To help organizations solve complex challenges with clarity, strategy, and customized support.
About the Founder
Frances Street Partners offers a bespoke service to address the most pressing, and often nuanced, challenges facing many organizations. As Founder, Colleen Murray understands how to achieve desired outcomes in a custom yet efficient manner. A natural problem-solver and experienced leader, her expertise spans 25 years working in both corporate and philanthropic industries, performing enterprise planning, creating complex funding and operational structures, leading large-scale initiatives, and advising social impact organizations from start-up to maturity.
What People Are Saying
"Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference."
"Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference."
Areas of Expertise
Provide director and committee-level experience; advise leadership from start-up through maturity and guide them through high-stakes, complex decisions.
As a donor, find the right fiscal sponsor partner and guide through spinout; as a fiscal sponsor, optimize growth through strategic planning and staff alignment to goals.
Advise on the development of workable implementation roadmaps and in-depth planning for effective running of the day-to-day business.
Assist leadership to create a competency and behavior-based approach for structuring teams to maximum effectiveness and growth.
Work with leadership to develop an integrated and data-driven approach for risk tolerance in line with industry best practices.
Collaborate with Accounting and Operational leaders to design a management approach for financial processes focused on accuracy, transparency, and insights for future planning.
Work alongside nonprofits to identify what funding vehicles and revenue models best meet the needs of their donors and grantees.
Assess current operating protocols and advise on process improvements for increased efficiency and mitigation of process vulnerabilities.
Build effective vendor relationships including understanding when to use a shared service model vs. outsourcing for specific expertise.
How We Work
We bring strategic clarity and hands-on execution to help you achieve lasting results.
Listen & Understand
We deeply understand your challenges, goals, and context to create solutions that fit.
Design & Strategize
We craft customized strategies that align with your mission and build on your strengths.
Execute & Deliver
We work alongside your team to implement solutions and build capabilities that last.
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