Our Foundation hired Starfish Impact to develop the first strategic plan in our history. Although we have been very clear for decades around our giving priorities and operations, with generational shifts and new ideas emerging among our leadership, we felt the time was right to significantly plan for the future. The Starfish team was thoughtfully put together with experts in the arts, social justice and next gen dynamics in order to match our needs. And then they got to work—facilitating a series of workshops in order to hone our values, mission, vision, theory of change and goals. They also addressed professional development and continued education, Trustee development, legacy and big picture future decision making.
Starfish took sensitive and important themes and decisions, and helped us focus on them in a meaningful and exciting way. We emerged from the process with an executable plan and have continued to consult with Marta around different inflection points including a new hire, a large grant relationship and decision, and bringing others along as future Trustees. Further, we recently referred and funded a grantee to engage with Starfish on their own strategic planning process in order to build capacity including enhancing their growth and future operational success. We value and trust the team and Marta’s leadership.