Caprivian Strip Consulting Incorporated

What Caprivian Strip Consulting Incorporated does

Caprivian Strip Consulting Inc. (CSI) is a privately held, founder-owned boutique consulting firm incorporated in Nova Scotia, Canada, and headquartered in Dartmouth. Founded by Louise Adongo, the firm delivers equity-centered consulting services across five core modules: Research, Strategy & Governance; Monitoring & Evaluation; Policy Analysis & Policy Development; Stakeholder Engagement; and Public Speaking. The underlying methodology is facilitation-, research-, and evaluation-based, supported by proprietary conceptual frameworks including Field Sensing, Field Building, and Field Bridging, an Organizational Systems Efficiency approach, and an inclusive empathy-based consulting framework. The firm does not operate a software platform; its core technology is consulting methodology and the founder's 20+ years of experience in systems change, policy, and governance.

The firm's revenue model is professional services based: initial exploratory consultations are billed at $150 per half hour (phone, virtual, or in-person), with project-based contracts priced higher and varying by scope. The go-to-market approach is hybrid — direct sales-led outreach supplemented by community-led engagement through the Atlantic Canada social innovation ecosystem. The founder's board positions at Tamarack Institute, NPower Canada, and PPX, combined with speaking engagements at venues like the Banff Systems Summit and EngageFest, generate visibility and referral flow. Primary customer segments are nonprofit organizations and the social purpose sector, plus government and public sector clients, with secondary exposure to event organizers and conference planners.

The firm's typical client engagements include evaluation and learning framework development (Inspiring Communities, Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute), inclusive stakeholder engagement campaigns (Halifax Regional Municipality, Evergreen Canada), strategic planning (ClimAtlantic, Halifax Community Investment Fund), and policy analysis (Government of Nova Scotia, IWK Health Centre). Operating geographies span Atlantic Canada and selected East Africa projects (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda). The firm is currently operating, with a small team of 1-10 employees and no external investment, institutional shareholders, or acquisition activity on record.

Name

Caprivian Strip Consulting Incorporated

Legal name

Caprivian Strip Consulting Inc.

Website

https://caprivianstrip.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Caprivian Strip Consulting Inc. is a founder-led boutique consulting firm in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia providing equity-centered facilitation, research, evaluation, policy development, and strategic planning services to nonprofits, government, and social-purpose organizations across Atlantic Canada and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting (Social Innovation and Systems Change)

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) & Belonging Consulting (BPAHAGAJ)

Keywords

• Social innovation consulting
• Stakeholder engagement services
• Policy development consulting
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Strategic planning advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Halifax

HQ country

Canada

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. Consulting Fees - Initial Exploratory Consultations: All initial exploratory consultations are billed at $150 per half hour, whether by phone, virtual, or in-person. Rates for contracts vary based on context and start higher than the initial conversation rate.
2. Consulting Contracts - Project-Based: Longer-term contracts for services including research, strategy & governance, business development & strategic plans, monitoring & evaluation, policy analysis & development, and stakeholder engagement. Pricing varies by context and scope.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Caprivian Strip Consulting Inc. is an inclusive and empathy-based consulting firm that uses facilitation, research, and evaluation to help nonprofit, government, and social purpose clients with strategic planning, learning, and policy development processes. Its services span research, strategy and governance, monitoring and evaluation, policy analysis and development, stakeholder engagement, and public speaking on systems change, equity, and social innovation. Engagements begin with paid exploratory consultations and progress into longer-term project contracts scoped to client context.

Product overview

Caprivian Strip Consulting Inc. (CSI) is a consulting firm offering five core service modules: Research, Strategy & Governance; Monitoring & Evaluation; Policy Analysis & Policy Development; Stakeholder Engagement; and Public Speaking. These services are delivered through facilitation, research, and evaluation to support clients in strategic planning, learning, and policy development processes. The firm operates as a single-service consulting practice rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered three-year strategic plan for ClimAtlantic with input from team, board, advisory committee and broader consultation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Atlantic Equity and Research Alliance (AEARA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership on a housing project (2024). CSI supported AEARA with needs assessment, community engagement, gap analysis and business plan draft for inclusive housing.
• Evergreen CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Inclusive engagement - planning and facilitation project (2024).
• ClimAtlanticcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Support with new three-year strategic planning built with input from team, board and advisory committee and broader consultation through feedback campaigns.
• NPower CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Board member position. Founder Louise Adongo joined the NPower Canada board in May 2022 and serves as Chair of the Diversity and Talent committee.
• PPXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Board member position. Louise Adongo serves as Treasurer on the PPX Board.
• Tamarack InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Board member position. Fireside chat with Meg Wheatley at EngageFest October 2024. Partnership on Reconnect event and other community engagement initiatives.
• Canadian Evaluation Society (CES)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-chair of CES conference 2019. Member of Canadian Evaluation Society.
• NTENminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Nonprofit technology advisor role (2024).
• Banff Systems SummitminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Opening Panel at Banff Systems Summit May 2024.
• Sustainable Finance World ForumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Panelist on Impact Measurement and Management at the Sustainable Finance World Forum September 2024.
• UX Salon HalifaxminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Participation at UX Salon June 26, 2024 in Halifax NS.
• IBPOC Systems Transformation Leaders ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership on the IBPOC Systems Transformation Leaders project (2023-24).
• Transition Bridges ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Louise Adongo is a co-steward with the Transition Bridges Project. This is a key initiative involving systemic mediation for transformative change.
• Learning TreeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Opening keynote at the Learning Tree 10th anniversary Common Ground Gathering in May 2024. Keynote title: 'Gathering is Resistance: Community and the Wisdom of Trees.'
• Inspiring CommunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Prior to founding CSI, Louise Adongo served as Executive Director of Inspiring Communities (2021-2023). Inspiring Communities is an equity-centered systems change intermediary in Atlantic Canada. CSI worked with Inspiring Communities on evaluation framework and learning systems.
• VANSminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Strategy & Research project (2022).
• Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute (DBDLI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation partnership on various projects (2021-2024). Support with building an enterprise MEL framework within which two specific projects were evaluated, including retrospective evaluation of the Heritage Canada funded Black histories project and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Together We Rise initiative through NS Status of Women.
• Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) & Black Canadian Funders' Collective (BCFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Evaluation Framework and Evaluation of the BOF/BCFC B3 Capacity Building Program.
• Dalhousie UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Various projects including Inclusive Engagement (2021) and Speaker engagement (2022). The founder is also a sessional instructor at Dalhousie University.
• Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Stakeholder engagement on immigration strategy prior to strategy launch (2019). Also HRM & Dalhousie Faculty of Planning and Architecture - Climate initiative (2023). Volunteer conference workshop facilitation on Meeting Changing Community Needs (November 2023).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: National Canadian institution convening leadership programs, summits (including the Banff Systems Summit), and equity-focused initiatives. Comparable as the convener of a flagship systems change event where the founder delivered opening plenary, anchoring an adjacent ecosystem rather than directly competing for consulting work.
• Maytree Foundation: Canadian private foundation focused on poverty reduction, immigration, and inclusive policy. Comparable as a larger, established Canadian equity-centered intermediary with broader programmatic scope and policy influence than Caprivian Strip's boutique consulting practice.
• The Counselling Foundation of Canada: Canadian foundation supporting mental health, learning, and equity-focused community work. Comparable as a broader Canadian equity-oriented intermediary supporting systems change and capacity-building for nonprofits across Canada.

Direct peers

• Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI): Canada's national DEI knowledge hub providing consulting, training, and resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Comparable as a Canadian DEI-focused consulting provider serving employers and institutions with similar equity-centered content and advisory services.
• Diversio: Data-driven DEI advisory and consulting firm offering diversity diagnostics and inclusion strategy. Comparable as a Canadian-headquartered firm providing equity-centered advisory services to organizations, though with a more technology-enabled delivery model.
• Social Capital Partners: Canadian social-purpose consulting and intermediary organization focused on employment, inclusion, and social innovation. Comparable as a boutique Canadian consultancy serving mission-driven organizations with similar equity and systems-change orientation.
• Plan Institute: Canadian social-purpose organization advancing disability inclusion, family belonging, and equitable policy. Comparable as a values-driven Canadian intermediary working on inclusion, equity-centered policy, and stakeholder engagement with nonprofit and government clients.
• Inspiring Communities: Equity-centered systems change intermediary in Atlantic Canada. Highly comparable as the founder served as its Executive Director from 2021 to 2023 and Caprivian Strip has supported its evaluation and learning framework; both organizations serve overlapping nonprofit and community clients with systems change methodologies.
• Tamarack Institute: Canadian community change intermediary focused on collective impact, poverty reduction, and community engagement. Highly comparable as the founder sits on its board, and both organizations operate in the same Atlantic Canada social innovation ecosystem serving nonprofit and government clients with similar equity-centered methodologies.

Others

• Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR): University of Waterloo research institute advancing social innovation and resilience. Comparable as the academic institution where the founder is a Senior Fellow; provides research, convening, and field-building support that complements — rather than competes with — boutique consulting practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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