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LM Strategies Consulting (LMS) is a boutique consulting firm that works with foundations and funders’ networks to help them advance relationships and sustain impact in under-resourced communities.
If you are looking for a team of smart consultants who understand philanthropy and have a passion for community building, you’ve come to the right place.
Take a peek around our website – and definitely reach out to us to learn more about our work.
All the best,
LM Strategies Consulting is the ideal consulting group for funders in need of project-specific technical assistance and for those foundations that have the desire to develop large-scale initiatives that address community challenges, while nurturing institutional and community partnerships.
Strategic and hands on, our consultants are able to develop key initiatives from concept to execution. We have an expertise in identifying critical issues that need to be addressed, building coalitions and communities of practice around those issues, developing and executing programs for strategic intervention, and identifying a sustainability plan.
Our services include:
Beyond the menu of services provided by LMS, our consultants have professional and academic expertise in the areas of community-based leadership, diversity and equity, youth development, and immigrant and ethnic communities.
Interested in learning more about the role that you can play in building communities through philanthropy? Check out our tweets (@lmstrategies) on Twitter.com.
We also encourage you to take a peek at some of our favorite research projects on which we've worked over the years:
Connected by 25
Client: Youth Transition Funders Group
On Message
Client: ABFE/HIP Initiative
Community Foundations Take the Lead
Client: CFLeads
Safe Passage
Client: Youth Transition Funders Group
Constructing Black Selves
An academic publication written by Lisa D. McGill
Everyone's Two Cents
An LM Strategies Publication
We’ve worked on some great projects and have been lucky enough to witness the dedication and passion of philanthropic leaders who know how to get the job done.
Here’s a sample list of philanthropies with which we’ve worked over the years:
LISA D. MCGILL is the principal and founder of LM Strategies Consulting. Her portfolio pays particular attention to providing technical assistance to philanthropic institutions that have an interest in supporting leadership opportunities through strategic investments and grantmaking.
She has a content expertise in U.S. immigrant studies, stakeholder engagement, and inclusive practices in philanthropy. Before consulting, she worked as a program officer in a community foundation and as a coordinator of community outreach and events programming. Lisa graduated from Yale University in 2001 with a Ph.D. in American Studies. Her undergraduate degree, in English modified with Latin American and Caribbean Studies, is from Dartmouth College.
HEIDI DANOS is our client services consultant. She also manages our relationships with community stakeholders. Heidi has several years of administrative and managerial experience in both for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She handles the day-to-day operations, outreach and communications, and external relations for LMS and client projects.
TUAN P. DO is a graphic designer and branding specialist with a client list that includes both nonprofit and for-profit institutions. He is the proprietor of Tuan Do Graphic Designs in Chicago, Illinois, which serves as the graphic design agency of record for LMS. Over the years, he has developed communications and collateral materials for the Chicago Community Trust, Exelon, Chinatown Museum Foundation, United Airlines, the Chicago Park District, and Dunkin’ Donuts, among others.
LAURA EBERLY is the lead contributor to our Charitable Impulse project, a series of articles that explore trends, opportunities, and challenges in the philanthropic sector. Laura Eberly has worked with a wide variety of domestic and international nonprofits, contributing to program and communications strategies at think tanks, microfinance organizations, and social service providers. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago with degrees in public policy and social service administration, and holds a ‘round-the-clock job as a community organizer in Chicago.
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Would you like more information?
LM Strategies Consulting encourages you to contact us if you have any questions or would like more information about our services.
General Inquiries:
By Mail:
LM Strategies Consulting, LLC
3011 W. 183rd Street, # 227
Homewood, IL 60430-2804
By Telephone:
708.570.1606
By E-mail:
info@lmstrategies.net
Note: If you are a current client of LMS, please contact us directly for information on sending expedited mail to Client Account Services.
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