Transform Consulting Group

10/01/2026

Happy 10-year work-iversary to our Data Manager (and resident Data Queen), Sara Gropp! 🎉

For a decade, Sara has been the person behind the numbers at TCG. She cleans the datasets, builds the dashboards, and makes sure every report we deliver is accurate and ready to use. Our clients' stories of impact are stronger because of her work.

Sara, thank you for 10 years of expertise, curiosity, and always finding the story in the numbers. We're grateful to have you on the team!

09/15/2026

You have a vision for making a difference in your community but does that mean you need to start a nonprofit?

Before filing the paperwork, there are some important questions worth asking. Is another organization already addressing the need? Is the idea financially sustainable? Do you have the capacity to manage compliance? Could fiscal sponsorship or collaboration create an even greater impact?

A strong mission matters but so does having the right strategy and infrastructure behind it. Taking time to assess the landscape before moving forward can help ensure your idea is positioned for sustainable, long-term impact.

Read the full blog below to explore five things to consider before taking the next step.

https://www.transformconsultinggroup.com/evaluation/wait-read-this-before-starting-a-nonprofit/

09/14/2026

Access to quality, affordable child care is more than a family issue, it’s a workforce and economic development issue.

Our team recently attended the 2026 Indiana Chamber Childcare Summit, where leaders from across the state came together to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and solutions shaping Indiana’s child care landscape.

When families have access to reliable child care, parents are better able to participate in the workforce, employers can attract and retain talent, and communities are positioned to grow and thrive.

And one of our favorite parts? Seeing so many friends, partners, and past and current clients working together toward a stronger Indiana. 🧡

Thank you to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for bringing together so many voices around this important conversation!

09/11/2026

Starting a nonprofit isn’t always the best way to make a difference.

The nonprofit sector is crowded. Approximately 100,000 new nonprofits are formed in the U.S. each year, with organizations competing for a finite pool of funding, talent, board members, and other resources.

Before creating another organization, it’s worth asking a different question: Could we make a greater impact by strengthening, partnering with, or investing in organizations that already exist?

Thoughtful collaboration can help communities reduce duplication, make better use of limited resources, and focus more energy on the impact everyone is ultimately trying to achieve.

Starting something new can be exciting but sometimes the most strategic path forward is working together.

Should You Start a Nonprofit? Read our blog to explore the question and consider what approach could create the greatest impact.

https://www.transformconsultinggroup.com/fundraising-strategies/should-you-start-a-nonprofit/

The nonprofit sector has a saturation problem. For too long, we have equated 'starting a nonprofit' with 'making a difference,' but the math does not add up. Each year, approximately 100,000 new nonprofits are formed in the United States. When thousands of small entities vie for the same finite pool...

09/10/2026

Looking for a speaker or trainer who can make data and strategy click for a nonprofit audience? That's what we do.

At TCG, speaking and training aren't a side offering, they're part of how we help organizations and communities build real capacity. We work with conferences, associations, foundations and nonprofit organizations across two main series:

📊 Data Informed Series: practical sessions on using data to strengthen program outcomes, tell a clearer impact story, make the case to funders and boards alike, and strengthen internal data architecture.

🧭 Nonprofit Leader Series: covering the topics that keep leaders up at night: board governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and program evaluation.

We also speak and facilitate collective impact: helping cross-sector partners build shared plans that move communities forward together.

If you're planning a conference agenda, board retreat, or staff training and want a session that leaves people with real tools (not just inspiration), let's talk.

📩 Shoot an email to [email protected] to learn more about booking TCG for your next event!

09/09/2026

Access to safe, affordable housing is essential to strong communities.

Addressing housing needs often requires more than the work of a single organization. In Kosciusko County, the Community Foundation and Habitat for Humanity recognized an opportunity to bring community partners together around a shared vision for housing and long-term impact.

Transform Consulting Group partnered with Kosciusko County Community Foundation and Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County to support strategic planning and governance for their housing coalition. Through facilitated conversations, stakeholder engagement, and collaborative planning, the process helped partners identify shared priorities, clarify their collective direction, and build a stronger foundation for working together.

The result demonstrates the power of coalition-building paired with intentional strategic planning.

Read the full case study below:
https://www.transformconsultinggroup.com/project/building-a-coalition-for-lasting-housing-solutions/

Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County (Habitat) recognized the need for a county-wide housing coalition that could unify local nonprofits, government offices, funders, developers, and service providers around one common agenda.

09/07/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day from Transform Consulting Group!
Today, we celebrate the hard work, dedication, and contributions of people who strengthen our organizations and communities every day.

We’re especially grateful for the individuals and organizations we have the privilege of working alongside as they create opportunities, serve others, and make a lasting impact across their communities.

Here’s to the people behind the progress. We hope everyone enjoys a safe, relaxing, and well-deserved Labor Day! ❤️🤍💙

09/01/2026

❓ Funding a cause is easy. Funding it well is the hard part.

Every foundation wants their dollars to make a difference. But good intentions can only take a funding strategy so far. Without a clear picture of root causes, even well-funded initiatives can miss the mark.

🔎 That's the gap research helps close. When the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation set out to address the racial wealth gap in New Jersey, they partnered with Transform Consulting Group to answer foundational questions first: Where are the barriers most acute? What's driving them? What does the data and the community say is needed?

📌 A few questions we'd encourage any foundation to sit with before finalizing a funding strategy:

➡️ Do we understand the structural, historical drivers of the issue we're funding and not just its symptoms?

➡️ Are we seeing both the regional trends and the community-specific realities?

➡️ Have we heard directly from the people closest to the problem?

💬 If the honest answer is "not yet," that's not a failure, it's an opportunity.

📖 See how this played out for one foundation below:
https://www.transformconsultinggroup.com/project/racial-wealth-gap-study/

08/28/2026

📈 What does it mean for a community to really "know itself"? It starts with shared indicators, a common set of metrics that nonprofits, funders, and civic leaders can all point to and say, "this is where we stand."

🧭 That's the goal behind our latest work with the Community Foundation of Wabash County, where TCG is helping local nonprofits identify shared metrics to track community vitality and well-being for the foundation for a new community indicators dashboard.

🔍 Without shared data, it's easy for a community's various institutions to operate on different assumptions about what's working and what isn't.

✅ With it, nonprofits can align around common goals, funders can direct resources more precisely, and civic leaders can point to real evidence, not anecdotes, when making the case for what's needed next.

🏡 This is the kind of quiet, foundational work that makes a community's bigger initiatives possible.

📖 See how it's coming together below:

https://www.transformconsultinggroup.com/communities/transform-consulting-group-partners-with-community-foundation-of-wabash-county-on-community-indicators-dashboard-strengthening-nonprofits/

08/25/2026

Your annual report is one of your best data storytelling tools, if it's built right.

We broke down the 5 essential elements every nonprofit annual report needs in our latest blog series. Start below.

Learn how to plan ahead and reach your audiences with a comprehensive distribution plan with Essential Element 5 of Annual Reports