Transformative change
Change is inevitable. Thriving is a choice. Every individual and organization is headed in one of two directions – toward decline or toward deep, serious change. Choosing not to change is choosing slow death. Take advantage of our “individual” or “organizational” vision-based planning process called Strategic FuturingTM This process engages you in reflection, visioning, analysis, dialogue, planning and action. It is a navigational tool which will better integrate your personal vision and purpose with your business or ministry goals and objectives.
Resource Development
My professional experience includes acquisition of charitable donations and earned income strategies as well as investment capital. This includes:
Traditional Sources
- Major Donor Development
- Grants (public & private)
- Corporate Gifts
- Capital Campaigns
- Social Media
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Gifts-in Kind
Social Enterprise and Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Social enterprise involves assisting charitable organizations to develop earned income strategies outside of traditional fundraising methods. Redemptive Entrepreneurship is focused on empowering individuals and communities to develop new skills to create sustainable income. Many have been removed from severely disadvantaged circumstances, some from forced labor or commercial sex industries.
As with all businesses, social enterprise and redemptive entrepreneurship deliver goods and services. The difference is that “redemptive” purposes are at the heart of what they do, with profits reinvested not distributed to shareholders. These enterprises operate in almost every industry from health care to renewable energy, from retail to recycling, from housing to education. Whatever they do, they do it differently from typical business, because they are driven by a mission, and are focused on the communities they serve.
Noted below are a few social enterprise initiatives in which I have been involved.
* Kinshasa, Congo – Partner in an agri-business providing fresh grown and delivered food, hiring at least 70% of women who are single heads of households. We, of course, have major export contracts and clients as well. (See Learn More link)
* Los Angeles – Developed a commercial urban laundry service through a charity to serve Skid Row clients.
*Southern California – Developed a Synod-wide program to repurpose underutilized urban church properties.
* Qinghai, Tibet – Supported an export income stream for women who weave traditional carpets in their home, by providing a simple loom and raw materials. The facilitators were missionaries.
*Ometepa, Nicaragua – Provided a mobile diagnostic laboratory unit which now accelerates diagnosis and treatment, and generates income for this island community.
* Luzon, Philippines – Support given to local small plot farmers to plant, harvest and sell two cash crops (cashew and cacao).
SAMPLE OF CLIENTS SERVED
