Sustainable Impact | Growth | Innovation
Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity
Partnering with mission-driven organizations to strengthen infrastructure, capacity, and capabilities.
About VESTEDin™ Consulting Group, LLC
Expertise
The firm's expertise lies in guiding organizations through the discovery, design, and execution of strategies to become higher-performing and more sustainable, which results in them becoming better implementers, more practical, and increasingly intentional. Through our proprietary STEMS and SEED frameworks, we address the holistic ecosystem of nonprofits across five domains: Strategy, Technology, External Relationships, Money, and Servant Leadership.
What sets us apart is our distinctly human-centered approach to meeting our clients where they are, our breadth and depth of experience working with diverse communities, and our high-energy, authentic facilitation style that creates safe spaces for candid conversations. Our nationwide client base includes organizations serving marginalized communities across human rights, health, arts and culture, social services, foundations, associations, and coalitions.
"Bridget's expertise in non-profit organizational development is beyond remarkable! She is thorough, practical, and guided our stakeholders through an infrastructure review that has transformed our mission to align with more impactful and sustainable outcomes. Bridget does not hold back sharing her honest assessments because, in line with her company name, she exhibits a genuine vested interest in the success of her clients! We are grateful for her insights and recommendations that helped streamline our operations and provided the clarity needed to better articulate our goals. ABPA highly recommends Ms. Samuel to any organization that is ready to do the necessary hard work to develop and execute initiatives that touch many lives! " Dr. Chinwe Efuribe, Executive Director, ABPA
Values
We practice HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN through empathetic listening and diverse perspectives in our nonprofit consulting practices. We strive for meaningful impact through well-executed change initiatives. We commit to continuous LEARNING to deliver informed solutions. We champion PRACTICAL SIMPLICITY by streamlining processes to redirect resources toward mission work. We maintain TRANSPARENCY through honest communication that builds trust. We demonstrate AGILITY by adapting quickly to change while helping organizations build resilient systems.
Impact
VESTEDin™ delivers measurable results that build over time.
Short-Term Impact (1-12 months)
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Organizations experience immediate clarity in organizational direction, with streamlined decision-making processes and improved team alignment. For example, a client reported a collective savings of 8 hours per week in staff time, allowing more resources for direct service delivery.
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Organizations develop stronger operational systems and more effective leadership practices. One coalition we partnered with secured 30% more funding through enhanced grant readiness and strategic planning, while another organization increased board engagement by 'a whopping' 50%.
Long-Term Impact (2-5 years)
Mid-TERM IMPACT (13-24 MONTHS)
Long-Term Impact (2-5 years)
A nonprofit had outgrown its fiscal partnership and worked with VESTEDin™ to develop essential infrastructure. With our guidance, they established systems, a strategic fundraising plan, and hired staff. The sustainable foundation for continued growth and innovation yielded over $500,000 in additional revenue for service delivery.
A Few of Our Client Partners
Partner Quotes
"Working with Bridget as she crafted a customized experience for our grantee partners was powerful and highly effective as she brought trust, credibility, and thought leadership to the design and the experience. In addition to our experience at the HEKF, she received the highest of praises from our grantee partners who laud the combination of her insight and expertise with her credibility and deep knowledge as a nonprofit leader herself. I am both proud and grateful to have already referred her to other grantee partners."
-Lauren Scott, Executive Director, Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund
"Bridget built the organizational effectiveness practice at Episcopal Health Foundation from scratch. Her deep experience in the nonprofit sector and her broad experience in providing consulting support to the sector enabled her to design a practice for our grantees that meets each of their unique needs... I heartily recommend Bridget to any organization looking to improve."
-Elena Marks, (former) President & CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation