Organizations don’t always have the opportunity to address capacity issues from a position of strength – we’re often putting out fires. It’s possible to develop capacity through taking on a meaningful project. That’s our goal in every project we help with.

Examples of our work

  • Developing a way to meet released inmates at the jail and help them through their first five days after release.
  • Guiding a nonprofit organization in creating a staff-volunteer team to redevelop and manage an active website.
  • Helping publish two e-newsletters to support service organizations reach out to their communities.
  • Serving as a Recovery Coach.
  • Contributing to the forming of new NPOs.
  • Helping develop a team of volunteer letter-writers to link prisoners and community members.
  • Guiding development of a volunteer team to create a self-sustaining sacred community garden.
  • Helped a new volunteer grant-writing team acquire a corporate grant for an animal rescue center
  • Led a regional volunteer center team in meeting board directive to help local nonprofits increase their organizational capacity, including developing training program, exploring use of software to manage grant cycles, and coaching the board regarding fund-raising calls.
  • Forged a partnership between a regional volunteer center and a large school district to improve volunteer programs at schools.
  • Served as an examiner for statewide Quality Award Program.
  • Led 100 volunteers in a National Volunteer Day project to refurbish an elementary school butterfly garden.
  • Served on the grant review committee of a regional arts council.

Working with Nonprofit Organizations

As Director of Programs and Operations for a 13,000-member nonprofit recreation provider in a retirement community, with an annual budget of $2M, Roger

  • Directed recreation programs and facilities operations, including pools and sports facilities, arts and crafts studios, clubs, classes and concerts, and special events;
  • Led the volunteer program from 700 to 1,500 volunteers;
  • Co-founded a regional arts council and expanded arts funding in the area;
  • Founded a one-day arts festival attended by over 2,000 visitors and helped community leaders create the “Old-Fashioned Fourth,” attended by over 4,000 in its first year; and
  • Improved member satisfaction with volunteer-managed drop-in activities as evidenced by membership survey.

As Tribal Planner for an association with three employees and a budget of $100,000 in transition to Federally-recognized Tribe with 200-acre reservation, trust responsibilities, and an $8 million budget, Roger

  • Directed community development and captured over $2 million in grants and contracts without a rejection, and acquired a CAP water allocation;
  • Reorganized tribal structure as staff increased from 4 to 60. I recommended policy, interpreted complex documents, and developed and explained political and development alternatives to Tribal Council;
  • Coordinated development of tribal lands, including utilities, roads, fire protection, park complex, senior center, elderly housing, community greenhouse, lighted baseball diamond, ceremonial grounds, and Tribal office complex; and
  • Completed Land‑Use, Economic Development, Social Services, and Water Resources Management Plans.

As Assistant Director for a neighborhood association located in an historic area, with 12 employees and an annual budget of $350,000, Roger

  • Led the program which developed owner-built, passive solar adobe homes in an historic context for low-income families using public and private funding; and
  • Supervised operation of an adobe block manufacturing facility.