Empowering philanthropic & nonprofit organizations with practical strategies for sustainable progress.

Engagements
HCC Network
HCC Network

Platform Civic Strategies partnered with the Healthcare Collaborative Network (HCC) on a strategic planning process as they evolved from a rural health coalition into a Federally Qualified Health Center. With exponential growth came new opportunities and challenges. Our phased planning process engaged both board and staff to build a simple, focused roadmap accessible across HCC's expanding organization. The resulting one-page plan delineates high-level goals from the board and detailed strategies for implementation by staff to drive progress.

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Open Answer Mobilize
Open Answer Mobilize

Open Answer leverages community organizing for political campaigns and nonprofits in Colorado. As leadership considered national expansion, Platform Civic Strategies guided a phased project to determine viability. We facilitated visioning, gathered candid feedback from philanthropic leaders through interviews, and led planning sessions to produce a strategic expansion plan. The resulting roadmap provided Open Answer with a mission, model, services, goals and timeline to support sustainable growth into new geographies.

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ProX
ProX

Platform Civic Strategies partnered with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and The DeBruce Foundation to evaluate the ProX program in 2022 and 2023. The summer internship program engaged over 1300 students in real world learning. To provide rapid insights within a 6-week timeline, Platform conducted interviews, focus groups, and thematic analysis. Our summary report offered recommendations to strengthen training, experience, and ultimately impact for ProX coaches and students.


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“Jessica was a terrific resource to our coalition as we faced a strategic decision point about how to proceed. Her smart leadership, ideas, and information were critical to our process. She quickly and effectively organized us around a defined a timeline and specific action steps that clarified our path forward.”
— Richard Odiam, Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City