Our consulting work centers on strategy, structure, and organizational health.
Clients come to us when they’re developing or revisiting strategy, building or reshaping teams, navigating growth, creating new initiatives, or turning big-picture vision into day-to-day practice.
While Allium’s background is rooted in journalism, our work today is about the systems and decisions that make organizations impactful, people-centered, and sustainable.
What we do
PROBLEMS WE SOLVE
Navigate growth or major change
Clarify strategy
Strengthen leadership capacity
Improve communication and decision-making
Launch new initiatives or prepare for expansion
Allium Partners helps clients:
Consulting services
Consulting specialities
Strategic planning
Organizational design
Team development
Content and community listening strategy
Programming and facilitation
Change management
Past engagements
Strategic planning: City Bureau, Tiny News Collective, The New Bedford Light, Documenters Network
Programming and facilitation: Democracy Notes’ peer learning cohorts; The Open Notebook’s team and board retreat, The Intercept’s 2023 + 2025 staff convenings
Community listening and product development: Principal researcher for the Life After High School project with Open Campus
Advisory: Strategic advisor for the Knight Foundation on the creation and development of the Knight-Georgetown Institute; operations analysis and data audit for the American Journalism Project
Strategic analysis: Analyst and editor for the LION (Local Independent Online News) Publishers Sustainability Audits and Funding program
Coaching services
Coaching builds a bridge from the present state to the future you want. We co-create that bridge with clients — asking the questions that reveal patterns, sharpen strategy, and build leadership confidence. We travel the path with our clients, but they’re charting the course.
Our coaching focuses on leadership development, decision-making, organizational design and management, strategic thinking, growth planning, and change navigation.
About coaching
Founder of a nonprofit journalism support organization
Founder of a statewide news hub during launch and first-year development
First-time editor and people manager in a multi-local newsroom
Sample clients
Coach for the INN (Institute for Nonprofit News) 2024 Emerging Leaders Council; coach during INN Days 2025
LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers) Sustainability 360 coach (2025–26) and GNI-funded startups lab coach (see sample case studies here and here)
HOW WE WORK
Consulting
We begin with a conversation to understand your goals, needs, and constraints. Together, we design a tailored engagement that fits your organization’s aims and capacity.
Coaching
We start with a complimentary initial meeting to ensure alignment.
We offer 8- and 12-session packages, usually on a biweekly or monthly cadence.
Custom options are available.
Discounts are available for nonprofits, organizations with budgets less than $1M, and individuals paying out of pocket.