EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE WHO POWER CHANGE

We help nonprofit leaders strengthen strategy, governance, and leadership so you can lead with confidence and create lasting community impact.

Leading a Nonprofit Shouldn’t Feel Like a Constant State of Uncertainty

Too often, organizations get stuck in a cycle of reacting without clarity, structure, or support needed to move forward.

Is your organization experiencing any of the following?

Strategy feel unclear or disconnected

Plans get created, but rarely put into action

Your board and executive struggle to stay aligned

Feeling unprepared for leadership transitions

When you’re regularly overworked, understaffed, and putting out fires, it’s hard to create clear strategy, strong governance, and long-term planning. Is this reactionary cycle holding you back from reaching your full impact?

You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone

We Understand How Complex & Demanding Nonprofit Leadership Can Be.

Our work is grounded in deep social sector experience. We’ve experienced the challenges first-hand, learned how to overcome them, and help nonprofits do the same by strengthening leadership, aligning strategy, and building resilient systems.

We don’t just deliver plans. We work alongside you to create solutions that drive meaningful change.

HOW WE SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS

Strong nonprofit leadership is built on clarity, alignment, and continuity. Clear strategy sets direction. Governance ensures leadership is stewarded responsibly. Succession planning protects momentum over time. These are not separate efforts. They work together as a single leadership system. When that system is connected, nonprofits are better positioned to lead with confidence, make thoughtful decisions, and stay focused on their mission and the impact they exist to create.

STRATEGY

Strategy grounds leadership in purpose and direction. We help nonprofit boards and leadership teams clarify what their purpose calls them to do now, set priorities, and exercise leadership around a shared path forward. This clarity strengthens decision-making and helps organizations stay focused on purpose as conditions evolve.

GOVERNANCE

Governance is how boards lead with purpose. We help boards focus on the work that matters most: setting direction, stewarding purpose, and partnering effectively with executive leadership. Strong governance creates alignment and shared accountability so decisions stay anchored in purpose and leadership remains strategic over time.

SUCCESSION

Succession planning builds leadership resilience over time. We help organizations remain resilient through change by strengthening their people, processes, and systems today. This work goes beyond preparing for a single transition by ensuring leadership capacity is shared, knowledge is not concentrated in one role, and purpose-driven direction can continue with clarity and confidence over time.

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TRUSTED BY LEADERS NAVIGATING REAL CHALLENGES

“When our small United Way faced a series of staffing, economic, and governance challenges, we knew we needed a true expert—someone with deep problem-solving skills, strong connections, and extensive United Way knowledge. Through United Way NEXT, we connected with Josh Kilgas, and in just six months, he has transformed our operations. He implemented sustainable processes, introduced best practices for resource development and fundraising, ensured all compliance deadlines were met, and played a crucial role in our executive director search. I highly recommend Josh and would be happy to speak on his behalf.”

-Jessica Jacobson, President, United Way of Dodge County

“Josh brings such a breadth and depth of experience to his consulting work, along with a keen ability to diagnose situations. He is equally skilled and assured when advising small grassroots nonprofits as he is with long-established organizations. I see Josh as a believer in the power of human beings to ‘bend the arc’ toward justice through nonprofits—while also recognizing that it takes hard change work for this to happen.”

–Nancy Heykes, Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI), Development and Board Governance Consultant

Solutions for Changemakers has helped our board move beyond stagnation by improving efficiencies and giving us the clarity we needed to make confident, informed decisions for our organization’s future.”

-Sheila Fenolio, Villa Phoenix Board Member

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