Serving Businesses · Government · Foundations · Donors · Nonprofits

Social Impact That Delivers Community & Business Returns

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.

20+
Years of Impact
$1.6B
Capital Initiatives Led
$300M+
Annual Investments Directed
For Your Organization

Impact That Moves the Bottom Line

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.

Increased Customers Higher Revenue Greater Rate of Return Deeper Brand Loyalty Brand Satisfaction
For Communities

Impact That Changes Trajectories

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.

Economic Mobility Wealth Building Closing Opportunity Gaps Systems Change Community Self-Determination

We don't parachute in with frameworks. We build from the ground up.

"The most effective social impact strategies aren't designed for communities — they're designed with them. That's not a philosophy we adopted. It's who we are." — Monica Mitchell, Founder & CEO
Monica Mitchell engaging with community

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.

From the Community, Not About It

We don't study communities from a distance — we come from them, lead within them, and build institutions inside them.

Dual Returns, Every Engagement

Every strategy drives both community transformation and organizational performance — increased customers, revenue, loyalty, and brand equity.

Boutique Precision, Senior Attention

No junior associates, no hand-offs. You work directly with seasoned leaders who've managed nine-figure community investment portfolios.

Expert Network Across Sectors

Deep bench of specialists in health, climate, education, housing, economic development, gender equity, and more — on call for every engagement.

One Firm. Every Sector That Drives Impact.

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.

Corporations & Businesses

Foundations & Funders

Government Agencies

Private Donors

Nonprofits

Advisory Services That Deliver on Both Promises

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.

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Philanthropic Advisory

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.

Grantmaking Strategy Impact Measurement Portfolio Design
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Corporate Social Impact Strategy

Designing social impact programs that grow your customer base, increase brand loyalty, and drive revenue — while creating genuine, measurable change in underserved communities.

ESG & CSR Strategy Revenue-Aligned Impact Stakeholder Engagement
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Government & Public Sector

Equitable program design and community engagement strategies for agencies committed to reaching historically underserved populations — with accountability frameworks that demonstrate ROI to taxpayers.

Program Design Equity Strategy Public Engagement
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Community Engagement & Co-Design

Authentic frameworks for organizations ready to move beyond performative engagement — centering community voice in strategy development to produce programs people actually need and use.

Listening Sessions Co-Design Stakeholder Mapping
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Strategic Grantmaking

From portfolio architecture to due diligence and grantee stewardship — building grantmaking programs that produce lasting impact and satisfy your fiduciary responsibilities.

Grant Portfolio Due Diligence Outcomes Frameworks
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Nonprofit Advisory

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.

Board Development Fundraising Strategy Organizational Design

Impact Measured in Both Community Transformation and Organizational Performance

We hold ourselves to a dual standard: every engagement must advance equitable outcomes for communities and deliver measurable returns for the organizations we advise.

$1.6B
Place-Based Capital
Initiatives Led
$300M+
Annual Investments
Directed
2,000+
Affordable Housing
Units Created
20+
Years of Philanthropic
Leadership
What Our Clients Gain

Increased Customers & Market Reach

Community-rooted programs build authentic relationships that open new markets and deepen penetration in existing ones.

Higher Revenue & Rate of Return

Strategically aligned social impact drives revenue growth and improves returns — not as a side effect, but by design.

Deeper Brand Loyalty & Satisfaction

Customers, employees, and stakeholders reward organizations whose impact is genuine, visible, and community-validated.

Programs Designed for Real Impact

When programs are co-designed with communities, adoption rates soar, outcomes improve, and waste disappears.

Advancing Economic Equity

Every strategy addresses historic inequities by building pathways to economic mobility, wealth creation, and opportunity.

Measurable, Defensible Outcomes

Clear frameworks that satisfy boards, regulators, funders, and communities — because we measure what matters to all stakeholders.

Corporate Impact Partners brings something rare to this work — a genuine commitment to centering community voice combined with the strategic rigor that institutions need to act on what they hear. The result is impact that performs.

The CIP Difference

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.

Impact in Action

A sample of outcomes across sectors — demonstrating the dual returns our approach delivers for organizations and communities alike.

Corporate Foundation

$1.6B Place-Based Investment Initiative

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.

$1.6B capital deployed
Multi-sector alliance model
National scale
Corporate · Community Development

2,000+ Affordable Housing Units

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.

2,000+ housing units
Small business incubators
Replicable models
Nonprofit · Civic

Community Narrative & Investment Campaign

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.

40% increase in grantee visibility
$5M+ new investment unlocked
Sustained media partnerships
Education · Community

Charter School Founded from the Ground Up

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.

$6M+ raised
300+ students served
First charter endowment in city
Think Tank · Policy

National Policy Research Organization Repositioned

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.

Multi-million new investments
5 issue areas unified
National policy influence
National · Regulatory

Federal Regulatory Collaboration on Economic Mobility

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.

Federal regulatory partner
Cross-sector coalition
Systems-level change

Deep Bench. Specialized Expertise. On Demand.

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.

Health Equity
Climate & Environmental Justice
Economic & Community Development
Gender Equity
Racial Equity & Justice
Education & Youth Development
Housing & Affordable Housing
Workforce Development
Arts & Culture
Digital Equity & Technology Access
Food Security & Nutrition
Civic Engagement & Democracy
Monica Mitchell speaking at Where We Live initiative
Monica Mitchell
Founder & CEO · Corporate Impact Partners
Georgetown University Faculty · Harvard University

Bringing Bold Perspectives to the Biggest Stages

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.

Signature Topics

The Business Case for Community-Centered Impact: Why ROI and Equity Aren't Trade-Offs
Transformational Philanthropy: Moving Beyond Charity to Systems Change
10 Essential Questions Every Funder Should Ask Before Writing a Check
From the Community, Not About It: Redefining Who Designs Social Impact
Advancing Economic Mobility in Historically Marginalized Communities
The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact as Competitive Advantage
Keynotes Panels Workshops Moderator Executive Briefings University Lectures
Book Monica to Speak
Monica Mitchell

Two Decades of Turning Vision into Community & Business Returns

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.

Harvard University UCLA Anderson Georgetown Faculty Charter School Founder Aspen Institute Fellow Mayoral Appointee Governor Appointee Published Author

Thought Leadership

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.

Educator & Scholar

Harvard University, Master of Liberal Arts in Nonprofit Management. UCLA Anderson Executive Leadership. Georgetown University faculty in Philanthropic Leadership.

Institution Builder

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.

Civic & Government Leader

Baltimore City Commissioner appointed by Mayor Scott. Maryland Affordable Housing Trust board member appointed by Governor Moore. OCC Project REACh national collaborator.

Ready to Build Impact
That Performs?

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.

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