What Makes Us Unique?

Our services and trainings build on your strengths and knowledge, and draw on our expertise and the most current research.

We excel in translating research to practice and relating practice to the research.

"With the expansion of Aurora Consulting, I now have a one-stop shop to send inquiries about governance, strategic planning, program development and evaluation issues." Read More
- Melissa M. Stone, Ph.D., Gross Family Professor of Nonprofit Management, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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Where We Excel

  • Leadership & Governance

    Strengthening the leadership and governance of your organization helps you recognize, manage, and thrive through opportunities and challenges. More »

  • Performance Management & Evaluation

    Performance management and evaluation are about increasing impact through reflection, adaptation, learning, and growing. More »

  • Sustainability

    Sustainability is about a multi-pronged approach to organizing and leveraging your resources to further your mission. More »

  • Trainings

    We train for groups large and small, and customize trainings to the needs of your group. More »

  • Recent Work & Announcements

    • Social Enterprise Nonprofit Governance: Where’s the focus?

      Is there a difference?   Governing social enterprise nonprofits is not just a minor tweak here and there. It is a cultural, behavioral and cognitive shift from your typical nonprofit governance. We can see that by looking at the qualities that define social enterprise nonprofits: Entrepreneurial with higher levels of risk tolerance Innovative and creative [...]

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    • Welcome to the Aurora blog!

      We’ve been working with the nonprofit and public sectors for more than 10 years at Aurora Consulting and have more than 60 years experience between us. Every year we continue to learn, and to be challenged and inspired by the organizations we are encounter through our work and our board service.

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    • Look Before You Leap – Is social enterprise the right choice?

      The concept of “social enterprise” has achieved increasing buzz over the past five years. Many now see it as the only game in town. In this post, the first in a three-part series, we explore the opportunities and challenges of social enterprise.

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    • Aurora Consulting is Growing

      We are celebrating the addition of Allison Rojas to our consulting team. Allison comes to us with more than 25 years experience working with nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. She brings a great depth of experience in performance assessment, creating organizational systems, program development, evaluation, and effective communication with diverse external stakeholders.

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