Oliver Rose

What Oliver Rose does

Oliver+Rose LLC is a privately held strategic consultancy founded in 2018 by Joanne Pasternack and domiciled in the South Bay area of California. The firm delivers high-touch advisory services to professional sports franchises, professional athletes, corporations, family foundations, and non-profits seeking to develop philanthropic platforms, corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, and social impact strategies. The core service portfolio includes CSR program development and auditing, philanthropic platform building, strategic planning exercises, philanthropic event management, media strategy, employee engagement programming, social impact investment advising, and Ikigai-based purpose coaching. There are no technology products, software platforms, or AI components in the offering; all value is delivered through bespoke professional services by the founder and a small team of 1-10 people.

The firm's revenue model is professional services fee-based, with engagement terms negotiated individually rather than publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, relying on founder-led direct outreach, professional networks, board affiliations, and referral pipelines within the sports and philanthropy ecosystem. Marketing channels include the firm blog, external podcast appearances, the Athletes' Voices program (co-founded with Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs), Career Girls video content, and LinkedIn thought leadership. The Athletes' Voices sub-brand represents a more programmatic, cohort-based extension of the core consultancy, offering a speaker series and certificate program targeted at professional athletes.

Oliver+Rose is founder-owned and operated without institutional investment, parent company, or public listing. Joanne Pasternack serves as President and Chief Impact Officer and is the firm's primary asset, bringing prior senior leadership experience at the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, Special Olympics, Mountain View Police Activities League, and ServiceNow. The competitive differentiation rests on the founder's two-decade track record, the proprietary Ikigai purpose-discovery methodology, and ecosystem positioning across academic (Harvard), nonprofit (Special Olympics, Beyond Sport), and sports industry networks. Operational scale is small and there is no disclosed financial data.

Name

Oliver Rose

Legal name

Oliver+Rose LLC

Website

https://oliverrosellc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Oliver+Rose is a privately held, founder-led strategic consultancy that advises professional sports franchises, athletes, corporations, and non-profits on philanthropic platform development, CSR programming, and social impact strategy, anchored by the Ikigai purpose-discovery methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Consulting Services

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Fundraising & Development Services (Foundations, NIL Collectives Support) (MPAKAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC), Cause, Community & CSR-Linked Sports Partnerships (Foundations, Youth Programs) (MPAKALAJ)

Keywords

• Philanthropic consulting services
• Sports philanthropy advisory
• Corporate social responsibility consulting
• Social impact strategy
• Athlete philanthropy advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Oliver+Rose generates revenue through fee-based consulting engagements with corporations, sports teams, athletes, and non-profits seeking to develop philanthropic platforms, corporate social responsibility programs, and social impact strategies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Oliver Rose is a high-touch strategic consultancy that helps professional sports teams, athletes, corporations, family foundations, and non-profits develop, deploy, and amplify legacy-driven philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. Its services span CSR strategy, philanthropic platform development, strategic planning, event management, media strategy, employee engagement programming, social impact investment advising, and Ikigai-based purpose coaching.

Product overview

Oliver+Rose is a high-touch strategic consultancy offering a unified portfolio of philanthropy and social impact consulting services. The core offering includes CSR program development, philanthropic platform building, strategic planning, event management, and Ikigai coaching. Related initiatives include Athletes' Voices, a speaker series and certificate program that helps athletes develop their social impact voice. The consultancy operates as a single-service practice rather than a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Athletes' Voices: A program co-founded at Harvard by Joanne Pasternack that helps amplify the voices of professional athletes, helping them build individualized playbooks for social activism and purposeful impact.

Products and services

• CSR Program Development and Deployment Customized deployment strategies for corporations, NGOs, family or private foundations, and individuals seeking to launch or enhance corporate social responsibility programs.
• Philanthropic Platform Development Development of sustainable charitable platforms and portfolios aligned with business development objectives and revenue generation.
• Strategic Philanthropy Consulting Identifying and facilitating connections between like-minded organizations to increase impact around philanthropy causes.
• Philanthropic Event Management Event management for philanthropic fundraising and programming activities.
• Media Strategy Services Media opportunity analysis and strategy development for social impact initiatives.
• Strategic Planning Exercises Strategic planning exercises to help build cohesion in workplaces and organizational structures.
• CSR Program Auditing Auditing of marketing materials, collateral, budgeting, cost-benefit balance, and feasibility of existing CSR programs.
• Employee Engagement Programming Facilitating team building and sustained volunteerism, matching grant, and employee engagement programming aligned with corporate purpose and values.
• Social Impact Investment Advising Advising on social impact investment opportunities locally, nationally, and globally.
• Ikigai Coaching One-on-one coaching on finding individual or organizational purpose (ikigai) and charting pathways to align with that purpose.
• Athletes' Voices A speaker series and certificate program co-founded at Harvard that helps amplify the voices of professional athletes to create meaningful social impact through personalized playbooks for social activism.

Quantifiable outcome

• 110% increase in charitable fundraising, bringing total grants awarded to $9.2M during Warriors tenure
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harvard University - Weatherhead Center for International AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Oliver+Rose founder Joanne Pasternack co-founded Athletes' Voices at Harvard, an initiative in partnership with Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The program helps professional athletes develop individualized playbooks for social activism through speaker series and a certificate program.
• ServiceNowminorOthersJoanne Pasternack served as Head of Global Impact at ServiceNow (a cloud computing company) from September 2018, developing their global corporate social responsibility portfolio including the 'Giving at Now' platform for employee engagement.
• 1440 MultiversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAthletes' Voices conducts in-person convenings at the 1440 Multiversity campus in the Santa Cruz Mountains, hosting retreats for athletes, academics, advisors, and strategists to develop the Athletes' Voices program.
• Chevron CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Francisco 49ers partnered with Chevron to build out a STEM Leadership Institute at a local school near the 49ers stadium under Joanne Pasternack's leadership.
• NikeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Warriors Community Foundation and Nike for community initiatives, including refurbishing basketball courts in the Bay Area.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Changing Our World: Changing Our World is a national CSR, philanthropy, and social impact consultancy that advises corporations, foundations, and nonprofits on strategic giving — a directly comparable service offering and buyer base to Oliver+Rose's CSR/philanthropic platform work.
• Foundation Source: Foundation Source provides outsourced foundation management, grantmaking administration, and philanthropic strategy for private foundations — closely comparable to Oliver+Rose's foundation and CSR advisory practice.

Broad incumbents

• Wasserman: Wasserman is a major sports marketing and talent management agency whose foundation and athlete-services divisions compete for the same athlete-philanthropy and brand-purpose engagements Oliver+Rose targets.
• Deloitte CSR & Sustainability Practice: Deloitte's purpose/CSR practice advises global corporations on ESG, philanthropy strategy, and impact measurement — representing the scaled end of the same buyer set Oliver+Rose competes for with limited resources.
• Roc Nation Sports: Roc Nation Sports manages elite athletes and operates social impact initiatives (e.g., the Shawn Carter Foundation), giving it scale and athlete-network advantages overlapping Oliver+Rose's athlete-philanthropy focus.
• The Bridgespan Group: Bridgespan is a leading nonprofit and philanthropy consultancy advising foundations and social-impact organizations on strategy — a broader incumbent operating in overlapping territory with Oliver+Rose's strategic philanthropy engagements.
• Excel Sports Management: Excel Sports is an athlete representation agency whose off-field services include philanthropy and brand-building guidance — directly comparable to Oliver+Rose's athlete clientele and purpose-discovery work.
• CAA Sports / CAA Foundation: CAA is the largest sports and entertainment agency, with a foundation arm that advises athletes and brands on social impact — a broader incumbent offering overlapping athlete philanthropy, brand partnerships, and CSR strategy across a much larger portfolio.

Emerging players

• Beyond Sport: Beyond Sport is a global nonprofit that promotes and funds sports-based social impact programs — directly overlapping Oliver+Rose's niche of sport-for-social-good, and Joanne Pasternack sits on its advisory network.
• Athletes for Hope: Athletes for Hope is a nonprofit that mobilizes professional athletes around philanthropy and social causes — overlapping the Athletes' Voices program in mission and target audience, though operating as a 501(c)(3) rather than a paid consultancy.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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