Around the country, funding sources try to strengthen not-for-profit organizations. Funders give grants to secure technical assistance so that an organization can enhance its own capabilities.
Joyaux Associates is well-suited to provide counsel and technical assistance because of diverse experience, expertise, and a hands-on consulting approach. We design a process tailor-made to the organization.
By remaining flexible throughout the process, assistance can be adjusted as new information, needs, and opportunities arise. With perspective and sensitivity, we help an organization's leadership assess and analyze its activities and outline ways to address its issues. As needs indicate, our consultant stays with the organization to anticipate difficulties and coach leadership in problem solving.
With foundation support, we have intervened with organizations to enhance their capabilities. Services have included integrated organizational development, fund development, marketing, personnel, and board development.
Community foundations have also selected Joyaux to design and deliver training programs for grantees. For the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Joyaux developed a 5-session series on fund development. The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven hired Joyaux to develop a 4-session series on governance for its grantees. In addition to helping their own grantees, funders may seek assistance with their activities. Whether it is a foundation, corporation, or government agency, funding sources may require grantee or applicant evaluation, meeting facilitation, planning assistance, and even fundraising.
Sometimes foundations want to evaluate a proposal prior to making a funding decision. An outside consultant can conduct a review and prepare observations and recommendations.
Staff and board members may find that a planning retreat can help set new directions and outline decision-making protocols. The consultant can design and facilitate the meeting, and prepare the written summary.
Services - Assessment of grantees
- Endowment development
- Meeting facilitation
- Planning
- For your grantees, Joyaux Associates provides counsel and technical assistance in key areas of not-for-profit operation including board and organizational development, fund development, strategic planning, marketing and communications, volunteer and staff training, and personnel.
- For you, Joyaux Associates facilitates dialogue, helps with planning and grantee review and fundraising.
Representative Clients - Chicago Funders Consortium (Chicago Community Trust, Field Foundation, Harris Foundation, Joyce Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Polk Brothers Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Sara Lee Foundation)
- City of Warwick, RI
- Community Foundation of Greater New Haven
- Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut
- Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
- Davis Foundation (MA)
- Fleet Bank-CT
- Fleet Bank - RI
- Fleet Financial Group, Corporate Community Development
- Greater Worcester Community Foundation
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- Prince Charitable Trusts
- Rhode Island Foundation
- Rhode Island Governor's Justice Commission
- Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
- Tennessee Arts Commission
- Waterbury Foundation
