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Celebrating 10 Years
Root Cause provides consulting services and implements programs to accelerate performance to improve
people's lives.
2011 Social Innovator
Invest smart. For every $1 donated to the Social Innovation Forum, innovators see a $3 increase in budgets. Watch our video and donate today.
2013
Build a sound financial plan. Ground it in reality, not aspiration. Learn more.
Social Innovator and PPE Member
We accelerate the performance of nonprofits, government agencies, and funders to realize tangible and sustainable results. Learn more.
Open Society Foundations
Define a vision of success. Map out a practical and sustainable business plan. Learn more.
Peer Performance Exchange Member
Improving your performance starts with measurement. Learn more.
Peer Performance Exchange Member
Deepen your impact. Learn, link, leverage with the Peer Performance Exchange. Learn more.
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Build a Sustainable
Business Model
For more than 10 years, Root Cause has worked with nonprofit clients to develop plans that rigorously examine current and potential revenue markets to ensure that financial models are based on more than ambition.
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Center for Health and
Health Care in Schools
As a result of Root Cause’s engagement, CHHCS now has a clear path and tools to attract new funders. Our process helped guide CHHCS to think about their services, and strategy in a new way.
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Business Planning for
Enduring Social Impact
Root Cause provides an introduction to business planning and leads readers through a four-step process for creating an actionable business plan.
For over a decade Root Cause has accelerated the performance of more than 150 nonprofits, government agencies, and funders, working collaboratively with them to realize tangible and sustainable results.
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Andrew Wolk Founder and CEOAndrew Wolk is the founder and CEO of Root Cause. He has consulted with dozens of organizations in all sectors, including Open Society Foundations, uAspire (formerly known as ACCESS), Center for Urban Families, Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, and State Street Foundation.
I started Root Cause 10 years ago to combine the commitment to public service my grandfather had with the use of data and performance my father practiced into a simple premise—if we better allocate resources towards the performance of organizations pursuing social progress, we will see accelerated improvement in the lives of people across the country.Andrew Wolk
