What makes change sustainable? I've been supporting organizations and departments through major change for years—creating new workflows, transitioning from outdated systems to ones that seemingly fit a need, often not...
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Skeleton Key Strategies is a technology, organizational development, and management consulting firm that helps nonprofits to innovate faster, navigate change better, and amplify their causes more effectively.
As we work with organizations to evolve their systems, structures, and strategies, we keep humans and relationships at the center of our approach. We build upon your core values and strengths to promote innovation, enable healthy change, and create holistic, durable solutions.
We are partners, collaborators, and co-conspirators.
We roll up our sleeves and we commit to finishing the job to the best of our ability, which means our solutions are durable and our clients feel empowered to continue leading the work after we’re gone.
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We are data, tech, and operations experts representing decades of nonprofit leadership and consulting experience. Our fluency in the needs and nuances of nonprofits allows us to serve as translators, facilitators, analysts, and storytellers, helping organizations bridge the strategic gap between what’s happening and what’s possible.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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MARCH 25-27, 2026
ST. LOUIS, MO
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MAY 12-15, 2026
As part of the launch of our research project with A.R.T./New York, Health + Wealth: Empowering NYC Theatremakers Through Data, SKS Founder Justin Birdsong joined A.R.T./NY’s Co-Executive Directors Talia Corren and Risa Shoup, and Annie Bares with research partner SMU DataArts, for a live session at the 2025 A.R.T./NY Spring Summit.
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