Our Services
The Brain Studio
The Brain Studio
Imagine showing up to every meeting with deeper insights, better-prepared materials, and more time for meaningful discussion.
The Brain Studio is a place we’ve established as a playground for creating useful tools that support impact oriented leaders and ultimately create more capacity for impac. The current set of custom tools help grantmakers, nonprofit leaders and policymakers get to depth and breadth of thinking and work products in a fraction of the time.
You're passionate about creating change, but buried in proposals and reports. Our tools help you surface insights faster and make confident decisions about where to invest for maximum impact. Focus on the strategic conversations that drive real change.
For Philanthropic Funders
Every minute spent on administrative tasks is a minute away from your mission. Our tools help you find perfect-fit funding opportunities instantly and transform program data into compelling narratives. Write grant proposals in minutes instead of hours.
For Nonprofit Leaders
You wear many hats, and time is your scarcest resource. Whether you're analyzing market trends, optimizing operations, or planning for growth, we help you bring big-company insights to your daily decisions – without the big-company overhead.
For Policymakers
Change How You Work, Transform How You Think, Improve Your Impact.
We start with your specific challenges and equip you with useful tools.
The Brain Studio is a Petersen Consultants tool for impact
Strategy & Fundraising Advisors
Strategy & Fundraising Advisors
We focus on supporting founders and senior executives to develop clear strategies and relevant fundraising plans.
Monthly or bi-monthly advisory session options
Engagements that range from simple coaching relationships to full service, strategic planning and ongoing partnership.
Accessible and real-time interaction with our team to ensure follow through
Effective fundraising starts by partnering with your leadership team to develop a sound strategy—a clear roadmap that defines goals, priorities, and the path to sustainable support. From that foundation, we craft and execute targeted fundraising plans that translate vision into action and drive meaningful engagement. By combining strategic foresight with practical execution, we help your organization build lasting relationships and achieve mission-driven success.
Ready to take your strategy and fundraising plans to the next level? Contact us today to discuss your specific needs and how we can support you to accomplish your goals.
Philanthropic Guidance & Execution
Philanthropic Guidance & Execution
We're excited to be your partners in shaping your philanthropic approach.
As your partners, we bring best practices and modern tools to guide your giving strategy. With firsthand insight from the organizations you fund and deep experience advising philanthropies and philanthropists, we help you invest effectively. Together, we co-create tailored, community-centered plans that maximize your impact.
Through our Philanthropic Guidance, we help you:
Our Value Proposition :
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Establish structures to match your intent
Develop strategies that express your values
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Create processes that ensure time and value are properly allocated
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Track outcomes and create space for reflection (re)shapes strategies
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Use cutting edge tools to support process increase the likelihood of positive impact
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As your committed philanthropic advisors and execution partners, we blend best practices, modern tools, and firsthand insights from the organizations you support to co-create strategies that drive lasting change. Ready to elevate your giving and maximize your impact? Partner with Petersen Consultants today and turn your vision into meaningful action.
We strive for the sweet spot: