Research & Innovation

You have brilliant “What if?” questions —What if we could predict which donors are at risk? What if this program model could scale? What if we could measure our real community impact?— but your team’s capacity is consumed by daily operations that leave little space for big-picture thinking.

We can be your capacity to turn those questions into actionable insights. Working alongside subject matter experts from our network — social scientists, statisticians, program evaluators — we combine our strategy and process expertise with deep domain knowledge to tackle your most intriguing challenges, test your boldest hypotheses, and make sure that the outcome of this work is communicated strategically.

Our research & innovation services include:

Survey planning and design

Participatory program development

Feasibility studies

Program scoping and facilitation

End-to-end delivery of research and innovation grantmaking programs

Impact measurement

Developmental editing

Our strategic partnership with A.R.T./NY, generating new insights on the NYC theatre community

Research Publication Scoping, Planning, and Design; Stakeholder Engagement; Strategic Communications; Developmental Editing and Content Strategy; Graphics and Data Verification; RFP Management; Project Management (2024-2025)

In 2024, the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./NY) engaged Skeleton Key Strategies as strategic partner on a comprehensive research project examining the post-pandemic health of NYC’s nonprofit theatre community.

We worked hand-in-hand with A.R.T./NY’s co-executive directors to revamp their approach to gathering member data. This project allowed staff to better understand the membership’s makeup and priorities, tailor their offerings to better serve members, translate findings for a public audience, and build visibility and access to funding for the Off-Broadway ecosystem.

Read more about our partnership with A.R.T./NY

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