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

    • 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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    • United Health

      In 2011, Allison began working with United Healthcare to build and implement a new program to connect with its community-based partners. With UHC staff, she is developing and strengthening relationships through capacity building efforts.

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    • Julia Classen published in Nonprofit Quarterly

      Julia Classen was published in the Spring 2011 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her article, “Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior,” digs into the empirically derived model of Miriam Wood from over 20 years ago to see if it still holds true today. Click here to read the article.

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    • Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches

      In 2011, Julia Jackson worked with five East and West African immigrant-led nonprofits in the Twin Cities to provide capacity building coaching, training, and support related to fundraising, program development, and evaluation. Each step of this process was tailored to meet the needs of the organization with capacity building designed to meet the organization where they are at and take them a few steps further.

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