Sift Consulting LLC was founded after seeing a need for nimble, experienced, and thoughtful capacity-building services for nonprofits and small businesses.
During our decades of work in nonprofits and supporting small businesses, we witnessed hard working teams fall short of their goals because they simply did not have the proper tools, skills, budget, and person power to achieve them. We created Sift Consulting to fill these gaps and meet our clients’ unique needs, offering a fresh perspective or new skillset, diverse services from a variety of lived experiences, or just an extra set of capable hands.
Our work is grounded in curiosity, expertise, and diligence.
When we meet a new client, we begin by asking questions.
A lot of them. We want to understand you and your organization, how and why you got to where you are today, and where you are trying to go next. We listen to your answers and we form a plan with you to help you achieve your goals. Then we carry out that plan with as much or as little involvement from you as you’d like, so you feel confident that your needs are being taken care of and you can focus on your other responsibilities. We value transparent, intentional communication as vital to successful and quality collaboration.
We endeavor to center equity, inclusion, cultural relevance, and diversity in our work.
We come from a place of privilege as white, cisgender women, and we are committed to an ongoing practice of anti-racism and promoting more equitable outcomes for all people who are marginalized. We are dedicated to continuing our own personal growth in these areas and to integrating this work into our projects.
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Our Values
We believe in communicating clearly and honestly. We evaluate what we’ve written (from emails to final deliverables) to ensure it is accessible and clear. We recap what you’ve said to ensure understanding.
We believe that we are true partners with our clients. We learn from and alongside each other.
We believe in thinking deeply and intentionally. We are deliberate in all that we do.
We believe in doing damn fine work. We work hard to get things exactly right.
We believe that there is always more to learn. We are lifelong learners and are excited to dive deep into your exact passion.
We believe in serving people and the planet. In our past lives, we worked to support ecological and social change. In this next chapter, we are building capacity for those working hard to do the same.
We believe in nurturing space and trust so creativity can flow. It can feel risky to suggest a ‘different’ idea; we aim to create space for unique ideas and dissent.
We believe in exercising fierce compassion for the people with whom we work. We understand that you are a full human being and not just a worker.
We believe that a healthy dose of humor and play can make the hard work easier.