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Strategy · Capital · Execution

Helping mission-driven work get funded — and get done.

Whether you're a funder, a nonprofit, or a founder, IKA assembles the right strategy, the right capital, and the right people around your goal — and stays through implementation. We work across philanthropy, nonprofits, and ventures, so we can reach blended, cross-sector solutions a single-lane advisor can't.

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What We Do

Three pillars, equal weight

PILLAR 01

Philanthropic Advising

For funders and family offices who want their giving to go further. We design giving strategies, source and vet opportunities, and build the structures that turn capital into measurable impact.

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PILLAR 02

Non-Profit Consulting

For mission-driven organizations that need to get stronger and better funded. We sharpen strategy, formalize governance, and connect you to the donors and networks that help you grow.

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PILLAR 03

Impact Businesses

For mission-aligned businesses that need capital, expertise, and the right partners to scale. We help entrepreneurs sharpen their story, structure their raise, and connect to aligned investors and cross-sector partners.

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A team built around your problem — not an org chart

Every engagement gets a purpose-built team. We pull the right specialists from our private network — built environment, impact investing, governance, go-to-market, market entry — and assemble them around your specific goal, then manage the work through to results.

Because we work across philanthropy, nonprofits, and ventures at once, that team can reach solutions a single-lane firm can't: a foundation's grant that de-risks a venture, a nonprofit mission that unlocks blended capital, a technology that advances a funder's goals.

Our Team

A senior partner leads every engagement, backed by a private network of specialists matched to your goal.

Built environmentLifestyle / REImpact investingIndia marketsGreen building+ more

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Selected clients & partners

Cytokind
BrainSavers
Global Forest Generation
GreenStreet Global
21CC Education
Testimonial

— Jeff Solomon, co-author, The Art of Giving

How we engage

01
Vision & Strategy

We start with the outcome you're after — clarifying goals, mapping the landscape, and defining what success looks like.

02
Detailed Planning

We turn strategy into a concrete plan — the partners, capital, governance, and milestones needed to make it real.

03
Turnkey Implementation

We don't just advise and leave. We deploy our network to execute — managing the work through to results.

Insights

Perspectives from the intersection of philanthropy, nonprofits, and ventures — plus the IKA newsletter.

Cross-Sector
The intersection is the opportunity

Why the most durable impact comes from working philanthropy, nonprofits, and ventures as one system.

Iva Kaufman · 4 min read

Newsletter
Better Health & Well-being

IKA's recurring newsletter on health, longevity, and well-being.

Ventures
Build for the day the grant runs out

An operator's case for earned revenue as the truest form of impact insurance.

Craig Ullman · 4 min read

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