About Philanthropic Impact
Experienced. Impactful. Thoughtful.
Philanthropy offers extraordinary opportunities. The ripple effect of well-placed funding can be enormous and rewarding. Philanthropic Impact helps our clients achieve meaningful results by providing the right tools and knowledge. Our personalized philanthropic advisory service offerings can help you do the same.
What We Do
Making a Difference.
Each family foundation has a unique set of personalities, interests, motivations, family dynamics and relationships. Multi-generational family foundations are complex entities with distinct challenges and opportunities. Foundation members and their families can be geographically dispersed with strong ties to their local communities. Family interests can be wide-ranging, as are personal passions and funding priorities. Governance and IRS compliance are paramount. It's quite a balancing act, and Philanthropic Impact is here to help.
Consulting Services
Superior Guidance
Trying to figure out if a private foundation is the right choice for you? Seeking a check-up on your current foundation operations? Preparing for an upcoming transition? Wondering how to make your funding more effective? Have a burgeoning nonprofit grantee who needs technical assistance to maximize your funding? Our consulting service offerings are a great place to start these important conversations.
Foundation Management
Dedicated to You
Finding the challenge of balancing governance, nonprofit tax code, nonprofit financial fundamentals and grant administration a bit too much? In strong foundations, all can work together seamlessly. The nuance and detail of the work require an eye toward the greater whole and practical application of principles. Our customized and comprehensive foundation management services can bring operational excellence to your foundation.
Programs
Committed to Quality
Have a funding interest area that you'd like to focus on? Curious about the dimension prize philanthropy could bring to your philanthropic funding portfolio and grantmaking practices? Interested in exploring funding competitions? Our experience with national hybrid prize philanthropy programming can bring your vision to reality.
Who We Are
Trusted. Intentional. Strategic.
Drawing on over thirty years of experience in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors on national and local levels, Philanthropic Impact has served highly successful entrepreneurs, seasoned attorneys, creative visionaries, business icons, academic luminaries and philanthropic leaders. We help philanthropists with foundation operations, define strategic direction, articulate mission and funding goals, and identify appropriate charities for their giving programs. Our client engagements range from a few months to a few years to over two decades.
For over twenty years, I've been providing philanthropic counsel to family foundations and individual philanthropists, including roles as executive director, senior director of operations and programs, grants administrator, and program officer. My thoughtful and personal approach to philanthropy blends for-profit and nonprofit principles, resulting in operational excellence and meaningful outcomes for foundations, their board members, and their communities.
Suzanne Busta
Founder, Philanthropic Impact Inc.
We can explore
the possibilities together.
It is your philanthropic journey, and our goal is to make it enjoyable. If you would like your philanthropy to have a greater impact, be more meaningful, or seek efficient foundation operations, please complete our inquiry form, and we'll arrange a discovery conversation so you can learn more about service offerings and if we are the right choice for you.