment with the right audiences

We will position you for funding, impact, long-term staff retention, and growth—without unnecessary controversy.

Once the dust has settled, we leave you with a roadmap to keep your organization strong moving forward. 

✔️ A strategic report for your board, tailored for clarity and action
✔️ SWOT analysis of your messaging and communications strategy

✔️ Grant agreement and compliance review with actionable recommendations
✔️ Refined key messages & elevator pitches that align with your mission and goals
✔️ Social media recommendations to keep your online presence airtight
✔️ Stakeholder engagement strategies for donors, partners, and community groups
✔️ Internal process improvements to streamline workflows and prevent future crises
✔️ Comparative landscape analysis of how your messaging stacks up against your peers

We also offer ongoing advisory support and targeted workshops and training for staff, board, and leadership if you want us in your corner long-term.

Your nonprofit can’t afford to freeze up and your community can’t afford to lose you in this fight. Let’s talk.