Do good. Scale well.

We help mission-driven teams scale what works.

Strategy and operations for foundations and nonprofits

Goodscale is a strategy and operations partner for foundations, nonprofits, and mission-aligned companies. We provide the senior capacity to help leaders bridge the gap between bold strategy and shipped work. We work as a fractional extension of your leadership team to ensure priorities actually get delivered, typically moving through three key stages.

Clarify

Clarify

Align on the decision, the outcome, and the path. Translate ambition into an executable plan.

Build

Build

Operationalize the roles, rhythms, systems, and partnerships that make delivery reliable.

Scale

Scale

Measure what matters, strengthen what’s fragile, and expand reach without losing quality or focus.

How we partner

You already have the ambition. We make progress repeatable. Strategy is only as good as its execution, so we focus on the high-stakes work that turns your long-term goals into a daily reality for your team. Our partnership provides the momentum and the systems required to keep your mission moving forward.

Strategic Clarity

We help you navigate complex decisions and define a clear path forward. This includes defining a sharp investment thesis for funders or refining the case for support for nonprofit leaders. We ensure your team and board are aligned on both the path and the outcome.

Sustainable Fundraising

We move beyond the fundraising scramble to build disciplined revenue engines. We design the pipelines, narratives, and stewardship rhythms required to secure major gifts and institutional support. Our goal is to ensure that capital follows impact.

Operational Excellence

We design the operating cadence that allows your team to deliver at scale without burning out. This involves strengthening decision-making, cross-team coordination, and the internal systems that make growth sustainable over the long term.

Trusted experience in social impact

We partner with purpose-driven leaders across the social impact ecosystem, including global foundations, nonprofits, and mission-aligned companies. Our expertise is rooted in decades of direct experience working within the complex systems and institutional rhythms of the organizations we serve. We understand exactly what is required to move past the planning stage and transform ambitious goals into lasting outcomes. Here are a few of the organizations our team members have supported:


AISES
Amazon
Atlassian Foundation
Base10
Black Girls Code
Caterpillar Foundation
City Colleges of Chicago
Code.org
CodePath
College Board
CUNY
FirstPrinciples
Gates Foundation
Google.org
Infosys Foundation USA
James S. McDonnell Foundation
Malone Family Foundation
Microsoft Elevate
Netflix
NYC Tech Talent Pipeline
Obama Foundation
Office of Talent and Workforce Development
Planned Parenthood
Rewriting The Code
Schultz Family Foundation
Siegel Family Endowment
The Chicago Community Trust
The Magic House
Vista Equity Partners
Zoom Cares

If you're building something that matters, we'd love to help you scale it.

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