Capacity Building for Community Impact

Supporting Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Leaders

Supportive Services

MRL Strategies is the premier capacity-building agency for women of color and gender expansive people leading social impact. By combining innovative business tools with a radical approach to equity, we empower visionary leaders to create systemic change while building wealth and legacy. We support individual and organizational clients through a range of structured and tailored offers.

  • one-on-one coaching or group training to translate actionable feedback into enhanced execution

  • strategic advising to refine plans, evaluate impact, and explore new ideas for implementation

  • temporary technical assistance or fractional executive support to achieve precise deliverables that build momentum

  • fresh perspective based on transdisciplinary approaches and cutting edge strategies to serve and impact communities

Advancing a mission is complex. Many visionaries struggle to get the guidance and support they need to navigate the unique challenges of disrupting the status quo or transitioning through new levels of growth. Overcoming barriers and building capacity that meets evolving demands sustainably is essential. We’re here to help.

The hands-on approach helped me navigate some complex challenges and centered me in leading time-sensitive projects. I highly recommend working with MRL Strategies to anyone looking to elevate your leadership or organizational performance.

— Joy G., Executive Coaching Client

Reframing

Capacity-Building

Our insights come from lived experiences—because that’s where transformation begins.

In 2021, the industry leader Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) published a report that highlighted, “Traditional models of capacity-building tend not to account for culture, systems and power in their design, too often ‘rendering them inadequate for Communities of Color.’” That is why MRL Strategies integrates a regenerative paradigm that is sensitive and responsive to these elements. We center care, culture, and context to not only resolve problems but expand opportunities through restorative solutions.

A Regenerative Approach to Amplify Impact

At MRL Strategies, we believe that the how of achieving impact is as vital as the outcomes themselves. Our focused regenerative approach empowers visionaries to build resilient infrastructures, attract sustainable investments, and expand formidable influence without sacrificing well-being or compromising solidarity. Our principles center agency, dignity, equity, and sustainability to amplify pathways towards shared prosperity and build progressive power. Together, we’re reimagining the ways to drive lasting, meaningful change to dismantle inequitable systems and practices.

Discover how we can co-develop strategies to build your capacity, support your mission, and impact your community with a complimentary discovery consultation:

  • capacity planning and landscape assessments that identify opportunities and benchmarks

  • risk management and organization sustainability evaluation that enhances resilience

  • comprehensive resource mobilization that increases visibility and engage stakeholders

  • social impact assessment (SIA) to strategize deeper mission alignment and strategic partnerships