Plan A Advisors

No two organizations, no two institutions, and no two foundations are ever exactly alike. No two planning processes should be, either. Plan A Advisors® was founded by Evan Kingsley and Adam Gaynor to design and facilitate highly individualized and often transformative approaches to the unique needs of our clients, their audiences, their leadership... and their financial and organizational platforms. For nonprofits, limited resources and heightened accountability are the new normal. Designing effective and efficient pathways to setting and meeting compelling goals is what governing bodies, organizational leaders and funders demand. Clients hire Plan A for exceptional guidance, and to get it rightthe first time. We begin by asking: What are your aspirations? Then we help our clients to arrive at an answer through research, debate and exercises that build consensus around a shared vision. We design and facilitate a rigorous and inclusive process to develop compelling plans built around vision, goals, objectives and tactics that are measurable and realistic. We work with our clients to ensure that committed and effective professional and lay leadership is in place to successfully deliver on the promise of any planning process. Adequate capital and a means for securing it are central to any plans fulfillment, so we ask tough questions and assist in developing funding plans as part of any engagement. Going it alone may get you there faster, but going it together gets you further; we believe in the value that partners bring to realizing a vision, and having impact. For clients in accredited sectors (e.g. higher education, museums) subject to oversight (e.g. Middle State Commission on Higher Education, American Alliance of Museums), Plan A processes and products are expressly designed to meet accreditation requirements. Evan Kingsley and Adam Gaynor formed Plan A Advisors® in 2013. Together they have more than five decades of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising and organizational development across the ...Read More