Helping nonprofits move beyond fragmentation by working together—intentionally, strategically, and with results.
The most complex challenges facing nonprofits today can't be solved by organizations working alone. Yet collaboration is often encouraged without the structure, time, or facilitation required to make it effective.
J29 Strategies exists to change that.
Our work centers on Collaborative Cohorts—structured, facilitated groups of aligned organizations that come together around shared challenges and leave with real solutions, stronger partnerships, and momentum that lasts.
Nonprofits are being asked to meet rising community needs with tighter funding, higher expectations, and operating models that haven't kept pace.
Leaders know collaboration matters—but too often it stays aspirational.
Good intentions, no structure
Peer networks, no accountability
Consultants, no follow-through
What's missing is intentional design.
We don't convene conversations for conversation's sake.
We design collaboration to lead to action.
grounded in real-world constraints
that allows candor, trust, and progress
inside complex nonprofit systems
The result: collaboration that produces alignment, decisions, and durable outcomes.
If your organization is ready to move from working in parallel to working together—we'd love to talk.
Get in TouchStructured collaboration for nonprofits facing shared challenges.
Collaborative Cohorts bring together 6–10 aligned nonprofits—and, when appropriate, mission-aligned businesses—to work collectively on a shared strategic, operational, or community challenge.
Rather than tackling these issues in isolation, organizations engage in a time-bound, facilitated process designed to produce practical solutions and lasting partnerships.
This is not a peer network.
It's not a discussion group.
It's collaboration with structure, accountability, and outcomes.
Cohorts are especially effective when organizations are facing:
Each cohort runs 3–6 months and includes:
The process moves deliberately from clarity → action → outcomes.
While every cohort is different, common outcomes include:
Most importantly, participants leave with progress, not just insight.
Interested in joining or launching a Collaborative Cohort?
Let's explore whether it's the right fitFocused support when organizations need to go deeper.
While Collaborative Cohorts are the center of our work, some challenges require organization-specific attention. In other cases, advisory work supports or extends cohort participation.
We offer strategic support that is practical, embedded, and designed for execution.
Vision, prioritization, and roadmaps that leaders can actually use.
Strengthening governance, roles, and decision-making.
Executive teams, boards, and cross-functional groups.
Structure, operating model, and readiness for growth or collaboration.
Designing and operationalizing strategic alliances.
Extra capacity during periods of transition or change.
These engagements may stand alone—or serve as a bridge into or out of Collaborative Cohorts. Either way, the goal is the same: clarity, alignment, and momentum.
The social impact sector is at an inflection point.
Community needs are rising. Funding is tightening. Expectations for impact and efficiency continue to grow. Yet many organizations are being asked to solve today's problems using systems built for a different era.
Across the sector, we see the same interconnected challenges:
These are not failures of commitment or talent.
They are systemic problems.
Lasting impact requires strong organizations.
Strong organizations don't succeed alone.
J29 Strategies was created to help nonprofits move beyond isolated effort toward coordinated action—with the structure, facilitation, and strategic discipline required to make collaboration work.
We operate at the intersection of:
We don't deliver recommendations and walk away. We work alongside leaders as they navigate real decisions, real constraints, and real change.
Our role is to help organizations:
Amelia Fox has spent her career working at the intersection of mission, business, and systems.
She brings more than 25 years of experience across consulting, corporate strategy, education technology, and senior nonprofit leadership—including serving as Chief Strategy Officer and Acting CEO of a $400M human services organization.
Throughout her career, Amelia has been brought in when organizations were growing fast, navigating complexity, or facing inflection points—helping leaders untangle challenges, align teams, and turn strategy into execution.
Her work is grounded in lived experience: building strategy inside real organizations, under real constraints, with real people.
Clients describe Amelia as:
She believes collaboration works best when it is designed with intention, facilitated with care, and focused on action.
If you're exploring collaboration—and want a partner who understands both the strategy and the reality—we'd welcome the conversation.
Ready to explore how structured collaboration can help your organization?
Tampa Bay, Florida