Lumen Impact Group
Lumen Impact Group

We partner with you to develop your path forward and the people to implement it.

Because the world needs your greatest impact.
Meet our Team What We Do

Our Difference

We are True Partners

Our team is curious, candid, and committed to impact.

We are Engaging Facilitators

We keep things lively and interactive, so the journey is as rewarding as the destination.

We Lead With Discovery

Our work is grounded in real data, research, and diverse perspectives to reveal the full picture and shape your unique path forward.

We are Committed to Lasting Impact

Our work is designed to endure.

We Empower You, the Experts

Because you know your work and your stakeholders best.

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Your team is going through the motions. Here’s what actually builds culture.

Your team smiled through the icebreaker. Laughed at the happy hour. And forgot both by Monday morning. Culture doesn’t stick from events. It sticks from tradition. We hear it constantly from nonprofit directors and school leaders: “We care about culture. We just can’t seem to make it stick.” The problem isn’t effort or intention. It’s […]

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Supporting Strategic CSP Grant Management at The Opportunity Trust 

Background  The Opportunity Trust, a St. Louis-based organization committed to expanding high-quality public school options, was awarded a five-year Charter Schools Program (CSP) State Entities (SE) grant. From the start of the grant, they joined a national community of practice led by Lumen, where other SE grantees gathered to discuss implementation challenges, share resources, and […]

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Elevating School Improvement Planning: From Compliance to Transformation

By Gina Schlieman, Partner at Lumen Impact Group When your school engages in its annual planning cycle, it can be tempting to focus on the requirements. Reviewing metrics, filling out forms, and discussing outcomes around a board or conference room table can feel monotonous and dry when it’s about checking boxes. With this mindset, School […]

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Clients

Our work isn’t about us.

Clients often say their work with Lumen Impact brings their teams together through clarity in mission, vision and priorities. Your time with us will be marked by light-bulb moments, and the resulting knowledge will fuel your organization daily.
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Testimonials

"They don’t tell you what you want to hear. They tell you what you need to hear. That makes a huge difference. We needed to understand our weaknesses in order to make the organization work right, and I was overwhelmed by how they really got it and they helped us to get it too. They were able to do it in a way that really made me want to understand the goals we needed to focus on. I believe Lumen was absolutely the best we could have found."
Barbara Sellinger
Cresthaven Academy
"I’ve been in nonprofits for 30+ years and have used the services of many consultants, but I have never been so comfortable with their commitment to helping us. It was as if the Lumen team shared our need to have a successful outcome and they were committed to the notion that they would indeed bring value to what we were doing. "
Caroline Novak
Alabama School Readiness Alliance
"The Lumen team did a really good job sharing the hard truths with us. Their findings were different from what we were expecting, but they used the information to push us farther than we originally planned. They were candid and didn’t hide anything from us. We’re now on the path to developing products that are very different from what we’ve done before but are hopefully much more useful for the people we serve."
Drew Jacobs
National Alliance of Public Charter Schools
"The management of a federal CSP grant is a really niche area that requires a tremendous depth of expertise and technical know-how. You need to have a microscopic attention to detail when it comes to compliance and reporting timeliness. The Lumen team is excellent at all of the above. "
Tyler Barnett
New Schools for Alabama
"In my coaching, we make really strong, specific plans for next steps and then we follow up on them in our next conversation. We try to keep those next steps really manageable. When I’m busy, I can’t layer a ton of personal growth on top of my other responsibilities, so we make plans for growth that are baked into the work I’m already doing. That has been really helpful for me. "
Kristen Forbriger
City Fund
"With everything in the CSP world, Lumen has someone on their team with the experience and focus to guide you through the processes. They partnered with us through what would have been a very difficult process had we tried to stumble through it on our own... we probably could have muddled through it as a team, but with their support it was much more smooth, efficient, and professional."
Shannon Greer
Utah Association of Public Charter Schools
"As I got to know the Lumen team, their questions and willingness to support us made it clear they were a good match. They were very engaged, quick to respond, and aligned with how we think as an organization."
Donterrio Marzetti
KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools