Services
Complex work needs more than an off-the-shelf solution.
Melrose Consulting provides strategic support to nonprofits, foundations, coalitions, advocacy organizations, and public-interest initiatives navigating moments of change, opportunity, or complexity.
Our engagements are tailored to the problem at hand — from focused strategy projects to longer-term partnerships.
Policy & Advocacy Strategy
Turn policy goals into a path to change.
Good policy isn't enough. Moving an idea through a complex political environment requires understanding the landscape, identifying leverage points, building the right relationships, and adapting as conditions change.
Melrose works with organizations to develop policy and advocacy strategies grounded in both rigorous analysis and the realities of how change happens.
Engagements may include
Legislative strategy, policy research and analysis, campaign planning, political landscape analysis, testimony and messaging development, stakeholder strategy, implementation planning, and rapid-response strategy.
Coalition Building & Stakeholder Strategy
Build the relationships that make change possible.
Coalitions can create power that no organization can build alone — but simply bringing people together isn't enough.
Melrose helps organizations identify who needs to be involved, understand relationships and power, navigate competing priorities, develop shared goals, and create structures that allow partners to move together.
Engagements may include
Coalition development, power mapping, stakeholder analysis, coalition management, facilitation, partnership strategy, convening design, governance and decision-making structures, and stakeholder engagement.
Organizational & Funding Strategy
Build the infrastructure behind ambitious work.
Organizations often know where they want to go before they know exactly how to get there.
Melrose helps leaders turn big ideas into clear strategies — connecting mission, programs, partnerships, communications, funding, and measurable goals.
Engagements may include
Strategic planning, theories of change, program design, organizational strategy, funder strategy, grant development, landscape analysis, initiative development, and implementation planning.
Advocacy & Leadership Development
Equip people to lead change themselves.
Advocacy is most powerful when people understand not only what to say, but how systems work, where their influence lies, and how their experiences can shape decisions.
Melrose develops practical, accessible trainings that demystify policymaking and equip people to advocate effectively in their communities and institutions.
Engagements may include
Advocacy training, legislative-process training, storytelling, testimony preparation, spokesperson development, curriculum design, facilitation, leadership development, and train-the-trainer programs.
Not sure which box your project fits into?
That's often where we do our best work.
Tell us what you're trying to move, where you're getting stuck, and what success would look like. We'll start there.