Ascend Impact Advisors drives social impact by taking a human-centered approach to strategy, data, and AI. We are interested in finding partners who seek to transform programs, organizations, and systems around the needs and aspirations of those they are intended to serve.
Harness the power of AI for social good
With the emergence of tools like ChatGPT, Google's Bard, Anthropic's Claude, and the numerous open source options, we're at the forefront of an AI-driven revolution for social impact. We specialize in making AI accessible and beneficial for social entrepreneurs and nonprofits of all sizes. Through our three-phased approach you will Discover, Pilot, and Deploy AI effectively and responsibly while upskilling your team. Get started with our intro to AI training or ask us about how we're leveraging AI across our services.
Develop a compelling strategy to drive transformational impact.
Are you in need of a strategic thought partner who can run an inclusive process that invites people in as collaborators? Our strategy development process engages key partners and collaborators, creates a benchmarking analysis and/or landscape scan to provide context and inspiration, and explores a diverse set of potential options. What differentiates us is our focus on bringing human-centered design and a lean startup mindset to the strategy process.
Design, test, and scale effective programs
Do more of what works -- and help others build on your successes. We bring particularly deep expertise passion to to human services organizations focused on affordable housing and financial health. We bring field-tested insights to help networks of organizations drive change across their network at a state, national or global level. With Ascend Impact Advisors, you won't just manage change, you'll inspire it.
Measure impact, build evidence, and tell compelling stories with data
Are you a smaller organization who would like to benefit from a full-time resource but can't justify hiring one? Are you a funder who would like to help build the capacity of your grantees and support them as they drive greater impact? We can help assess what's in place or guide the development of a new data and evidence strategy. This can help you better fund your mission, establish your organization as a thought leader, and/or influence policy.
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