Our Model
We designed our Model to enable organizations to take full advantage of abundant resources and assets that exist within and around them, but that they may not always utilize. Embraced and implemented, it enables organizations to overcome disconnection, break down silos, realize synergies, and activate the unstoppable power of people working together in community.
Simple, yet effective, our Model centers on three proven, values-led drivers of success: 1) Creating Connections, 2) Fostering Collaboration, and 3) Building Community. We weave these three threads in different ways, based on client need and context, into everything we do:
The Starrs Aligned Integrated Model for Effective Philanthropy is derived from our team’s decades of experience working with nonprofits, donors, and foundations, large and small, across a wide range of social and environmental issue areas.
The Starrs Aligned Integrated Model for Effective Philanthropy
Creating Connections is about optimally configuring the multiple, related components of your philanthropy ecosystem. We work with our clients to analyze and map how people in your organization relate to and support each other, how systems, processes, and organizational structures are (or aren’t) connected, and how you are engaging and activating your supporters and external partners. We then develop custom solutions and interventions that foster increased connection so you can improve and optimize how you operate.
Fostering Collaboration means establishing conditions so that individuals, teams, and your entire organization can work together to achieve shared objectives and goals. We partner with you to assess and identify opportunities for collaboration that enable increased efficiency and effectiveness. We help you overcome siloes, build trust, develop communication pathways, strengthen relationships, and ensure that development systems, processes, and organizational structure are configured for optimal collaboration.
Building Community is about activating people around a shared sense of belonging, identity, and purpose. It is essential for organizations to transcend transactional aspects of fundraising and embrace community-building—within your organization, across your network of supporters, and throughout your ecosystem of collaborators and partners. We help you build creative, effective fundraising plans and strategies that engage stakeholders, cultivate relationships, and foster shared commitment to your organization and the work you do.