“The value the Compass team brought was EXACTLY the value I had hoped they would bring; outside, unbiased,
professional perspective as to where we needed to be in order to engage in a strategic planning project.
The contribution they have made was, as the director of the school said, "the greatest thing that has
happened to the school this year." They were able to gather and synthesized information for all relevant
stakeholders and present the information in a comprehensible, understandable, and useful way.”
--Carolyn Jeppsen, Executive Director, The River School
“The COMPASS team exceeded the agreed-upon goals and objectives, and provided HCV with an extremely valuable
first-cut document on how to position itself with funders. I must confess that the COMPASS team taught me, a
20-year veteran in fundraising, several marketing approaches that will serve HCV well, both in terms of image
and fundraising.”
--Norma Juarbe, Executive Director, Hispanic Committee of Virginia
"The COMPASS project helped us to focus in areas that we knew were important for our organization and gave us
the motivation and plan we needed to develop our board. I appreciate the extraordinary commitment of time and
talent that our team dedicated to this project."
--Aleta Margolis, Executive Director and Founder, Center for Inspired Teaching
“I must say that WACIF has benefited immensely from the wonderful and multi-talented COMPASS team volunteers
for two years in a row. The first experience included at least eight team members who provided WACIF with a
strategic, marketing, and investment plan. These plans have resulted in several new investment opportunities,
five new board members, and a new way for both, the board and staff to think about the services WACIF offers.
The staff and board refer to the documents and plans frequently… It is this need, to have the organization’s
goals stay on target that has lead WACIF to receive a second COMPASS experience. I truly believe the COMPASS
team recognized this and afforded WACIF second COMPASS opportunity, which provided WACIF’s executive director
with a professional executive coaching opportunity, an experience I strongly believe every executive director
of nonprofit organization should have.“
--Donna Grigsby, Executive Director, Washington Area Community Investment Trust (WACIF)