Why Syzygy?
A "syzygy" is the alignment of three or more celestial bodies. In syzygy each body's pull magnifies the others, creating forces that move oceans.
So do we.

Our Core Principles:
"The Five Cs"
Competence
We've led nonprofit strategic initiatives ranging from major fundraising campaigns to national expansion to financial forecasting and everything in between. Syzygy offers long experience in these areas while building mission-aligned governance and leadership structures, values-based decision-making practices, and equitable cultures. But because it's said that tactics eat strategy for breakfast, we also offer deep expertise in nonprofit operations including organization-wide technology systems; accounting, cost recovery and funding sustainability; and workforce development.
Compassion
If the problems you’re facing were easy, you would have solved them already! That’s why we spend a good bit of time listening to you and the people with a stake in the outcome of our work.
Customization
Syzygy's services are customized to support your people, systems and processes—unless of course the project goal is to streamline your systems and processes! Regardless, we don’t require you to change in order to work with us. Our job is to work with you.
Communication
Any consultant worth their salt will tell you the success of every project depends on successful communication with the people it impacts, which is why we fold high-quality internal and public-facing communications into every step of our project plans.
Candor
Not every project is a Syzygy project. If Syzygy isn't right for your job, we'll tell you—and we'll try to recommend other firms and professionals we know and trust at no cost.
Working with Syzygy
You run a nonprofit because you believe in people. Shouldn’t your strategies and operations be about people, too?
Every detail of your organization—the strategies, the processes, and the systems down to the spreadsheets—should work together in harmony to sustain your people and advance your mission. Whether you need fresh eyes on a familiar puzzle or a whole new approach to achieve your mission and vision, together we can keep your clients and your people always at the center.