Transformation Collective

What Transformation Collective does

Transformation Collective is a Brooklyn-based, queer- and woman-owned management consulting firm founded in 2021 that delivers strategy, operations, and executive coaching services to social impact organizations, non-profits, and foundations in the United States. The practice operates with a core team of 1-10 employees led by founder Annika Morgan alongside collaborators Mikelina Belaineh and Michél Legendre, supplemented by a curated network of freelancers and subject matter experts that lets the firm flex capacity without fixed-cost headcount expansion. Service modules span organizational identity work, strategic planning, theory of change development, change management, operating systems design, board development, executive coaching, and the more recently added functional services of hiring process design, ATS implementation, and grantmaking software adoption, typically scoped as multi-month engagements tied to "key moments of transformation" such as growth phases, leadership transitions, or values-alignment exercises.

The business model is professional services fee-for-engagement with explicit sliding-scale pricing intended to make consulting accessible to leaders from systemically excluded communities; go-to-market is referral-driven with no paid acquisition, and the firm is bootstrapped with no external institutional investors. The visible client roster includes roughly 19 named organizations spanning food security (Black Church Food Security Network, About Fresh), criminal justice reform (Campaign Zero), civic engagement (La Tejedora in Puerto Rico), LGBTQ+ rights (Keshet), arts and culture (NEFA, MASS MoCA), education (Northeastern University - IDEA), and foundations (Krupp Family Foundation), with client-side organizational budgets ranging from $500k to $5M. The firm has no disclosed technology product, no AI capability, and no patents or funding events; its website runs on Squarespace, consistent with a lean professional-services operating model.

Name

Transformation Collective

Legal name

Transformation Collective

Website

https://transformationcollective.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Transformation Collective is a Brooklyn-based, queer- and woman-owned consulting firm founded in 2021 that provides strategy, operations, and coaching services to social impact organizations and foundations, using sliding-scale pricing and serving roughly 19 named clients across food security, criminal justice, education, and movement-building sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting for Social Impact Organizations

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHACAD

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAGAC

Change Management & Transformation Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Human Capital & Organizational Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHACAE

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

Keywords

• Nonprofit consulting services
• Organizational strategy consulting
• Change management advisory
• Leadership coaching services
• Social impact consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

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. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including organizational identity, strategic planning, theory of change development, change management, operating systems, and board development. Also offers one-on-one coaching for founders, senior leaders, and board members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Transformation Collective is a small consulting firm that delivers strategy, operations, and one-on-one coaching services to social impact organizations, foundations, and movement leaders. Its work spans organizational identity, strategic planning, theory of change, change management, operating systems design, board development, hiring process design, and grantmaking process customization, all delivered through collaborative engagements rather than arm's-length advisory.

Product overview

Transformation Collective is a consulting firm offering a unified suite of organizational transformation services for social impact organizations. The core offering includes Strategy, Operations, and Coaching services, supported by specialized modules covering Organizational Identity, Strategic Planning, Theory of Change, Change Management, Operating Systems Design, and Board Development. The company provides additional specialized services including values identification and operationalization, hiring process design with ATS implementation (notably Greenhouse), and grantmaking process and software customization. All services are delivered through collaborative consulting engagements and are available on a sliding scale for qualifying organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting Organizational strategy development services that help teams clarify direction and identify what will and will not help them achieve their goals. Targeted at social impact organizations, foundations, and movement leaders.
• Operations Consulting

Named customers19 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Equity Project: National Equity Project provides equity-centered leadership development, organizational change, and consulting to education and social impact organizations — overlapping with TC's coaching, leadership, and values-alignment offerings.
• TCC Group: TCC Group provides strategy, evaluation, and capacity-building consulting to non-profits, foundations, and social impact organizations — closely matching TC's organizational transformation and change management offerings for the same client base.
• Adaway Group: Adaway Group provides executive search, HR, and organizational consulting specifically for non-profits, foundations, and associations — overlapping with TC's board development, hiring process design, and values-aligned operating systems work.
• Build Consulting: Build Consulting is a small, values-driven non-profit consulting firm that provides strategic planning, organizational development, and change management to social impact organizations — directly comparable in size, mission, and service mix to TC.
• La Piana Consulting: La Piana Consulting is a long-established non-profit consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, leadership transitions, and organizational development for non-profits and foundations — directly comparable to TC's strategy and operations practice for the same buyer.
• The Giving Practice (TGP): The Giving Practice is a philanthropic consulting practice supporting foundations and donors with strategy, learning, and organizational change — comparable to TC's work with foundation clients like Krupp Family Foundation.
• Converge Non-Profit Consulting: Converge is a values-driven non-profit consulting firm focused on racial equity, organizational development, and strategy for social impact organizations — directly comparable to TC's mission-aligned, change management focus.

Broad incumbents

• FSG: FSG is a global social impact consulting firm advising foundations, non-profits, and corporations on strategy, evaluation, and collective impact — a larger incumbent serving overlapping buyer segments as TC.
• Arabella Advisors: Arabella Advisors is a large philanthropy and social impact advisory firm offering strategy, grantmaking, and organizational consulting to foundations and non-profits — a scaled incumbent overlapping with TC's foundation transformation practice.
• The Bridgespan Group: Bridgespan is a major social impact consulting firm offering strategy, organizational development, and philanthropy advisory to non-profits and foundations. It is a scaled incumbent in the same category TC operates in, with a much larger team and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transformation-collective

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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