Client Diversification Initiative

Lever for Change

Growing Capacity To Do More Good

Lever for Change was founded as a nonprofit affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2019. It develops and manages customized grant challenges that connect donors with organizations to fund solutions to accelerate social change. The challenge finalists become members of the Bold Solutions Network – a network that helps secure additional funding and amplify members’ impact to accelerate social change

Marts&Lundy has worked with Lever for Change since 2020. We work with the Bold Solutions Network as a resource to help them continue to grow their capacity to do more good.

Learn more about Lever for Change.

LEAP

Catalyzing Large-Scale Social Impact

LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact catalyzes large-scale social impact by selecting, supporting and scaling breakthrough social ventures and non-profits and unleashing the potential of collaboration. LEAP’s model prioritizes the selection of, and investment in, leaders and social ventures with proven approaches to solving today’s most pressing issues. Over a five-year period, LEAP works with the social ventures, across two portfolios, to scale their effective solutions so that greater impact can be achieved. Marts&Lundy Canada, formerly Offord Group, worked with LEAP since its inception in 2012 to provide fundraising support to its partners.

Learn more about LEAP.

Our CDI Clients

Working Together to Harness Resources

We leverage our partnerships with Lever for Change and LEAP to identify clients that would be a good fit for this work. Both organizations employ rigorous practices for selecting their nonprofit partners. To date we have:

Served eight Lever for Change organizations providing full-scale consulting work
Provided resources for our partner’s networks of organization for continuous learning opportunities
Most recently, supporting LEAP’s “Healthy Futures” and “The Equity Opportunity” ventures through and ad-hoc fundraising counsel.

Types of Services

Ensuring the Most Effective Approach

Our approach to engagements is flexible, allowing us to balance the needs of the client and the capacity of our consultants. Our past and typical offerings include: