Services

Root Cause is a nonprofit research and consulting firm that partners with nonprofits, philanthropy, government, and business to advance solutions to today’s toughest social issues. Our consulting practice offers an array of strategy, research, and leadership development services designed to help organizational leaders to foster social innovation and spread what works.

Consulting Services  

 Business Planning

Root Cause specializes in helping organizations develop rigorous business plans focused on accelerating growth and building a foundation for sustainability. These plans are developed using a social impact model...Read More

 Performance Measurement

 We help organizations to develop customized, internally driven performance measurement systems designed to meet stakeholder requirements, while also empowering leaders to track performance, learn from data, and use that learning to make management decisions focused on continuous improvement... Read More 

Financial Sustainability

Financial sustainability is one of the most powerful—and often the most daunting—components of a successful organization. Root Cause helps organizations to identify reliable revenue streams by developing:

  • Capitalization plans that identify the total amount of philanthropic investment needed in order to execute business goals
  • Financial sustainability plans that identify a reliable and diversified revenue mix... Read More

Community-Based Solutions

Our work in community-based solutions seeks to encourage and enable business, foundation, individual, and government-agency funders to work together with key experts to share expertise and knowledge, identify funding gaps, and align efforts to result in a greater social impact...Read More

Leadership Development

In today’s nonprofit sector, leaders find an increasing need for innovative, entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to navigate a rapidly evolving social change environment. Root Cause offers coaching and leadership development programs that combine the development of traditional skill in areas such as fundraising, program management, and board development with the development of the organization as a whole...Read More

For more information on these services, please contact Peter Hill at phill@rootcause.org.