Ubuntu Research and Evaluation

Name

Ubuntu Research and Evaluation

Legal name

UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Website

https://ubunturesearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Equity Consulting Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Effectiveness & Continuous Improvement Reviews (EDADAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment Organizations (EDADADAD)

Keywords

• Equity consulting services
• Evaluation consulting
• Organizational development
• Facilitation and training
• Capacity building services

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Evaluation & Research Services: Project-based consulting engagements designing evaluation and research programs, co-designed tools, and community-led findings reports for organizations, schools, foundations, and government entities.
2. Strategic Facilitation & Capacity Building: Custom engagements including retreats, coaching plans, and interactive trainings that align with client team values and learning goals.
3. Organizational Strategy & Planning: Partnership with organizations to craft actionable, values-aligned strategies through collaborative processes rooted in organizational identity.
4. Narrative & Storytelling Services: Writing and storytelling services including thought pieces, narrative-driven evaluations, and co-creation of storytelling strategies with clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UBUNTU Research and Evaluation is a strategic learning organization that provides equity-centered evaluation, facilitation, and organizational development services. They design evaluation and research engagements, deliver strategic facilitation and capacity-building work, and partner on organizational strategy and planning using proprietary methodologies including storytelling evaluation, photovoice, journey mapping, and a dignity framework. Their services are aimed at organizations, schools, foundations, and government entities committed to equity and liberation.

Product overview

Ubuntu Research and Evaluation is a strategic learning organization offering four core professional services: Evaluation & Research Services, Strategic Facilitation & Capacity Building, Organizational Strategy & Planning, and Narrative & Storytelling Services. The company also operates The Leadership Undercommons (TLU), a nonprofit membership-based learning community launching in Summer 2025. The portfolio is centered on racial equity, liberation, and dignity frameworks, serving organizations, schools, foundations, and government entities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Evaluation & Research Services UBUNTU designs evaluation and research engagements that are as thoughtful as the communities they serve. Services include co-designed tools and community-led findings reports that make data meaningful for organizations, schools, foundations, and government entities assessing the merit, worth, function, or significance of programs or initiatives.
• Strategic Facilitation & Capacity Building Custom engagements including retreats, coaching plans, and interactive trainings that align with team values and learning goals, designed to increase intersectional racial justice, equity, and liberation literacy and practice for organizations, teams, and leaders.
• Organizational Strategy & Planning Collaborative, values-aligned strategy development for organizations including leadership transitions, multi-year visioning, and actionable planning rooted in organizational identity rather than field expectations.
• Narrative & Storytelling Services A story team that helps leaders, teams, and organizations translate lived experience into powerful writing, including thought pieces and narrative-driven evaluations co-written with client voice and values.
• The Leadership Undercommons (TLU) A nonprofit, membership-based communiversity launching Summer 2025 that provides access to UBUNTU's learning culture and methodology for individuals seeking radical learning rooted in dignity, liberation, and justice.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the LawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, sponsor of The Stop Hate Project, hired Ubuntu to facilitate informative workshops assisting government and organizations in actively combating hate in their services. Ubuntu presented on racial equity as an actionable public health imperative through research-based and historicized context at the 2018 Healthiest State Summit.
• The Leadership Undercommons (TLU)coreOthersTLU is a nonprofit, membership-based communiversity launched by Ubuntu Research and Evaluation where individuals can engage in radical learning rooted in dignity, liberation, and justice. It represents Ubuntu's expansion to provide community-based learning access beyond client engagements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Thousand Currents: Philanthropy and movement support organization that funds and accompanies grassroots groups globally; partially overlapping in mission-aligned evaluation and capacity-building work.

Direct peers

• Race Forward: National racial justice organization that conducts research, publishes analysis, and provides consulting to advance racial equity — directly comparable to Ubuntu's equity-centered evaluation and organizational development work.
• Building Movement Project: Research and resource organization supporting nonprofit and social movement infrastructure — comparable to Ubuntu's evaluation, capacity building, and organizational development work with nonprofits.
• Equity in the Center: Research and consulting organization focused on accelerating racial equity in the social sector, directly comparable to Ubuntu's equity-centered evaluation and organizational strategy work.
• Center for Story-Based Strategy: Training and consulting organization that uses narrative strategy for social justice movements, closely aligned with Ubuntu's storytelling evaluation and narrative-driven engagement work.
• Management Assistance Group (MAG): Consulting firm supporting social justice nonprofits with organizational development, strategy, and capacity building — closely aligned with Ubuntu's Organizational Strategy & Planning and capacity building services.
• The Perception Institute: Research and action organization studying race, bias, and narrative, with a focus on translating research into communications and organizational practice — overlapping with Ubuntu's research, narrative, and storytelling evaluation services.
• The Praxis Project: Community-centered organization supporting movement-building through research, evaluation, and strategic support for grassroots groups — overlapping with Ubuntu's community-led evaluation methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation: Harvard Kennedy School research and practice center producing policy evaluation and innovation research — comparable as a broader incumbent in institutional effectiveness, evaluation, and impact assessment work.
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP): Established research and advocacy organization for responsive philanthropy, operating at broader scale in evaluation and sector research than Ubuntu but addressing overlapping audiences of foundations and nonprofits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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