Collectivity

What Collectivity does

Collectivity is a privately held consulting cooperative founded in 2014 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The firm delivers capacity-building advisory services to nonprofits, cooperatives, social enterprises, community-based organizations, and coalitions, with a particular focus on equity-centered economic development in the Upper Midwest. Its core service lines are Strategic Planning and Implementation, Collective Action and Collaboration, Impact Measurement and Reporting, Governance and Leadership, Operations and Technology, and Cooperative Consulting Services, complemented by community engagement programs including monthly free First Fridays strategy sessions and a quarterly Salon Series. Notable proprietary methodologies include the Impact Contribution Model (which credits unbilled time as in-kind contributions for funder reporting), a Collective Impact Framework combining direct, indirect, and collective impact, and Guided Circle Conversations led by experienced circle keepers.

The firm operates as a member-owned cooperative governed by Managing Partners Scott D. Cole (CEO/Co-founder) and Shehla Mushtaq, with a disclosed team of approximately 8 named professionals spanning business development, cooperative consulting, and program consulting. Collectivity's go-to-market is relationship-driven and event-anchored, leveraging a regional ecosystem of 100+ acknowledged partner organizations across Minnesota, the quarterly Salon Series, monthly First Fridays coffee hours, a 2025-launched client referral program, and content marketing via blog articles and a quarterly newsletter. The cooperative's 2024 Impact Report references significant program-design work supporting the MN PROMISE Act ($79M grants, $22M loans to small Minnesota businesses) and the East Metro Main Street Economic Revitalization Program ($7M to 42 nonprofits and businesses), evidencing the firm's role as a programmatic backbone for state-funded economic development initiatives.

Collectivity monetizes through fee-based professional services engagements structured as project work, with no publicly disclosed pricing, no software products, no APIs, no apps, and no external funding rounds. Revenue is not disclosed; headcount is reported in the 11–50 range. The cooperative ownership structure, lack of venture or private equity backing, regional geographic concentration, and project-based revenue model indicate a deliberately steady-growth consultancy rather than a venture-scale operation.

Name

Collectivity

Legal name

Collectivity

Website

https://collectivity.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Collectivity is a St. Paul-based consulting cooperative that provides strategic planning, collective impact facilitation, governance, and cooperative-conversion advisory services to nonprofits, social enterprises, and community organizations across Minnesota.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for nonprofits, cooperatives, and social enterprises including strategic planning, collective action, impact measurement, governance, and operations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Collectivity is a consulting cooperative that delivers strategic planning, collective action facilitation, impact measurement, governance and leadership advisory, and operations and technology consulting to nonprofits, cooperatives, and social enterprises. The firm supplements paid engagements with free community programs such as monthly First Fridays strategy sessions and a quarterly Salon Series. Its approach centers on equity, relationship-based engagement, and collective impact methodologies tailored to mission-driven organizations.

Product overview

Collectivity is a consulting cooperative that provides advisory and consulting services to nonprofits, cooperatives, and social enterprises rather than a software product or platform. The firm offers six interconnected service areas: Strategic Planning and Implementation, Collective Action and Collaboration, Impact Measurement and Reporting, Governance and Leadership, Operations and Technology, and Cooperative Consulting Services. These services are complemented by community engagement programs including First Friday Coffee Hours (free strategy sessions) and the quarterly Salon Series (facilitated discussion circles for thought leaders). The approach emphasizes systems-level thinking, equity-centered practices, and collective impact methodologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Planning and Implementation Facilitation of customized strategic planning processes that foster shared understanding of organizational strengths and opportunities and define success for the next phase of nonprofit journeys, with broad stakeholder involvement.
• Collective Action and Collaboration Expert facilitation for coalitions navigating complexities of delivering systems-level change, including shared measurement structures, stakeholder alignment, and demonstration of collective impact.
• Impact Measurement and Reporting Development of robust impact measurement frameworks and systems to assess social and environmental outcomes, with comprehensive reporting to showcase achievements and reinforce transparency.
• Governance and Leadership Board education, training, and tools to enhance governance performance and alignment with organizational mission, supporting boards in becoming active leaders in strategic direction.
• Operations and Technology Assessment of current operations with practical recommendations to save time and enhance mission delivery through streamlined processes and technology integration, including return on investment analysis.
• Cooperative Consulting Services Specialized support for cooperative conversions, worker-owned transitions, and cooperative program design including succession planning for retiring business owners.
• Salon Series Quarterly conversation circles bringing nonprofit thought leaders together for casual yet intentional discussions about pressing community issues, modeled after enlightenment-era salons.
• First Friday Coffee Hours Free monthly strategy sessions offering coffee and informal consulting conversations about consulting, impact, and next steps for nonprofits and social enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• 598 small businesses received funding through MN PROMISE Act program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2025Strategic planning partnership supporting AEDA through a new strategic planning process, helping craft revised mission statement, identity statement, and logic model to sharpen focus and guide growth. AEDA is rooted in Saint Paul's Little Mekong district and focuses on economic opportunities for Asian Minnesotans.
• Project for Pride in Living (PPL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYear-plus collaboration focused on 'future of work' inquiry, working with PPL's Career Readiness department to develop a work plan aligned with their new strategic plan. PPL helps nearly 7,000 individuals and families move into affordable housing, earn higher incomes, improve academic skills, and gain economic independence annually.
• Neighborhood Development Center (NDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting NDC's administration of the state-funded MN PROMISE Act program distributing $79 million in grants and $22 million in loans to small Minnesota businesses. Collectivity helped design program architecture, coordinate community partner programs, manage technology systems, and develop fraud mitigation strategies.
• Shared Capital CooperativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting Shared Capital Cooperative team capacity. SCC is a lending and investment fund for co-ops of all types and sizes, cooperatively owned and managed by member co-ops. Has financed over 800 cooperative projects over 45 years.
• The Improve GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting The Improve Group's transition from traditional business to worker-owner cooperative. The Improve Group is an evaluation services firm that transitioned to cooperative ownership in August 2023.
• Plum Blossom StrategycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Elevate Teaching movement with Dr. Rose Chu. Plum Blossom Strategy led implementation of teacher recruitment and marketing campaign for PELSB, with Collectivity providing additional capacity support. Youth as Champions pilot program brought together diverse youth to create content elevating the teaching profession.
• ConnectedMNminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with ConnectedMN to help design education approach for training 'digital navigators' who will work with Minnesotans new to digital tools. Creating portable credentialing system for providers to deploy across the state.
• Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (RISE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through multiple strategic planning cycles. RISE works to amplify voice and power of Muslim women through leadership development, storytelling/narrative change, and civic engagement. Collectivity helped RISE meet every major goal in their recent strategic plan.
• Saint Paul and Minnesota FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting East Metro Main Street Economic Revitalization Program. Foundation awarded $7M to 42 nonprofits and businesses in St. Paul's Snelling-University-Rice Cultural District, East Side community, and along West Seventh Street.
• DIVAS for Social JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting DIVAS' expansion from NYC to South Minneapolis. Together hosted listening sessions with artists, organizers, educators, and neighbors to shape vision for justice-centered maker space programming and space design.
• Minnesota Cooperative SummitminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership supporting first annual Minnesota Cooperative Summit: 'Cooperatively Building a Better World' at University of Minnesota Morris. Collectivity staff participating and leading sessions on cooperative opportunities for nonprofits.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• La Piana Consulting: Nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, executive transitions, and organizational development for nonprofits and foundations. Closely comparable in service mix and target client base, though operating at broader geographic scale.
• TCC Group: Consulting firm serving nonprofits and foundations with strategy, evaluation, and capacity-building services. Closely comparable in mission, service lines (evaluation, strategic planning, organizational development), and client base.
• ORS Impact: Evaluation and strategy consulting firm focused on social impact measurement, outcomes, and learning for nonprofits and foundations. Direct overlap in impact measurement and evaluation services core to Collectivity's offering.
• The Improve Group: Evaluation and consulting firm that itself transitioned to a worker-owned cooperative with Collectivity's support. Operates in overlapping domains (evaluation, nonprofit consulting, cooperative consulting) and is both a client and peer.
• FSG: Social impact consulting firm specializing in collective impact frameworks, strategy, and evaluation — core methodology overlaps with Collectivity's Collective Impact Framework and impact measurement services.
• Blue Garnet Associates: Mission-driven consulting firm specializing in impact measurement, evaluation, and learning for nonprofits and foundations. Direct peer in the impact measurement and reporting service line.

Broad incumbents

• The Bridgespan Group: Large nonprofit and social sector consulting firm providing strategy, organizational development, and impact advisory. Directly comparable service lines (strategic planning, impact measurement) but operates nationally and is significantly larger than Collectivity.
• New Profit: Venture philanthropy and social impact organization providing strategic advisory, capacity-building, and impact investing support to nonprofits. Overlaps in strategy/impact measurement services but operates at significantly larger scale with funding and investment capabilities.

Emerging players

• Keystone Accountability: Social enterprise focused on feedback and impact measurement tools, including methodologies like Most Significant Change. Adjacent comparable in the impact measurement space, with potential overlap in frameworks used by Collectivity.

Regional players

• Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF): Provides consulting, lending, and advisory services to nonprofits. Comparable in serving capacity-building needs, though focuses more on finance/loans; national reach contrasts with Collectivity's regional Minnesota focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/collectivityUS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collectivity-cooperative
• Xx.com/collectivityus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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