[ Jon Huggett :: Non-Profits ]

"Jon provided valuable facilitation, expertise and advice during a difficult discussion within the Wikimedia community about the roles of different groups in our global movement. The results of the work provide a framework for roles and responsibilities of groups in the movement and were endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees."

Barry Newstead, Chief Global Development Officer

"Jon's strategy expertise is broad and deep. His work has not only impacted the success of our ventures portfolio, but also the strength of our organisation as a whole. He is a trusted advisor and a brilliant strategist who has been generous in sharing his experience and know-how to support us in navigating complex challenges. Each time I meet with Jon or watch him in action I learn something new and valuable."

Andrea Coleman, Head of International

I am a Fellow of The Young Foundation, and have advised on strategies for ventures and the Social Innovation Exchange. I have also led teams to advise its grantees on strategy for scaling.

"I worked with Jon on the development of the new institute for collaboration at London South Bank University I found his hard working , knowledgeable, and highly intelligent approach to the project to be a real boon he's a great listener and understands how you get from vision to reality I'd be delighted to work with him again."

Lord Victor O Adebowale

I have advised the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and London South Bank University on the establishment of a new institute.

"Working with Jon was great. He brought the essential outside perspective that we needed to make our project a success. He always had stimulating and challenging insights to offer, and helped us to get to a strong solution. He was also very easy to work with: as the leader of a dispersed international team, all of whom had "day jobs", his responsiveness and flexibility around scheduling meetings and providing input was invaluable. I would certainly use him again, and would recommend him highly to others."

Neville Eisenberg, Country Director

As a Partner I led teams helping 16 different clients in international development, education, web and youth focuses services tackling issues that included growth with constrained resources, picking programs for growth from large portfolios, and taking proven programs to new areas. While serving clients I also led the HR Department of the firm for three years, and relocated to help open the NY office.

"Working with Jon was a refreshing experience. He helped us focus on what matters with an approach which is practical and yet clearly backed up by a wealth of knowledge and wisdom accumulated over years of involvement in commercial and not-for-profit environments around the world. He has a gift for helping articulate complex issues in simple, easily 'digestible' way."

Arsenio Alegre, Chief Executive

"... important and appreciated contribution to our process ... coaching was invaluable"

Irfhan Rawji, Board Chair

"We believe there is no better non-profit consultant than Jon Huggett to advise us on our international expansion for global impact. Jon brings phenomenal experience, knowledge and wisdom combined with a heart-felt passion for the nonprofit sector."

Jack Heath, Founder and Chief Executive

While a Partner at Bridgespan, I led a team to help the Founder and CEO of Inspire craft a plan to launch ReachOut in the USA. Inspire USA is now up and running, and ReachOut will launch in the USA later this year. I also advised Inspire on an opportunity to launch ReachOut in Ireland. Inspire Ireland is being formed and also aims to launch ReachOut there later this year. As in independent advisor, I have helped the leadership teams of Inspire in Australia, the US and Ireland work together and craft a coherent global network with a lean structure. I serve on the board of 'One Inspire' the association of the three Inspire Foundations: Inspire Foundation of Australia, Inspire USA Foundation, and Inspire Ireland Foundation.

"Jon has brought his private sector consulting skills and his deep appreciation of strategy to focus on complex development issues concerning providing housing and financial services for emerging populations."

Stewart Paperin, Executive VP

The Open Society Institute is one of the world's leading private foundations. Founded by investor and philanthropist George Soros in 1993, it is at the center of an informal network of foundations and organizations active in more than 50 countries worldwide. OSI develops and implements a range of programs in civil society.

I have completed two assignments for OSI. The first was with Nurcha, a South African non-profit that finances the building of homes for low-income families. Working together, we identified the market obstacles and needs so that Nurcha can deliver its services sustainable. The second assignment is helping to articulate OSI's strategy for micro-finance.

"The Bridgespan Group has played a vital strategic role in VolunteerMatch's success. Jon Huggett's leadership and advice while at Bridgespan were vital for securing a major grant that dramatically expanded the impact and sustainability of our work."

Greg Baldwin, President, VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular volunteering network, helps millions of volunteers, nonprofit professionals, and business leaders connect and strengthen communities. While a Partner at Bridgespan, I worked with VolunteerMatch to develop strategies to build the capacity of the nonprofit sector to attract and engage older adults in skilled volunteering.

"Jon Huggett, while a Partner at Bridgespan, played a transformative role as a mentor, advisor and thought partner over the course of a Texas High School Project strategic planning engagement in 2005-2006 and a subsequent governance project. Jon's combination of emotional intelligence, corporate experience and wisdom were critical factors in my successfully navigating a challenging period in the development of statewide public-private initiative. Thanks to the strategy developed with Jon and his team, THSP public-private initiative between the state of Texas and philanthropists including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has grown to over $346M and comprises 172 new and redesigned schools serving 83,000 predominantly low income students"

John Fitzpatrick, Executive Director

"Jon Huggett spent an intensive month at Nurcha, understanding the housing environment and our business. The output is a useful document charting the forward in terms of achieving sustainability while remaining on mission. This will form the basis of our strategic planning and fundraising activities.

We have a much better understanding of the economics of our work, and our ability to conduct this kind of analysis has been greatly heightened."

Cedric de Beer, CEO

Nurcha is a South African non-profit that finances the building of homes for low-income families. Over 100,000 homes have been built with Nurcha help. It has mobilised by $100,000,000 of private capital by working in partnership with commercial banks, the government and donors such as the Open Society Institute in New York.

Chief Executive Cedric de Beer needed to identify the future impediments to the delivery of homes to low-income South Africans, and how Nurcha could grow sustainably. With the support of the Open Society Institute, we identified different segments of the market faced different obstacles, so we could craft Nurcha's priorities accordingly. Analysis also showed how Nurcha can best design and deliver its services sustainably, and which new skills it should develop.

Nurcha can now deliver more homes to poor South Africans with a clear focus for action supported by its key investor.

I helped Peter Ujomu, the Chief Executive of Health Matters, Inc. in Lagos, Nigeria develop a new strategy for the next phase of growth. Health Matters, Inc. is a Nigerian NGO that delivers effective health care at low cost to poor people in Lagos.

"Jon was exceptional at guiding and focusing our group in order to work through some very difficult issues and challenging group dynamics."

Linda Smith, Board Chair

John Beck of North Star Leadership Group and I worked with the Board to help identify options. We visited villages in Guanajuato, Mexico where Choice Humanitarian acts, and then worked with the Board of Directors to develop an action plan to address each of their issues.

The STOP AIDS Project was one of the world's first community based organization dedicated to stopping the transmission of HIV. Founded in San Francisco in 1984 it pioneered many of the approaches, such as working with peers, that have been successful in slowing transmission and have been copied all over the world. I volunteered as a street outreach educator, strategic planner and board member, including serving two years as Board President.

"Khulisa originally met Jon in 2001 when he volunteered to render a skills development programme to incarcerated offenders in one of Johannesburg's leading correctional facilities. Since our original contact, Khulisa has engaged with Jon on numerous fronts in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. Khulisa looks forward to working with Jon in the future."

Lesley Ann Van Selm, Chief Executive of Khuilsa

What I learned teaching business behind bars. It all started for me when I saw a presentation by Khulisa, a nonprofit in South Africa doing re-habilitation programs for prisoners. In Johannesburg I volunteered for Khulisa to teach a class in Leeuwkop Prison on planning for a business. In the seven years since I first had contact, I have advised Khulisa in both South Africa and the UK, where it is now expanding.

I was a judge on the Stonewall Foundation panel which awarded the Alan Morrow Price for Excellence in Board Leadership in 2008 and 2009.

I advised the chief executive and board of CJA on its strategy and board development.