We can help
Our mission is helping you achieve yours.
Bright Lion provides a wide variety of consulting and services options. Many of our offerings are listed below. If you don't see what you're looking for, please contact us. We can discuss your challenges, strengths, and needs and tailor a solution to fit your unique situation.
Whether you just have an idea for a great nonprofit or you need to completely revamp an existing organization, we have you covered.
Nonprofit Start-ups
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Register with state
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Draft by-laws
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File articles of incorporation
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Get federal EIN
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Obtain nonprofit status
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Setup donation platforms
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Consult to help you hone your ideas, mission, vision, etc.
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Craft grant proposals
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Consult on course corrections
General Services
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Develop or rebuild website
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Create logos and branding
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Create marketing materials
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Launch branded social media accounts
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Various application and resource training
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Team building activities/retreats
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Program development
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Challenge consulting
Nonprofit and Small Business
Consulting and Services
Authentic Community
Engagement
Learn tips and tricks to participate in and lead truly authentic community engagement.
Learn skills to:
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Build trust
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Get yourself invited to the table
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Get others to show up at your table
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Listen to and act on community input
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Participate in difficult meetings and conversations
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​De-escalate tense situations
Nature Equity for
Health & Resilience
We can help your efforts to:
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Create new greenspaces
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Make changes to existing greenspaces to make them more usable, accessible, and culturally relevant
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Create community-led parks
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Develop diverse park and outdoor programming for all ages and experience levels
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Create community education initiatives teaching about the link between time spent outdoors and human health and resilience
Gardening & Food
Security Initiatives
We'll walk you through how to:
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Create new and revitalize existing school or community gardens
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Plan proper garden design and construction
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Decide on veggie, native, pollinator, or hybrid gardens
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Learn a variety of gardening skills and organic gardening principles
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Develop a mix of garden programming that appeals to a wide audience
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Develop a comprehensive sustainability plan to ensure long-term success
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Develop a harvest distribution plan to ensure healthy and nutritious produce gets to those who need it most
Gardening initiatives can help turn the tide in the battle against food insecurity. The combination of school and community gardens can be a game changer in improving both community health and educational outcomes for children and youth.
Shared Leadership &
Decision Making
The ultimate way to truly engage with community members in your projects and programming and develop better trust and relationships is to include them in your leadership structure and decision making-process.
We can assist with:
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Determining and effectively communicating what your goals are
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Developing a shared leadership structure
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Identifying what roles are needed and whether community members can fill them
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How to build trust and recruit community members and community-based organizations to participate
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How to work with the community to create new or strengthen existing projects and programming
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How to create rubrics that help mitigate biases in decision making
This is not always easy, and there will be challenges and learning opportunities along the way, but Bright Lion can help make the transition to this model go more smoothly.
Long-Term
Sustainability Planning
No ongoing project or program is safe without a concrete sustainability plan. "Ms. Johnson really likes doing this" is not sustainable. What happens when Ms. Johnson moves or gets sick?
We'll help you:
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Determine the key components of sustainability that apply to you
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​Identify resources that will strengthen your project's success
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Craft a detailed sustainability plan that can be adjusted as needed
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Learn to identify and recruit partners that can help
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Learn to encourage community members to participate