We help mission driven CEOs and boards design growth strategies that increase impact and revenue by 50% in 12 months.
Results:
Mission Drive Organizations increase community impact and revenue by 50% in 12 months.
ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE SERVED
“HIGOL is a remarkable team that brings a unique combination of business strategy and scholarly and intuitive leadership techniques turning good leaders into great leaders. They have a talent for getting folks to step beyond their comfort zones to grow emotionally and intellectually & achieve amazing results.”
Paul Lessard
CEO High Point Community Foundation
5 Powerful Ways to Move the Needle
- 6-month Strategic Planning Accelerator - Get everyone on the same page around your North Star. Use the Plan to Increase Community Impact & Significantly Leverage Fundraising and New Revenue.
- 6 to 12-month Guided Execution/Implementation - Moves the Needle on Organizational Change that sticks.
- Reach out to us for a Needs Discovery Conversation where we co-create your exact scope of work together.
Build the Capacity of your Grantees to significantly increase Revenue and Community Impact. We also work with community foundations to help grantees build permanent endowments in partnership with the foundation, increasing their long-term sustainability. Typical engagements include:
- Kick-off Gathering/Initial Assessments
- 1-day Revenue Enhancement Lab
- Group coaching for 6 months
- Capstone Celebration
- Sustainability Enhancer: Backsliding Checklist + 3-5 reinforcement boosters + coach check-in on demand + 90-day check-in
Are you ready to leverage your most valuable under-utilized asset? Engage the board to become a true thought partner to the CEO, obstacle remover and resource raiser. Typical engagement includes:
- Kick-off
- 1-day High Performance Board Lab
- Develop 12-month Board Activation Plan with Governance Committee
- Optional Board Coaching
- Capstone Celebration
- Sustainability Enhancer: Backsliding Checklist + 3-5 reinforcement boosters + coach check-in on demand + 90-day check-in
Are you ready to finally to grow philanthropic fundraising in your organization? Maybe you are further along and ready for a Feasibility Study for a capital campaign or are you in the middle of a campaign that has stalled… Engagements are tailored to your specific circumstance. Philanthropic Kickstart engagements may include:
- Kick Off Meeting
- Discovery & Assessment
- 1/2 to 1-day Strategy Day to inventory your existing development work and donor profiles. We'll help you see where you're leaving money on the table.
- Team/Individual coaching
- Capstone Celebration
- Sustainability Enhancer: Backsliding Checklist + 3-5 reinforcement boosters + coach check-in on demand + 90-day check-in
We take a human-centered, strategic approach to leadership development that is fully aligned behind your shared vision and strategy for the company.
We'll help you build a resilient, values-aligned organization that scales with integrity.
Results include a culture that values clear communication, productive energizing meetings and collaboration to achieve results other's thought impossible. Engagements can include:
- Kick-off
- 1 to 2 day Leadership Retreat to begin to design and systematize your culture.
- Executive Advisory Work to Drive Performance and Accountability.
- Executive Team Coaching to Empower and Elevate Members.
- Capstone Celebration
- Sustainability Enhancer: Backsliding Checklist + 3-5 reinforcement boosters + coach check-in on demand + 90-day check-in
Case Studies
Learn how we’ve helped other leaders
New CEO develops & executes highly participatory Strategic Plan increasing affordable housing development by 33%, raising $1M in grant funding ...
Capacity of 15 nonprofit organizations measurably increases across a 4 county region by 20-40% across 6 competencies...
Established financial services firm aligned executive team and streamlined processes to increase net revenue by $1 million in 18 months.
Triangle Land Conservancy engages in Strategic Action Planning that Doubles the Pace of Their Conservation and Grows Revenue by 300% over five years.
Regional YMCA turns $9 million loss around to $1 million in net revenue in 12 months during COVID.
New Executive Director of a research start-up unifies efforts and focuses staff and board, doubling revenue in 3 years.
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Community Foundations
Build your internal capacity. Strengthen your messaging & your business model. Build the capacity of your nonprofit partners, aligning to transform
communities.
Our Client’s Journey:
The Proven Way To Achieve Your Must-Have Results
CEO's experience working with HIGOL
“As a result of our work with HIGOL, our organization was able to develop a three-year strategic action plan and framework that is forwarding looking and positions us to approach our work more holistically for the future. HIGOL's understanding of our work, challenges and strategies discussed was such that the team functioned as if they were an extension of our own staff.”
Yolanda Winstead, DHIC, Inc, President 
“The total (unexpected) new funds yielded while working with HIGOL was over $1,655,000, more than a quarter of the original assets of the organization. They were very professional and had a broad array of expertise and ability to pull in additional consultants as appropriate to address all of our needs as a one-stop shop.”
Sherika Hill, Family ConnectsInternational 
"HIGOL helped Church World Services to assess our team and culture at a critical juncture of accelerated growth in our organization. The Road Map and Action Plan that resulted have provided us with the ongoing guidance we need to strengthen our culture and internal leadership to more effectively manage our work, serve our clients, and meet our mission into the future. We are grateful for their assistance."
Ellen Andrews,Church World Services, Regional Director 
"HIGOL designed and delivered a powerful, year-long capacity-building program for 15 Lowcountry nonprofits on behalf of our community foundation. From start to finish, Teri and her team combined professionalism, flexibility, and deep understanding of nonprofit leadership. The results speak for themselves — stronger organizations, more confident leaders, and a clear return on investment for our community.
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Scott WiermanPresident, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry 
“I’m proud to say that during our working engagement, our organization’s net revenue increased by 50%, and her team based infrastructure techniques improved our business operations between staff and management. Teri, is a gift that keeps giving and having her on your team is a dream come true.”
George Jones, Farmer Foodshare 
“HIGOL’s natural leadership and mentoring skills serve as a base asset to anyone with whom they work. However, it is their depth and breadth of knowledge related to business philosophy and practice that allows them to develop bespoke strategies that support organizations in achieving their unique best.”
Heather VahdatMale Contraceptive Initiative, Executive Director 
“Investing in HIGOL’s one-year capacity-building program was a significant win for our nonprofit community. Fifteen organizations completed the program and emerged stronger — reporting measurable gains in revenue, productivity, leadership confidence, and impact. Feedback from leaders is overwhelmingly positive. HIGOL’s dedication and partnership made all the difference.
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Debbie CahoonVice President for Community Investment, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry 
