Build the change you want to see

With people and relationships at the heart of every strategy, every solution.

Together, we can unlock the door between where you are and where you want to be.

Skeleton Key Strategies is a technology, organizational development, and management consulting firm that helps nonprofits to innovate faster, navigate change better, and amplify their causes more effectively.

As we work with organizations to evolve their systems, structures, and strategies, we keep humans and relationships at the center of our approach. We build upon your core values and strengths to promote innovation, enable healthy change, and create holistic, durable solutions.

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What We Do

Technology Strategy

Technology

Strategy & Planning

Technology Assessment & Selection

Implementation Advisory Services

Business Analysis & Product Management

Data Strategy

Data

Data Strategy & Assessment

Data Governance & Data Ethics

Data Infrastructure & Engineering 

Analytics & Impact Measurement

Adoption & Optimization

Organizational Development

Organizational Development

Organizational Design & Workforce Strategy

Change Management

Building High-Performing Teams

Business Process Analysis & Optimization

Leadership Strategy

Leadership

Strategic Planning & Operational Design

Leadership Development Programs

Decision-Making & Governance Systems 

Executive Resourcing & Recruitment

Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation

Survey Planning and Design

Participatory Program Development

Feasibility Studies

End-to-End Research & Innovation Grantmaking Programs

Direct Response Data Services

Direct Response
Data Services

Direct Marketing Campaign Delivery

Direct Response Data Strategy

Audience & Segmentation Modeling

Automation & Process Optimization

Campaign Analytics & Insights

We thrive at the nexus of progressive missions, the humans who love them, and the tools they use to change the world.

We are data, tech, and operations experts representing decades of nonprofit leadership and consulting experience. Our fluency in the needs and nuances of nonprofits allows us to serve as translators, facilitators, analysts, and storytellers, helping organizations bridge the strategic gap between what’s happening and what’s possible.

In Our Clients' Words

Your Success is Our Success

We are partners, collaborators, and co-conspirators. We roll up our sleeves and we commit to finishing the job to the best of our ability, which means our solutions are durable and our clients feel empowered to continue leading the work after we’re gone.

A.R.T./NY

Featured Case Study

Our strategic partnership with A.R.T./NY, generating new insights on the NYC theatre community

Research Publication Scoping, Planning, and Design; Stakeholder Engagement; Strategic Communications; Developmental Editing and Content Strategy; Graphics and Data Verification; RFP Management; Project Management (2024-2025) 

In 2024, the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./NY) engaged Skeleton Key Strategies as strategic partner on a comprehensive research project examining the post-pandemic health of NYC’s nonprofit theatre community.

Upcoming Events

Nonprofit POWER

BALTIMORE, MD
December 1-3, 2025
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Justin Birdsong and Deborah Abramson Kroll will join our nonprofit community members at this free, all-inclusive experience for key decision-makers overseeing fundraising and technology strategy at leading nonprofits.

Nonprofit Technology Conference

DETROIT, MICHIGAN
March 10-13, 2026
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SKS consultants Justin Birdsong, Simone Carvalho, and Aparna Kothary will present in-person sessions on nonprofit data governance and making confident technology decisions.

Nonprofit Fundraisers Symposium

WASHINGTON, DC
March 25–27, 2026
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Founder & Principal Justin Birdsong will join 300+ fundraising and marketing leaders to explore building resilient strategies that strengthen donor trust, protect revenue, and navigate the challenges facing today's nonprofit leaders.

Recent Media:
Live Recording | Data and Insights at A.R.T./New York's Spring Summit

As part of the launch of our research project with A.R.T./New York, Health + Wealth: Empowering NYC Theatremakers Through Data, SKS Founder Justin Birdsong joined A.R.T./NY’s Co-Executive Directors Talia Corren and Risa Shoup, and Annie Bares with research partner SMU DataArts, for a live session at the 2025 A.R.T./NY Spring Summit.

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