Accelerating impact in the mission-driven sector

PTKO is a consulting partner to nonprofits, helping them accelerate impact through strategic planning, data and technology enablement, organizational effectiveness, and change management. We work across departments, programs, and products to help teams set direction, build capacity, and cultivate thriving organizations.

We keep you focused on your most important asset, your stakeholders.

What we do

We help our clients succeed by partnering with them to strengthen how their organizations work and deliver impact. Our approach includes:

 

A diverse team of experts focused on evolving how work gets done by strengthening teams, processes, and systems to deliver transformative outcomes.
Objective thought partnership to translate strategy into executable plans, build cross-functional alignment, and reduce risk.
Actionable insights and accountability through organizational assessments and analysis that support data-informed decision making.

We partner with executives and teams across the org chart — from operations and IT, to marketing and fundraising, to programs — to deliver the following services:

Strategy & Planning

Our focus is on practical planning to help organizations clarify priorities, operationalize strategy, and build roadmaps for implementation. We have a people-centered approach that builds cross-functional alignment, manages risk, and leverages the on-the-ground knowledge and insights of your staff. This connection between mission, planning, and execution helps increase impact and return on investment.

Data & Insights

We help organizations strengthen their data infrastructure and use information more effectively to make decisions with confidence. Through audits, governance, analytics, and reporting, we support teams in understanding performance and measuring impact.

Technology Management

We help organizations assess, select, and manage technology, with a focus on its role as a strategic infrastructure that supports long-term goals. From technical architecture and platform selection to product management and vendor oversight, we ensure technology investments are practical, integrated, and sustainable.

Change Management

We help organizations navigate change by centering people during key transitions, and building capacity internally that last well beyond our engagement. Through organizational design, communications, training, and adoption support, we help teams align around change and embed new approaches into everyday work.

Organizational Effectiveness

We help organizations strengthen their ability to get work done. Through program strategy, process design, benchmarking, and performance measurement, we support teams in building the capabilities needed to operate effectively and scale impact.

Our thought leadership and insights

Join us in transforming the mission driven sector

How can we help you?

Lasting change is built on trust and strong partnerships. At PTKO, from the first conversation, you’ll work with senior strategists who partner closely with you through planning, execution, and change. We believe meaningful progress comes from close collaboration, practical insight, and shared ownership of outcomes.

We’d welcome the opportunity to learn more about your organization and goals.

Case studies

Website Redesign Roadmap

The Brookings Institution

PTKO helped the Brookings communications team build consensus across their organization around the challenges they wanted to address with their existing website, and the opportunities they hoped to access through the site's redevelopment.
The Advancement Project

Turning One-time Supporters into Long-term Allies for Justice

Driven by external events, Advancement Project’s donor list swelled from several hundred to 100,000+ within months. In order to fully take advantage of the opportunity, they needed to quickly adapt their strategy, systems, and infrastructure to sustain these supporters’ engagement. PTKO was happy to help!
A site redesign to elevate the voices of members

The American Chemistry Council

With a complex network of internal departments and member-led and funded industry groups, ACC sought a site redesign to sharpen the consistency and impact of its messaging to key audiences: policy makers, regulators, and current and potential ACC members. Learn how we helped!
An Analytics Framework to Drive Stakeholder Engagement

NRECA

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is a trade organization that represents the interests of over 900 not-for-profit electric cooperatives. Its leaders knew they needed to strengthen NRECA’s data and analytics to drive more strategic decision-making—particularly in terms of how they deploy digital communications to engage members and policy makers. PTKO partnered with NRECA to create a custom Analytics Framework for the association, based on a rigorous assessment of digital strengths, opportunities and needs.