Benefits of Participation


Each team will provide approximately 900 hours of consulting, including:

  • Thought partnership to help you tackle a pressing challenge
  • Ability to synthesize complex information with analytical rigor
  • A robust project deliverable within a semester
  • Tools, frameworks or strategic road maps that help strengthen organizational capacity well beyond the life of the project

Sample Projects

Strategic and operational projects can help navigate through uncertainty:

  • Conduct a feasibility study for a new product or service
  • Scenario planning, including financial modeling
  • Develop a new strategic plan or business plan
  • Research and analysis on potential earned revenue streams
  • Landscape analysis for a new grantmaking strategy (philanthropy)

Client Testimonials

Clinic By the Bay

Clinic by the Bay’s S3 team consistently went above and beyond in delivering on our expectations. Their investment in the clinic and our project was enormous. Team members made multiple visits to the clinic, which is quite far from campus. The board presentation was absolutely perfect. It was just the right level of detail and sparked some good discussion as well as agreement on our path forward in a very fluid environment. This project was just what the board needed to fully understand the situation, possible outcomes, and our options.

Environmental Working Group (Healthy living app)

The team was very responsive to our feedback and helped us focus our project on the most impactful areas. The team responded quickly and though creatively. They successfully pursued new approaches EWG hasn’t previously considered (like reaching out to competitors) and delivered a great road map for success for the launch of HLA 5.0.

Meals on Wheels Sacramento

Kevin McAllister, Executive Director

The team believed in the organization’s mission and was enthusiastic about our work. They are driven, detail-oriented, creative, collaborative, and dedicated. Moreover, they took research to the next level!

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