Helping philanthropic organizations create and implement a clear vision and action plan for success, while empowering clients to use their resources more efficiently to measurably improve impact. Providing planning and change management guidance to help organizations envision the future, by creating a "road map" for success and implementing actionable plans to realize organizational goals.

Onyx Consulting provides full grant and systems administration support, from initial inquiry to final reporting and impact measurement. Let us focus on the process and allow your staff to focus on relationships and impact. Effective project management requires systems level thinking to solve large-scale problems, it includes; planning, organizing, and managing resources and tasks to ensure a successful outcome. Combine that with a deep understanding of the subject matter, Onyx Consulting ensures projects become routine, that buy-in is secured and issues are resolved so that the new processes work for all participants. Onyx Consulting does a comprehensive assessment of current processes, systems and staff capacities helping organizations to determine appropriate solutions to maximize workflow and focus their organization on impact. We provide best practice solutions and strategic guidance to maximize the use of your Grants Management System by optimizing and improving processes and procedures, allowing staff to focus on managing grantee relationships and overall programmatic impact. Onyx Consulting works with your organization to develop a plan for facilitating organization-wide change management. Onyx Consulting can help you go through the GMS selection and implementation efficiently, timely and effectively with as few disruptions to your grantmaking operations as possible.Onyx Consulting provides strategic thinking around Grants Management System development to track outcomes. We can guide you through the implementation of the process changes needed to track results and how to communicate impact to key stakeholders and constituents with data reporting and visualization.

The Rensselaerville Institute is The Think Tank With Muddy Boots. The premise of our mission is one of self-help for human gain. We achieve clear and quantifiable outcomes that improve peoples’ lives by helping the innovators who spark change using a results framework. We do this by partnering with philanthropy, nonprofits, K-12 education, communities, universities, corporations, and government. For fifty years, we have partnered with these sparkplugs to achieve results. Our work with small towns and the notions around self-reliance led to the moniker “The think tank with muddy boots” which was conferred on The Institute by The Wall Street Journal. The Institute’s legacy of helping people improve their own lives in measurable and sustainable ways continues today.

Developed and managed the Foundation’s grantmaking and PRI system, processes and procedures. My work was instrumental in the implementation of GIFTS and was a leader in the complete re-engineering of the Foundations’ grant making process. Working with the Executive Director I developed and implemented an outcome based tracking system in GIFTS to measure and evaluate the Foundation’s impact in the South. I am passionate about resource development for the constant improvement of systems change. * Managed and maintained grants management software that follows foundation’s work processes while balancing the needs of program and accounting staff and regulatory compliance; assures integrity of data* Oversaw administration of grants (award letters, grant payments, financial and program reports)* Ensured compliance with IRS regulations and foundation requirements for all grants and programs* Designed, developed and implemented outcome tracking system in Microedge GIFTS system to measure and evaluate the Foundation’s impact in the South* Developed knowledge management tracking system* Demonstrated experience in formulating and implementing policies and procedures* Lead in the complete re-engineering of the Foundation’s grant making process and procedures* Trained staff on both grants procedures and grants management software * Able to think and act decisively about program and operational issues* Capacity to group abstract ideas and form coherent picture* Ability to communicate technical, budgetary and program details to staff, grantees and applicants* Served as network administrator (e.g. supervising hardware and software needs and upgrades)