Expand Your Social Impact by Building Capacity & Resource Sustainability
bridging the gap between social sector organizations and grantmaking institutions
Jamalia L. Brashears, MPA
“JLB Advisors helped us secure $5M+ in institutional & corporate grant awards to empower diverse leaders that drive social impact across the U.S.”
Principal and Founder
Over 15 years managing multimillion-dollar philanthropic programs and stewardship of grants that invest in economic and community development, population health, and impact investing programs for underserved populations across New York State, the U.S., and globally.
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JLB Advisors Initiates Our Partnership With a Comprehensive Discovery Process:
Review your organization's structure, operations, and goals.
Determine your organization needs and the resources required to meet your development or fundraising objectives.
Create a strategy that identifies the resources needed to connect your needs with your goals.
Develop a tailored proposal that outlines a clearly defined methodology, work plan, specific activities and deliverables, and a detailed budget.
Why should you partner with JLB Advisors?
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Lead panelist and speaker at Harvard University School of Public Health, Bernard Baruch College, Spelman College, and Philanthropy New York with a focus on philanthropy compliance, equity, social impact, and corporate charitable giving and building community partnerships.
FUNDER MIX & SUSTAINABILITY
Secured over $5M+ from 2022 - 2024 in grant awards from U.S. institutional foundations, corporate funders, and government agencies. Increased nonprofit operation budgets by 35%, building organization capacity, expanding scale and reaching vulnerable communities.
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Develops annual fundraising strategies to align with the organization’s strategic plan, goals, and operational budget. Implemented operation systems to manage grant lifecycle across the organization’s finance, legal, and executive leadership departments.
“JLB Advisors helped me to create a funder pipeline, strengthen new foundation relationships, and a development strategy for sustainability.”
— Tiffany Gamble, Executive Director Emerging Ladies Academy & Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business Recipient
Nonprofits
Strategic Planning
Create a clear and actionable roadmap for your organization's success.
We develop comprehensive strategic plans that align with your mission, identifying and tracking key performance indicators and building a strong framework to guide your organization toward achieving its goals.
Resource Development and Grant Writing
Secure critical funding to advance your organization's mission.
Our grant writing expertise helps you maximize your fundraising potential. We craft compelling proposals that reflect your niche in the marketplace and cultivate strong partnerships with potential funders, securing resources to meet your objectives.
Foundations
Portfolio Design and Strategy
Develop a strategic framework to optimize your foundation's impact.
Aligning your portfolio with your mission and goals creates a sustainable model to achieve the maximum social return on investment. This strategic approach ensures your philanthropic efforts deliver the greatest possible positive impact.
Measurement and Evaluation
Demonstrate your organization’s impact through detailed evaluation.
We design and implement data-driven evaluations to measure program effectiveness, providing decision-making information and actionable insights that make it easy to communicate results to stakeholders.
Grantee and Community Engagement
Strengthen portfolio impact by reflecting community needs and strong grantee relationships.
Ensuring the voice of current grantees and the local community integrate into the fabric of the portfolios to drive investments that create and sustain inclusive, equitable, and vibrant communities. We support innovative models such as participatory grantmaking and trust-based philanthropy.
Analytics and Data
Unleash the power of data to drive organizational success.
We provide cutting-edge data analytics and management solutions that transform raw information into actionable insights. Through data, we optimize operations, identify new opportunities, and measure performance against key metrics, driving sustainable growth and measurable results.
SAMPLE CLIENT LIST
A STEM-centered educational program dedicated to providing tech education, mentorship, and a safe space for Black girls to develop a bright future as skilled workers and leaders in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math through digital inclusion and socialization.
