The firm helps foundations, public agencies, nonprofits, and donors set strategy, raise and steward funds, and design, administer, and evaluate programs that turn commitments into lasting impact.
Connective Bridge Strategies
HELLO. WE’RE CONNECTIVE BRIDGE STRATEGIES.
Our practitioner's lens is shaped on every side of the funding relationship, from first strategy to final close-out, all in service of systems-level change.
At CBS, we work where strategy meets execution, staying close to the realities on the ground and the decisions that move funding.
Practical strategy and hands-on support for funders and public sector organizations.
Strategy & Special Initiatives
Strategic planning, landscape scans, theories of change, special-initiative design board governance, and advising that help foundations and organization clarify priorities and operationalize strategy.
Fundraising & Donor Strategy
Fundraising strategy and donor advising for nonprofits, funders, financial advisors, and high-net-worth individuals: campaign and case development, major-gift and donor engagement strategy, and the design of new giving vehicles, from donor-advised funds to private foundation formation. We partner with advisors and their clients to translate philanthropic values and wealth into structured, lasting giving. Grounded in formal fundraising training from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Capacity Building & Technical Assistance
Direct support for nonprofit organizations, grantees, and subrecipients: strategic planning, institutional training, convening and meeting facilitation, peer-learning cohorts, custom training, and technical assistance programs designed and administered end to end.
Grantmaking & Public-Fund Administration
Full-lifecycle grantmaking support and public and federal fund administration, including federal contracts, compliance, subrecipient monitoring, program design, application and review architecture, due diligence, implementation systems, and evaluation built to meet the standards of boards, auditors, and federal reviewers.
OUR MISSION
At CBS, we exist to strengthen the philanthropic and public ecosystem so it can better serve communities long-term.
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FOR AGENCIES AND PRIME CONTRACTORS
WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT
Agencies and prime contractors need partners who can operate inside public funding requirements, not just advise from the outside. We have administered federal recovery funds and out-of-school-time contracts from the government side, managing compliance, subrecipient monitoring, and reporting that holds up under audit. We work as a subcontractor and capacity partner on grantmaking design, program administration, technical assistance, and evaluation, bringing practitioner experience to the full lifecycle of publicly funded work.