The rigor of business. The wisdom of community. For every organization driving impact.
We don't choose between doing good and performing well. Corporate Impact Partners designs strategies rooted in community insight that increase revenue, deepen loyalty, and dismantle historic inequities — simultaneously.
Social impact isn't a cost center — it's a growth strategy. Our community-informed approach produces programs that drive measurable business and institutional outcomes.
Every strategy we design is built to address the root causes of historic inequities — creating programs that advance real economic outcomes for the communities that have been underserved the longest.
Most social impact consultancies advise on behalf of communities from the outside. Corporate Impact Partners is different — we come from the communities we serve. Our founder has spent two decades at the intersection of philanthropy and business, managing hundreds of millions in community investments while building institutions on the ground.
Our name reflects a conviction: that every organization — whether a corporation, a foundation, a government agency, a private donor, or a nonprofit — deserves the strategic rigor and performance accountability the best businesses bring to their investments. That standard, combined with authentic community wisdom, is what makes impact last.
We don't study communities from a distance — we come from them, lead within them, and build institutions inside them.
Every strategy drives both community transformation and organizational performance — increased customers, revenue, loyalty, and brand equity.
No junior associates, no hand-offs. You work directly with seasoned leaders who've managed nine-figure community investment portfolios.
Deep bench of specialists in health, climate, education, housing, economic development, gender equity, and more — on call for every engagement.
Our name carries a promise: every organization we serve gets the strategic rigor the private sector demands — applied to impact that communities actually need. That's why we work across the entire ecosystem.
We partner with organizations that understand social impact as both a responsibility and a competitive advantage — and need a strategic partner who can deliver on both.
Strategic guidance for foundations, donor-advised funds, and high-net-worth individuals seeking to maximize the impact of their giving with community-informed approaches that produce measurable outcomes.
Designing social impact programs that grow your customer base, increase brand loyalty, and drive revenue — while creating genuine, measurable change in underserved communities.
Equitable program design and community engagement strategies for agencies committed to reaching historically underserved populations — with accountability frameworks that demonstrate ROI to taxpayers.
Authentic frameworks for organizations ready to move beyond performative engagement — centering community voice in strategy development to produce programs people actually need and use.
From portfolio architecture to due diligence and grantee stewardship — building grantmaking programs that produce lasting impact and satisfy your fiduciary responsibilities.
Strategic counsel for mission-driven organizations on board governance, fundraising, programmatic design, and positioning — with a practitioner's understanding of what funders and communities actually need.
We hold ourselves to a dual standard: every engagement must advance equitable outcomes for communities and deliver measurable returns for the organizations we advise.
Community-rooted programs build authentic relationships that open new markets and deepen penetration in existing ones.
Strategically aligned social impact drives revenue growth and improves returns — not as a side effect, but by design.
Customers, employees, and stakeholders reward organizations whose impact is genuine, visible, and community-validated.
When programs are co-designed with communities, adoption rates soar, outcomes improve, and waste disappears.
Every strategy addresses historic inequities by building pathways to economic mobility, wealth creation, and opportunity.
Clear frameworks that satisfy boards, regulators, funders, and communities — because we measure what matters to all stakeholders.
Our clients span Fortune 500 corporations, national foundations, government agencies, private donors, and nonprofits — united by the belief that the most powerful impact strategies deliver returns for both the communities served and the organizations investing.
A sample of outcomes across sectors — demonstrating the dual returns our approach delivers for organizations and communities alike.
Conceptualized and led execution of one of the nation's most ambitious place-based capital initiatives for a top-five U.S. financial institution — leveraging philanthropic capital, lending products, and government alliances to expand access to housing, small business growth capital, and inclusive workforce pipelines across underserved markets.
Chaired public-private investment initiatives that produced over 2,000 affordable housing units and launched minority small business incubators — while pioneering scalable community development models including a faith-based developer program and an asset-building center.
Designed and piloted a civic visibility strategy that reframed community perception through targeted media partnerships, storytelling grants, and grantee media placement — resulting in measurably increased visibility and unlocking significant new public-private investment.
Founded an all-girls public charter school in East Baltimore — raising $6M+, structuring an innovative capital stack including the city's first charter school endowment, securing novel public financing, and transforming a vacant building into a community anchor serving 300+ students with 30 full-time staff.
Led strategic repositioning of a premier national policy research institution — designing issue-area strategies across tech, workforce, higher education, tax, and civil rights that attracted multimillion-dollar philanthropic investments and strengthened cross-sector programmatic cohesion.
Selected by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to serve on Project REACh — a national collaboration among financial regulators, civil rights leaders, and industry executives to reduce structural barriers to homeownership, capital access, and economic mobility for underserved communities.
Corporate Impact Partners maintains a curated network of senior practitioners and subject-matter experts across every major domain of social impact — ensuring that every engagement is informed by deep, specialized knowledge.
Monica Mitchell is a sought-after voice on transformational philanthropy, the business case for community-centered impact, and the intersection of social investment and organizational performance. A Harvard-trained executive who has directed $300M+ in annual philanthropic investments and conceptualized a $1.6B place-based capital initiative, she brings practitioner depth and strategic candor that audiences remember long after the applause.
Monica Mitchell founded Corporate Impact Partners after more than 20 years at the intersection of philanthropy and business performance — including serving as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff at one of the nation's largest corporate foundations, where she directed the Office of the President overseeing $300M+ in annual philanthropic investments and conceptualized a $1.6B place-based capital initiative.
Today, she advises organizations across five sectors on designing social impact strategies that are grounded in community voice, aligned with institutional objectives, and built for measurable dual returns. A Harvard-trained nonprofit management executive, she teaches at Georgetown University, was selected by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national regulatory collaboration, and has built institutions from the ground up — including founding a charter school in Baltimore that serves 300+ girls.
Creator of the "10 Essential Questions for Philanthropic Grantmaking," a nationally recognized racial equity grantmaking tool. Featured in CNN, The Washington Post, and Inside Philanthropy.
Harvard University, Master of Liberal Arts in Nonprofit Management. UCLA Anderson Executive Leadership. Georgetown University faculty in Philanthropic Leadership.
Founded the Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School — raising $6M+, creating Baltimore City's first charter school endowment, and serving 300+ girls with 30 full-time staff.
Baltimore City Commissioner appointed by Mayor Scott. Maryland Affordable Housing Trust board member appointed by Governor Moore. OCC Project REACh national collaborator.
Whether you're designing a social impact strategy that needs to satisfy both your board and the community, seeking a speaker who brings practitioner wisdom and strategic candor, or looking for a partner who's built this from both sides — we'd welcome the conversation.