Mission Partners – nonprofit and foundation consulting

From Good Intentions
to Greater Impact.
At Mission Partners, we guide purpose-driven organizations in realizing their greatest social impact. We help organizations build more equitable practices, increase their impact and amplify their good work.

Why Mission Partners

We understand what it takes to innovate and move forward big agendas because we’ve done it. We operate at the unique intersection of philanthropy, policy and public relations, expanding the impact of organizations who are working to affect change for the better.

Our Commitment to Social Impact

As a Certified B Corporation®, we exist to produce a positive effect for communities and their residents by creating more informed, effective and connected mission-driven leaders. By doing so, we challenge long-held assumptions, elevate fresh thinking, and uncover the hidden potential of people that together, lead to a more equitable future for all.

Learn more about our B Corp™ Certification

Who We Are

We are woman-owned
and women-led Certified B Corporation®.

We care deeply about our community. We are committed to creating a better future for our children and yours. And we believe that the combination of communications and collaboration can change the world.

Meet our team

Our Approach

We believe that organizations realize their full potential when sharp strategy is aligned with compelling communications.

We Listen.

(Often Between the Words)

We Strategize.

(Your road map for success)

We Develop.

(Messages and materials to own your moment)

We Amplify.

(Your mission and impact)

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Mission Forward

Educational Offerings Centered in Equity

Mission Forward® is a national educational initiative spearheaded by Mission Partners to build more equitable communities through educational workshops, tools, in-house trainings, and community conversations designed to help social sector leaders challenge their tools, communications and policies in order to build more equitable communities. Our mission is to center just and inclusive practices to eliminate the inequities that perpetuate systems of oppression.

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Our Community

We are proud to be affiliated with the following organizations that help us grow our networks and expand our knowledge.

What Clients Are Saying

“With Mission Partners, I feel like I am part of the team, and they’re definitely part of mine. I get to learn from them every day, and they appreciate learning from me in order to do their job well. Really, I feel like I am part of a family.”

Executive Director, Donor Experience

National Public Radio

“Carrie has a great sense for how to teach people. She doesn’t stop at developing messaging, but she shows people how to use it.”

Vice President, Philanthropic Engagement and Chief of Staff

Greater Washington Community Foundation

“Mission Partners has a certain stick-to-itiveness that I really appreciate. Keeping us on track, getting what you need, holding us accountable. It’s not easy to do, but Mission Partners does this flawlessly.”

Vice President of Communications

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

“Mission Partners employs a degree of thoughtfulness and intellectual investment that exceeds my typical experience with other consultants.”

Executive Director

Jubilee Housing

“The Mission Partners team brings a powerful combination of disciplined expertise and creative problem-solving to any organization seeking to achieve its full potential.”

President and CEO

Washington Area Women’s Foundation

“Mission Partners has been an amazing partner… great listeners and brilliant strategists. They took the time to get to know our programs and our strategic objectives, and they created opportunities for us that perfectly fit with our goals and that we never could have made happen on our own. Carrie and her team are geniuses at leveraging modest investments for maximum returns. They are among the most genuine, friendly, and conscientious professionals we’ve worked with in our twenty-two year existence.”

Founders and Co-Executive Directors

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts

“It was refreshing to watch how you were able to take all of our ideas, and organize them into a unified vision. When Mission Partners [was recommend to] me, frankly I didn’t know what to expect…. But after seeing you guys in action, we would be lost without you.”

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Homeside Financial

From Good Intentions
to Greater Impact.

Why Mission Partners

We understand what it takes to innovate and move forward big agendas because we’ve done it. We operate at the unique intersection of philanthropy, policy and public relations, expanding the impact of organizations who are working to affect change for the better.

Our Commitment to Social Impact

Who We Are