Like starfish, a nonprofit is comprised of many arms: board, staff, donors, volunteers, community. A starfish can lose any of its arms, and it will regenerate. It's a temporary setback, but the starfish emerges whole.

Change is a constant in nonprofits. We believe, with the appropriate supports in place, nonprofits have a similar capacity for resilience. We help you develop a clear mission, vision and plan for implementation so you can weather changes and prevail.

The starfish relies on implicit agreement and coordination between all of its parts in order to function. Nonprofits are likewise mobilized through collaboration.

As nonprofit consultants, we work with you to create an effective collaborative environment. We consider what you need now and will need in the future — and how social and market trends will impact your service delivery.

The Starfish Story in its many adaptations is often told by nonprofits to demonstrate the power of mission to compel engagement. In its brief telling, it captures the enormity of the tasks that nonprofits undertake and conveys the resolve that moves them, day in and day out, to do the work they do.

It is this simple story that, above all else, inspired the creation of Starfish Collaborative. And it continues to inspire us, every day, to provide targeted strategic guidance that enables you to fulfill your mission and maximize your impact.