Human-Centered Strategy, Story, and Impact

Arc & Measure partners with small to mid-size nonprofits to turn mission into measurable impact. I provide thoughtful strategy, expert grant management, rigorous evaluation, and compelling storytelling so organizations can plan with confidence, demonstrate outcomes, and win the support they need.

I translate your real-world impact into human-centered stories and metrics that have heart—so you can attract funders, strengthen your programs, and uplift the people you serve.

Services

Strategic Planning &
Needs Assessments

  • Assess your organization’s strengths and growth opportunities

  • Craft organizational and scenario plans that help you move forward with confidence

  • Create fundraising & fund development plans that bring you the revenue you need

  • Develop a theory of change that centers your community’s strengths and voices

Impact Evaluation

  • Build program evaluation tools that will yield rich, actionable data

  • Analyze your data to distill the heart of your work in both stories and numbers

  • Draft compelling reports, summaries, and plans for your stakeholders

  • Design and implement an internal program evaluation workflow that your hardworking team can feel good about

  • Establish a practice of continuous quality improvement that ensures your constituents’ voices always stay at the heart of your work

Grant Writing & Management

  • Write and submit robust and compelling proposals for funding

  • Craft grant reports

  • Research grant opportunities and potential funders

  • Develop and manage a year-round pipeline of grant opportunities

  • Create feasible systems to ensure compliance with grant deliverables and other funder requirements

Storytelling

  • Craft a mission statement that moves

  • Develop key messages that speak to your impact

  • Create a case for support that turns impact into dollars

  • Position your brand and elevate what sets you apart

  • Write white papers that dive deep into the challenges you address and the problems you solve

Impact

Since 2011 I’ve helped nonprofits in healthcare, social services, education, and the arts raise over $25 million to fund their transformative missions. Highlights include:

  • Securing a $500,000 State grant to expand Career Technical Education at Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District

  • Rebranding the Sonoma Community Center to showcase the organization’s commitment to inclusion and equity

  • Building an impact evaluation practice at the UpValley Family Centers, including the creation of a new Data Analyst position

  • Creating a distributed Leadership Team at the Women’s Community Clinic to support staff through a merger

“Charlotte is a gifted writer who is able to artfully blend societal issues, hard data, program information, and human impact stories to paint a clear picture and make a compelling case about an organization’s work. Whether through proposals, articles, case studies, or other written content, she always does an amazing job appealing to readers’ hearts and minds.”
—Jenny Ocón, Executive Director, UpValley Family Centers

Contact Me

Let me know how I can help you amplify your impact!

Schedule an introductory call

Email: charlotte@arcmeasure.org

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