Harry Cummings And Associates Inc

What Harry Cummings And Associates Inc does

Harry Cummings and Associates Inc (HCA) is a Canadian evaluation and planning consulting firm founded in 1997 by F. Harry Cummings and headquartered in Guelph, Ontario. The firm provides five core consulting services — Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Results-Based Management (RBM), Strategic Planning, Economic Impact Assessment, and Professional Development Workshops and Training — to government agencies at federal, provincial, and municipal levels, non-profit and community organizations, and select private sector clients across Canada and internationally. There is no technology platform, proprietary software product, or app surface; service delivery is entirely consultant-led.

Name

Harry Cummings And Associates Inc

Legal name

Harry Cummings and Associates Inc

Website

https://hcaconsulting.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Boutique Canadian evaluation and planning consulting firm founded in 1997, providing monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, strategic planning, and economic impact assessment services to government agencies, non-profits, and international development organizations across Canada and globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guelph

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Revenue is generated through fees for evaluation and planning consulting services including monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, strategic planning, economic impact assessment, and professional development workshops and training.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Harry Cummings and Associates (HCA) is a professional consulting firm that delivers evaluation and planning services to government agencies, non-profits, community organizations, and the private sector. Its core offerings include Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Results-Based Management (RBM), Strategic Planning, Economic Impact Assessment, and Professional Development Workshops & Training, applied across sectors such as health, international development, agriculture, youth, municipal planning, and northern development.

Product overview

HCA (Harry Cummings and Associates) is an evaluation and planning consulting firm that provides professional consulting services. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has offered a portfolio of services including Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Results Based Management (RBM), Strategic Planning, Economic Impact Assessment, and Professional Development Workshops & Training. These services are delivered through their team of multi-disciplinary consultants and are applied across various sector experiences including municipal planning, health, international development, agriculture, and youth programs.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• M&E (Monitoring & Evaluation) Monitoring and evaluation services for programs and projects, helping clients assess program effectiveness, outcomes, and impact. Targeted at government, non-profit, and community organizations.
• RBM (Results-Based Management) Results-based management consulting services helping organizations achieve goals through effective planning, performance management, and measurable outcomes. Targeted at government and non-profit program managers.
• Strategic Planning Strategic planning services to help organizations define direction, set priorities, and allocate resources effectively. Targeted at government, non-profit, and private sector clients.
• Economic Impact Assessment Economic impact assessment services to evaluate the economic effects of projects, policies, or programs on communities and regions. Targeted at government and private sector organizations.
• Professional Development Workshops & Training Professional development workshops and training programs designed to build capacity in evaluation, planning, and management skills. Targeted at government agencies, NGOs, and community organizations.

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• World VisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHCA has conducted multiple evaluations for World Vision including the Faith and Development project globally, Embedding Advocacy Assessment, and projects in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. These are ongoing client relationships involving program evaluation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Universalia Management Group: Canadian-headquartered evaluation and management consulting firm serving international development, government, and NGO clients. Direct competitor for M&E, organizational assessment, and strategic planning engagements that HCA pursues.
• Goss Gilroy Inc. Canadian management consulting firm specializing in evaluation, performance measurement, and strategic planning for government and not-for-profit clients. Closest direct analog to HCA's M&E and planning mandate, with comparable client profile and service mix across federal/provincial/NGO buyers.
• Clear Outcomes: Canadian evaluation and outcomes measurement consulting practice serving non-profits, governments, and foundations. Operates in the same M&E/results-based management niche as HCA's Canadian government and community organization work.
• Itad Ltd. Specialist monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) consulting firm working with bilateral/multilateral donors, NGOs, and foundations. Operates in the same niche as HCA's international development M&E practice and competes for the same donor evaluation mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Abt Associates: Large global research, evaluation, and consulting firm with extensive international development and public-sector evaluation practices. Overlaps with HCA in M&E and economic impact assessment but operates at far greater scale and breadth.
• Mathematica Policy Research: Large US research and evaluation firm with international development and public-sector evaluation practices. Overlaps with HCA on evaluation and economic impact engagements but with substantially greater staffing and analytic scale.
• Palladium: Large international development consulting firm with deep monitoring, evaluation, and learning practices serving USAID, FCDO, and DFAT. Wider portfolio than HCA but competes for the same donor-led M&E and RBM contracts, especially at multi-million dollar scale.

Emerging players

• IDInsight: Data-driven M&E and advisory firm focused on international development and social impact across Africa and Asia. Comparable mandate to HCA's international development evaluations but with a stronger data/analytics specialization and emerging-only footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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