Running any successful business is complicated. Running a successful nonprofit can be even more complex.

Let’s keep it simple.

I work with you to define, discern, and articulate your mission. Then we can tailor your programs, fundraising, administrative systems, and governance structure to pursue that clear mission. By structuring and adapting your systems coherently and holistically in service of your mission, you and the organization’s leaders can remain mission-focused and mission-centered in your daily efforts, and prepared to capitalize on opportunities or respond to challenges.

If every action ties coherently back to your mission, you’ll never have to manage extraneous systems or complexities.

Together, we can align the mission with the governance model, the org chart, the program assortment, and the development plan so they they integrate seamlessly into a coherent whole.

My name is Shane Farthing.

I have started, led, grown, transformed, and rebuilt organizations of all shapes and sizes.

I help leaders design and operate the right organization to achieve big community goals. A nonprofit organization is a flexible tool. My work is to help make your nonprofit the right tool for the job.

My nonprofit advisory work focuses on community-scale organizations. I hold degrees in law, public policy, and religious studies and certificates in project management, construction, nutrition, and economic development. I have attracted over $1B in place-based investments, raised over $500M in grants and contracts, and supported dozens of organizations in becoming self-sustaining in pursuit of their missions.

My subject-matter expertise is in community and organizational development, with emphases in place-based economic development, trauma-informed development, and community partnerships for revitalization.