Blue Sky Partners is a consulting firm built for mission-driven organizations. We design strategy, build operations, and develop leaders so your organization can do good work for a long time.

Human-Centered Co-Created

Non-profit Solutions

Strategy

We help nonprofits and social impact organizations define their vision, set priorities, and develop actionable roadmaps for growth and impact.

Services

Operations

Strong organizations need strong foundations. We optimize internal processes, build capacity, and implement sustainable systems that improve efficiency and scalability.

Leadership

Strong leadership is essential for long-term success. We provide coaching, training, and leadership development programs to help teams and individuals lead with confidence and clarity.

Organizations We’ve Collaborated With

  • Center for Public Safety Excellence

  • City of Austin

  • Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Our Work, Recognized

  • Butler Award: 2024 Community Leadership

    Community Action Network (CAN)

  • A-List Award 2019 Nominee

    Austin Chamber of Commerce

  • FAVE Awards 2018 Winner, 2019 Nominee

    Austin Young Chamber of Commerce

  • Creator Award Community Awardee 2017

    WeWork

  • Nonprofit Finalist 2017

    Austin Under 40

  • “Best Unsung Behind the Scenester” 2009 Winner

    Best of Austin Awards

Approach

Our approach is practical, people-centered, and focused on creating lasting change. We build solutions that align with your mission and strengthen your systems. For us, it’s about equipping organizations to do good work for a long time.

Team

Our team is grounded in empathy and collaboration, prioritizing people as much as processes. With experience in strategy, operations, and leadership development, our consultants have led organizations, designed programs, and managed change from the inside out.

Newsletter

Our newsletter is a gathering place for what’s on our minds and in our work. We cover political and social shifts, new strategies, community events and pressing issues that matter to us and the organizations we serve.

FAQs

  • Blue Sky Partners is not a corporate consultancy adapting its models to nonprofits. We focus exclusively on impact work, partnering with nonprofits, governments, and mission-driven organizations.

    Here’s what sets us apart:

    • Focused expertise → Our team has led nonprofits, run government programs, taught at universities, and managed complex transitions.

    • Proven results → 20+ strategic plans delivered, multiple interim executive transitions, accelerators launched for the Aspen Institute, City of Austin, and more.

    • Collaborative approach → We design participatory processes, engage diverse stakeholders, and synthesize input into strategies organizations can own.

    • Hands-on implementation → We don’t just advise. We work alongside teams to put strategies into practice, building solutions that are practical, inclusive, and sustainable.

      Learn More about the BSP team here.

  • We help nonprofits, governments, and mission-driven organizations tackle the barriers that hold them back from greater impact:

    • Clarifying direction → We create strategic plans, develop Theories of Change, engage stakeholders, and strengthen board governance so organizations have a clear and actionable path forward.

    • Strengthening operations → We streamline workflows, redesign team structures, build capacity, improve financial and administrative systems, and guide organizations through change management and leadership transitions.

    • Developing leaders → We provide executive coaching, facilitate team development and retreats, and support succession planning so leaders and teams are prepared for growth and change.

    • Designing programs → We help organizations assess needs, design and refine programs, measure impact, and scale initiatives such as accelerators and incubators that support long-term sustainability.

      Learn more about BSP’s services here.

  • Working with Blue Sky Partners is a collaborative, structured, and human-centered process. 

    Here’s how it usually looks:

    • Purpose-driven design → We start with the POP Framework to clarify objectives and set a roadmap tailored to your mission.

    • Flexible project management → Using tools like Agile, Scrum, or Sprints, we set timelines and goals while staying adaptable to your organization’s needs.

    • Inclusive facilitation → Through Liberating Structures, we make sure every voice is heard, distributing power and building buy-in across staff, board, and community.

    • Stakeholder engagement → Surveys, focus groups, interviews, and workshops bring diverse perspectives into the process, ensuring the plan reflects those most impacted.

    • Clear deliverables → You leave with actionable strategies, practical systems, and documentation that’s visually clear, accessible, and ready to implement.

      Set up a meeting with our team here.