Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofits are navigating so much right now. Teams are tired, boards are stretched, and the pressure to justify every dollar spent has become a real operational challenge. Not to mention the reality that policies are shifting constantly, making it nearly impossible to predict the legal landscape from one month to the next.

At the same time, the work still needs to happen.

Collaborate Consulting works with nonprofits because this is exactly the kind of moment where outside support can make a true difference. We can help you think through what actually matters right now, build the internal movement to achieve it, and come out of the process with something you can use.

We understand the financial pressures. We build engagements that are scoped realistically. And we have worked with nonprofits across housing, health, legal services, philanthropy, arts, and advocacy long enough to know that one size doesn’t fit all!

Curiosity over judgment

· Meet your organization where it is

· Real conversations, real change

· Curiosity over judgment · Meet your organization where it is · Real conversations, real change ·

Core Services

Solutions

Nonprofit Board Development and Governance

Board orientation, role clarification, and governance facilitation for newly constituted or transitioning boards. Real decision-making, not just discussion.

Strategic Planning for Nonprofits

Board-ready 3-year strategic plans for nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and government-funded agencies. Stakeholder input, retreat facilitation, real KPIs.

Neurodiversity Coaching

This coaching is specifically designed to help neurodivergent employees build real awareness of how their brain works, develop practical strategies for the specific environments they’re navigating, learn to self-advocate clearly and effectively, and start rewriting the stories they’ve been telling themselves about why things are hard.

HRC Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) Consulting

Inclusive Systems: LGBTQ+ Employee Toolkits and Internal Resource Guides

ERG Consulting

Intercultural Development Inventory: Teams

Leadership Coaching

Most people who reach out for this kind of coaching aren't in crisis. They're in transition. Maybe you just took on a new role and the old version of your leadership doesn't quite fit anymore. Maybe something went sideways, and you're still trying to figure out what it means and what comes next. Maybe you've been told your communication style isn't landing, and you're trying to figure out how to adapt without losing what makes you effective in the first place.

Intercultural Conflict Styles Inventory: Teams

Intercultural Conflict Styles Coaching

The Intercultural Conflict Styles Inventory gives individuals and teams the language, tools, and skills they need to build self-awareness, learn about those whose conflict styles are different from their own, and bridge the gap effectively.

Community Assessments and Reports

Website and Digital Strategy Inclusion Audit and Redesign

Intercultural Development Coaching

Some of the most skilled people in the room still stumble when cultures collide. Not because they don't care, but because intercultural competence is genuinely a skill, not a personality trait — and most of us were never taught it.

Whether you're a leader navigating a diverse team, a professional expanding into new markets or regions, or someone who just keeps hitting a wall in cross-cultural relationships and isn't sure why, intercultural development coaching offers a focused, practical path forward.

Corrective Equity Coaching

In cases where employees have unintentionally caused harm, particularly along lines of identity, many HR leaders will choose to invest in their learning in order to prevent future incidents and increase trust across the organization. Collaborate Consulting offers this corrective coaching, using evidence-based methods for evaluating and educating team members who have had complaints filed against them.

How We Work

We carry as much of the design and synthesis load as possible so your leadership time is focused where it matters most. We communicate transparently about what we're hearing, including the things that are uncomfortable. And we stay with the work until it's actually finished.

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Nonprofit Testimonials

“Trystan is one of the most skilled facilitators that I have ever met, in over 20+ years of doing social justice work. He comes to the work with not just knowledge and ability but also humor, passion and great integrity. He is a skilled story teller and extremely present as a facilitator. I would recommend him for trainings, coaching, strategic planning, organizational development, social media prowess - basically anything your organization needs.”

— Nancy Haque, Executive Director, Basic Rights Oregon
“Trystan worked with key stakeholders at SEIU 503 to customize a trans education training specifically for our union staff. He trained committee members on the content so they were able to facilitate the session as well. As a leader, facilitator, and project manager, Trystan excels. We loved working with him and would recommend him to any organization seeking to increase its trans competency!”

— Lisa Hubbard, SEIU 503
“I booked Trystan as a keynote speaker for the Out & Equal Workplace Summit. I could not more enthusiastically recommend him. He is a profoundly beautiful storyteller that inspired our attendees into action as authentic, inclusive leaders. The conference was a corporate one for F500 companies and Trystan navigated his time with us with professionalism and expertise. He was a joy to work with and is really one of the best speakers we ever booked.”

— Rachel Rubin, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
“Trystan is awesome to work with. Whether he's presenting to city employees or teenagers, he is engaging, funny, and warm. I can always count on him to be a great collaborator, a prompt and thorough colleague, and an entertaining facilitator. My clients are always happy when I send Trystan to train them!”

— Dominic Lopez, Basic Rights Oregon
“Trystan helped build our awareness and knowledge of gender in our workplace and in our communities. If your objective is to deepen your knowledge and understanding of gender and diversity, I highly recommend you connect with Trystan. You and your team will be all the better for it.”

– Eugene Bell, Account Manager at Seniorlink
“Trystan has a gift for sharing important topics and potentially challenging feedback in a collaborative, compassionate way, focusing on connecting with both the head and the heart.”

— Jennifer Griffith, One Community Health
"Trystan is a gifted facilitator, able to introduce big concepts in ways that are accessible to any audience. He is a professional who puts great thought and care into knowing his content and refining what works and what needs changing. He stands apart in how he is comfortable sharing from his own experience, and how he can adapt on the spot to unplanned for needs of any audience. No one would leave a training where Trystan is facilitating feeling embarrassed for not knowing, because he meets people where they are at. I couldn't offer a stronger recommendation for Trystan as a trainer to literally any group of people, no matter their level of prior experience, who are in need of a little boost in their awareness.”

- A.J. Mendoza, Portland Jobs With Justice