Values-Driven Consulting

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Bringing expertise and compassion.

Natalie Bridgeman Fields is a senior consultant and philanthropic advisor dedicated to advancing justice-driven philanthropic missions. Natalie’s clients include individual donors, family offices, foundations, and institutions.

Natalie’s experience across sectors enriches the effectiveness of the values-driven services she offers her clients. Her collaborations draw on her three decades as a lawyer, consultant, award-winning social entrepreneur, executive director, public speaker, author, and educator.

She grounds her partnerships in respect, rigor, a focus on clarity and impact, and a commitment to the principles of trust-based philanthropy.

Learn More About Natalie

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Philanthropic Advising

Natalie serves as an advisor and partner to clients seeking to sharpen their impact, crowd-in coalitions of support, and reduce risk.

Drawing on her three decades of designing and implementing successful communications strategies for change-making, Natalie also helps clients articulate their key messages to inspire peers and the public to catalyze change.

Natalie’s clients include individual philanthropists, family offices, and foundations.

Services include:

Strategy consulting: supporting clients to maximize impact by clarifying goals and articulating strategies to achieve them.
Coalition-building: Drawing on expertise in complex, global coalition-building to increase collective support for formal and informal donor collaboratives.
Risk reviews: review and evaluation of philanthropic or mission investing portfolios to review and address potential areas of risk.
Other bespoke advisory support, including around high-stakes meetings and convenings.
Natalie’s writing on mission investing and risk: SSIR | Devex | Stanford Law School Blog
Key Message Communication Support: Supporting clients to reach audiences with key messages, and communicate in clear, compelling, and inspiring ways.
Technical Communications Support: Specializing in both internal and external communications through developing communications strategy and tracking tools, drafting, writing, and communications training.
External communications support may include communications with the public, peers, grantees, or the press.
Natalie’s writing and press | Natalie’s speaking and teaching