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Senior strategic leadership at your table, when a plan, a funding application or a transition is on the line.

FILO helps Quebec nonprofits and foundations with the decisions that shape their trajectory: the work of a philanthropic strategy consultant, delivered on a fractional basis. Three pillars of practice: governance, processes, tools, all augmented by artificial intelligence. Ten packages and one add-on module, available individually and combinable to fit your needs.

Why FILO.

An impact organization rests on a structure you can’t see: the coherence between mission, strategy, measurement, funding, governance.

FILO exists to hold it together. Senior expertise augmented by AI, that sees the underlying structure of your impact and makes it coherent.

Who this is for.

01

You’re scaling up.

Your nonprofit has grown organically. Instinct has carried you this far. The strategic structure hasn’t kept up. You need to clarify where you’re headed before growth turns into drift.

02

A funder requires a strategy.

A funding partner is asking for a plan, a theory of change, a measurement framework. You have neither the time nor the appetite to hire for this. You want a rigorous deliverable, done once, done well.

03

Your leadership is changing.

A transition is underway. Leadership is leaving, arriving, or the board is stepping in. You want to secure the handover, pass on what’s been learned, and write down what was never written.

Three pillars
of practice.

Every organization aligns across three levels that feed each other: governance sets the direction, processes run the machine, tools support both. FILO works across all three. Two lenses run through each pillar: impact and artificial intelligence. Every package is fixed-scope, with a named deliverable and monthly billing.

01

Governance.

The strategic framework that aligns mission, direction and accountability.

Founding documents and adopted frameworks. Governance is the backbone: without it, nothing else holds.

PackageDurationDeliverable
Theory of change and measurement framework8 wks.Documented theory, indicators, data collection plan
3-year strategic plan12 wks.Plan adopted by the board (impact + AI lenses)
↳ + growth module (optional)+6-8 wks.Expanded plan: structure, funding, programs
Funding strategy8 wks.Diversified plan, targeted funder pipeline
AI policy and ethical framework4-6 wks.AI policy adopted by the board
02

Processes.

Skills and operational workflows, augmented by AI.

Your team learns to use AI day to day: roadmap, training, workflows.

PackageDurationDeliverable
AI mapping and adoption plan4-6 wks.Use-case mapping, prioritized roadmap
AI training for your team4-6 wks.Self-sufficient team, internal playbook
AI-assisted grant writing6-8 wks.AI workflow, 2-3 pilot applications submitted
03

Tools.

The technical and digital infrastructure of your impact.

Building and deploying custom tools: dashboards, AI assistants, grant pipelines.

PackageDurationDeliverable
Impact dashboard8 wks.Operational dashboard aggregating indicators
Custom AI assistants8-12 wks.1 to 3 AI assistants deployed + team training
Automated grant pipeline6-8 wks.AI workflow across the full chain

Packages can be taken individually, in the order that suits you. You start with the one that solves your immediate need. Every mandate ends with a concrete deliverable and, when relevant, a proposal for the next phase.

Beyond the project

Ongoing strategic leadership.

Some needs don’t fit into a fixed-scope mandate. An organization in transition, a board that needs a strategic voice at its table, a family foundation taking shape that wants a long-term thinking partner.

Fractional strategic leadership

Minimum six-month engagement, renewable. Scope defined at the start of the mandate, adjustable quarterly.

All pricing is shared during the discovery call, calibrated to the precise scope of your mandate.

Let’s talk about what you need.

Thirty minutes to understand where you’re at and see if I’m the right fit. No commitment.

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