
Solutions to propel your mission forward.
Executive Compensation
Creating tailored solutions that balance the need for competitive executive pay and reasonable outcomes.
Board Compensation
Crafting programs to recognize coveted board members for their time, expertise and contributions.
Employee
Compensation
Leveraging unique insights into workforce challenges to craft strategies that attract and retain a dynamic workforce.
Workplace
Equity
Supporting your commitment to fairness, transparency and equal opportunity through program evaluation and design, with a focus on pay equity, representation and living/thriving wage.
Benefits
Assessing and designing competitive benefits and other rewards programs to reinforce your commitment to employee health and wellbeing.
Investment Team Compensation
Working with internal investment groups to design competitive salary and incentive structures in alignment with investment and people objectives.
Development
Staff
Compensation
Working with development and fundraising organizations to evaluate and design competitive salary and incentive programs.
Private & Community Foundations
Independent, family, community, startup, spend down and other foundation types








policy & advocacy
Organizations and institutes dedicated to advancing policy and furthering advocacy of specific causes








Research Institutes
Independent and affiliated research organizations








Service & Charitable
Organizations providing direct services to the community and/or supporting charitable activities in the communities they serve








EDUCATION
Higher education and private, public and charter K-12 schools







Arts & Cultural
Organizations committed to advancing arts, culture, and creative expression to foster a better society



















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