Advising Firm for Nonprofit Leaders

When stakes are high and clarity

can’t wait.

We help nonprofit and philanthropic leaders seeking clarity and alignment during pivotal moments

What We Do

Chime Partners partners with nonprofit and philanthropic executives to drive clarity when the stakes are high and decisions can’t wait. We guide you in turning ambiguity into focused, unified execution – accelerating progress, mitigating risk, and unlocking long-term organizational potential.

ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSITIONS

We help executives find opportunity in the midst of volatility, specializing in CEO transitions, scenario planning, and strategic pivots – and all while building organizational resilience.

lEADERSHIP TEAM STRATEGY

We elevate your executive team as your sharpest strategic asset — aligned, decisive, and future-ready.

1:1 Executive Coaching

We offer 1:1 tailored, hands-on counsel for executive leaders. That might mean co-creating a rubric for your next COO search, workshopping an agenda for a critical board meeting, and more.

Who We Work With

Chime Partners advises established nonprofit and philanthropic leaders. With direct experience in K-12 education, we have particular expertise and passion for working with youth-serving and human service organizations.

View Our Clients

Our clients don’t wait months to see value — they feel it in the first conversation. They have shared that Chime Partners helps them:

Lead confidently

through change and complexity

Strengthen team

trust, direction, and cohesion

Take bold, decisive action

to mitigate risk and seize opportunities

Our Approach

Chime Partners guides leaders through ambiguity with precision — helping them find opportunity in the midst of volatility and drive alignment and quick execution through a proven, flexible process that balances strategic rigor with human insight.

Our four-step process is paced to meet the needs of your team and the moment. You can count on us to listen with empathy, ask the hard questions, and bring practical tools grounded in real-world experience. Our support is tailored, trusted, and designed to drive clarity, cohesion, and confident action.

Understand context and define goals

Surface what drives and drains your team, using the Working Genius model

Guide conversations on critical challenges and necessary tradeoffs

Collaborate to create simple, actionable outputs that unify and activate your team

“Working with Allison has helped our organization understand its priorities and create an action plan to put those priorities into action. Allison’s style is a unique blend of deep-active listening and thought provoking questions coupled with a problem solving spirit. In a few short months she has impacted our organization tremendously."

James Rudyk, Jr.

Former Executive Director, Northwest Center

“Allison is an incredible executive coach. She is trustworthy and collaborative and has a deep understanding of leadership dynamics in a social impact organization. She has exceptional complex problem solving skills that have helped me think through and gain clarity on approaches to challenges faced by my organization"

Priya Shah

Former Executive Director, Storycatchers Theatre

"Allison provided nuanced insights and healthy push-back over the course of our project, which I appreciated. In many cases she changed my mind in a good way. Our team also raved about how helpful Allison was as a thought partner and coach on our project. She was responsive, asked great questions, and could quickly shift gears wherever the conversation or direction of the project went."

Aarti Dhupelia

CEO, One Million Degrees
Former VP and Dean, National Louis University

"Allison is a great coach and partner to leaders in mission-driven work! She has deep knowledge of tools and templates that have helped our executive team work together more effectively and get crisper on our strategy. Her guidance and connection to resources saved us time and effort because we could start with a proven process."