What Compasspoint Nonprofit Services does

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1974 and headquartered in Oakland, California, that builds leadership and organizational capacity for the nonprofit and social justice sector. The organization delivers three core service lines: public workshops (facilitation, coaching, supervision, and conflict resolution skills, including BIPOC-specific variants), capacity building and consulting (mediation, workplace equity assessments, and contract trainings for organizations), and peer networks (cohort-based learning communities such as "How You Be? Radical Visioning as Black Leaders"). CompassPoint operates with an explicit pro-Black framing and serves nonprofit leaders, Black leaders, BIPOC leaders, and organizations seeking pro-Black transformation.

The underlying technology is conventional: a Drupal-based website integrated with CiviCRM for event registration, donation processing, and newsletter management. No proprietary platform, API, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed; service delivery is human-facilitated. Workshop registrations run through a public cart with sliding-scale pricing ($400 Solidarity, $675 Sustain, $875 Redistribution), a 20% bulk discount for groups of 5+, and partial scholarships for Black leaders from under-resourced organizations. Contract training and consulting engagements are sold direct-to-organization, and individual donations supplement earned revenue alongside likely foundation grants.

The organization transitioned to fully virtual operations while remaining rooted in the Bay Area, employing 51-100 staff, and is currently navigating a leadership transition resolved by Jas Hall's appointment as Executive Director in March 2026. Strategic priorities include the codification of a pro-Black vision, a transparent compensation system capped at a 3:1 pay ratio, and ecosystem partnerships with the National Equity Project, ProInspire, and Leadership Learning Community.

Name

Compasspoint Nonprofit Services

Legal name

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Website

https://compasspoint.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a 501(c)(3) founded in 1974 in Oakland, California, delivering workshops, capacity-building consulting, and peer networks for nonprofit and social justice leaders, with an explicit pro-Black focus and sliding-scale pricing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Capacity Building Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Nonprofit capacity building
• Leadership development
• Equity consulting
• Organizational training
• Peer networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Workshop Registration Fees: Public workshop registrations offered on sliding scale with three tiers: Redistribution ($875), Sustain ($675), and Solidarity ($400). Revenue generated per participant with tier self-selection based on individual/organizational budget capacity.
2. Contract Training Services: In-house organizational trainings delivered on-site or virtually for specific organizations. Revenue generated through direct engagement with organizational clients who contract for customized capacity building programs.
3. Capacity Building Consulting: Consulting engagements for organizations seeking to deepen pro-Black work and workplace equity. Services include mediation, assessments, facilitation, and workshops.
4. Individual Donations: Individual contributions accepted via website donation portal with preset amounts ($25-$1000) or custom amounts. Monthly and annual recurring gift options available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services designs and delivers capacity-building programs for nonprofit leaders and social justice movement organizations. Its core offerings include public workshops (facilitation, coaching, supervision, conflict resolution), organizational consulting and contract trainings (mediation, workplace equity assessments, facilitation), and peer network learning communities. Programs are offered with sliding-scale pricing tiers and include both general and BIPOC-specific versions, with a flagship 'How You Be? Radical Visioning as Black Leaders' learning community.

Product overview

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services offers a unified portfolio of capacity building programs for nonprofit leaders and organizations committed to social justice. The core offerings consist of public workshops (facilitation, coaching, supervision skills), organizational consulting services (mediation, assessments, contract trainings), and peer network communities. A flagship program is the 'How You Be? Radical Visioning as Black Leaders' learning community. Programs are offered with sliding-scale pricing (Solidarity, Sustain, Redistribution tiers) and include both general and BIPOC-specific versions. The organization also publishes a blog and resource hub sharing reflective content on racial equity, leadership, and organizational transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workshops Public training programs offered online covering facilitation skills, coaching skills, supervision, conflict resolution, and capacity-building skills, including BIPOC-specific versions, for individual nonprofit leaders and movement builders.
• Capacity Building & Consulting Organizational consulting services including mediation, workplace equity assessments, courageous conversation facilitation, and contract trainings delivered in-house or virtually to partner organizations seeking pro-Black transformation.
• Peer Networks Peer learning communities and network spaces connecting nonprofit leaders and changemakers for shared learning, mutual support, and collective growth.
• How You Be? Radical Visioning as Black Leaders A learning community series providing space for Black people in leadership to grow creativity and vision, reground in purpose, and increase transformative impact through peer support, somatics practice, and ancestral wisdom.
• Coaching Skills for Leaders A 4-part workshop series exploring coaching as a tool for empathy and supporting others with self-determination, including a BIPOC-specific version.
• Facilitation Skills: Creating Powerful and Purposeful Meetings A 2-part workshop exploring how meeting spaces can be fertile ground for equity and power-sharing, including a BIPOC-specific version.
• Supervision: Relationships and Structures That Help Us Thrive A 2-part workshop offering transformational approaches to supervision for those who directly support others or shape workplace experiences, including a BIPOC-specific version.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pro-Black organizational transformation supported through consulting, workshops, and peer networks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Equity Project (Black Teacher Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompassPoint is working with the National Equity Project's Black Teacher Project to identify North Star guiding principles for Pro-Blackness. This partnership informs both how CompassPoint shows up as a pro-Black workplace and how they support other organizations navigating their journey to pro-Blackness.
• ProInspirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership focused on leadership development at the intersection of racial equity and leadership. ProInspire works with nonprofits and foundations, especially BIPOC-led organizations, through leadership development and organizational culture capacity building.
• Leadership Learning CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership inviting leaders from historically excluded communities to practice collective liberation. LLC focuses on convening, play, practice, research, and learnings outside dominant culture structures, working with social good leaders, philanthropy, and organizations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nonprofit Leadership Alliance: Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is a long-established national network offering credentialing, leadership programs, and capacity building across the nonprofit sector — broader in scope than CompassPoint but serving a similar leadership-development audience.

Direct peers

• Center for Community Change: Center for Community Change builds the power of low-income communities of color through training, leadership development, and organizing — overlapping with CompassPoint's pro-Black and movement-infrastructure work.
• Management Assistance Group (MAG): MAG provides consulting, training, and coaching to nonprofits and foundations on organizational effectiveness, leadership, and equity — a close peer to CompassPoint's capacity-building consulting practice.
• Movement Strategy Center: Movement Strategy Center provides training, coaching, and strategy support to social movements and nonprofits, with a focus on organizations led by people of color — directly comparable to CompassPoint's movement-builder and BIPOC leadership programming.
• ProInspire: ProInspire develops leaders at the intersection of racial equity and leadership in the social sector, offering fellowships, leadership development, and organizational culture capacity building — directly overlapping with CompassPoint's leadership development and BIPOC-focused programming.
• Race Forward: Race Forward advances racial justice through research, media, and practice, providing training and consulting to organizations on racial equity strategies — closely comparable to CompassPoint's consulting and workshop portfolio.
• National Equity Project: National Equity Project partners with leaders to advance equity, including the Black Teacher Project, and is an explicit CompassPoint collaborator. It offers overlapping pro-Black and equity-focused leadership development work.
• Building Movement Project: Building Movement Project supports nonprofit leadership, DEI, and social change infrastructure through research, training, and consulting — overlapping with CompassPoint's capacity-building and leadership development work.
• Leadership Learning Community: Leadership Learning Community convenes leaders from historically excluded communities to practice collective liberation through research, convenings, and practice — closely matching CompassPoint's peer-network and movement-building offerings.

Emerging players

• Ayni Institute: Ayni Institute supports movement leaders and organizers through coaching, peer learning, and capacity building — narrower scope than CompassPoint but with overlapping methodology and target audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/compasspoint
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/compasspoint-nonprofit-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/compasspoint_org

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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