Client's Perspective
“The National Latina Institute for the Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is a vibrant, focused, strategically positioned organization today only because we had the enormous fortune of finding Ms. Elsa A. Ríos, President of Community Impact Consulting (CIC). Three years ago when it was not even clear whether NLIRH would continue to exist, CIC helped us rebuild the organization from the ground up, strengthening our Board, creating a viable and sustainable fundraising strategy and helping us to develop a dynamic programmatic vision and a strategic impact plan. CIC's assistance was invaluable, multi-faceted, and always consistent with the goals and vision of the Board. Words are truly not enough to describe both our debt and gratitude to CIC.”
Catherine Albisa, Esq.
Chairperson
Board of Directors
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
New York City, New York
Our Mission
Our mission is
to help nonprofits excel. We develop innovative strategies and solutions
to help nonprofits increase their resources, maximize strategic impact
and achieve their vision for a better world.
We achieve our mission through the delivery of culturally competent, customized and comprehensive capacity building services.
Our Values
CIC believes in the powerful, transformative impact nonprofits have upon our society and we work to advance their efficacy and long term sustainability. We support the values and principles of social justice, community leadership and empowerment. Our services and products are designed to strengthen community/constituent voices and leadership capacity.
Just as nonprofits invest in their communities, CIC invests in nonprofits. We focus on building relationships rather than merely providing a short term service.
We take the time to get to know and understand our client organizations, and our clients often return to us for additional services as they progress through the different stages of organizational development. Our investment allows for deeper levels of trust and organizational insight enabling us to diagnose problems faster and design better strategies and solutions.
Our Approach
We conduct a thorough
organizational assessment and help organizations to identify and create
a plan to address their immediate and long term capacity building needs.
Our approach emphasizes the transfer of knowledge and skills to nonprofit staff in order to build and sustain dynamic, cutting edge nonprofit organizations that strengthen our communities and promote social change.
We help nonprofits to create learning environments and social change laboratories. We enable staff to make better use of trends analysis, social research and outcome evaluation data to design superior programs and advocacy campaigns and to advance ongoing strategic thinking and action.
We employ a Skills Transfer and Integration Approach (STIA) designing methods to ensure
the newly acquired skills and techniques we teach staff become fully integrated organizational practices.