Communities First Consulting

Communities First Consulting is a mission-driven strategic advisory firm that partners with nonprofit organizations, coalitions, and grassroots leaders to build power, shape public policy, and center the voices of communities most impacted by systemic injustice.

Communities First Consulting provides a wide array of strategic services designed to help mission-based organizations build power and achieve transformational impact. Our offerings include:

• Policy & Legislative Strategy
  Campaign planning, bill drafting, policy analysis, grassroots lobbying strategy, and stakeholder mapping.

• Coalition Building & Movement Support
  Facilitation, strategic alignment, governance models, and capacity-building for coalitions and alliances.

• Community Outreach & Public Engagement
  Design and implementation of participatory processes that center impacted communities.

• Organizational Development
  Strategic planning, leadership coaching, board development, internal equity alignment, and 501(c)(3)/(c)(4) formation advisement.

• Convening Design & Facilitation
  Planning, agenda-setting, and facilitation of summits, peer-learning events, and national gatherings.

• Training & Capacity Building
  Tailored workshops on advocacy, leadership, policy literacy, media, and organizational growth.

• Evaluation & Impact Measurement
  Designing frameworks to track and assess effectiveness of policy and programmatic work.

We work flexibly—offering short-term engagements, project-based work, or ongoing retainer-based partnerships—based on client need and capacity.