Social Strategy Associates helps foundations, families, businesses, and nonprofits amplify their social impact.

From strategic ideation and program design to hands-on management of grantees, we strengthen our clients’ capacity to deliver more thoughtful, innovative, and enduring philanthropy.

Inspired strategies
for transformative philanthropy.

What We Do

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Prize &
Challenge Design

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Collaborative
Initiatives

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Strategy &
Evaluation

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Convening & Facilitation

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Organizational
Development

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Next Gen
Onboarding

Multilingual
by Design

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Multilingual by Design is a collaborative philanthropic initiative to bring together education nonprofits and AI builders to create tools that put multilingual students first. Supported by four co-funders, this ambitious initiative aims to invest in tools built with and for multilingual learners, bring new tech talent into the multilingual space, engage teachers to provide real-time feedback, and create learning and relationship-building opportunities that help advance educational outcomes for multilingual learners. SSA was engaged to design and operationalize this initiative from strategy, through application and selection, to final grantee supports.

About Collaborative Initiatives

  • “I sought a thoughtful and open-minded partner well-versed in the field of social impact to carry out a landscape analysis on a burgeoning topic. SSA conducted dozens of interviews, extensive research, and structured analysis that resulted in a custom, professional report guiding our go-forward strategy. My team and I were impressed by the SSA team’s reliability, efficiency, and responsiveness to feedback.”


    Mary Ann Beyster
    President, Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development

  • “The Social Strategy Associates team has the remarkable ability to think and act on multiple scales simultaneously, from grand vision to minute logistical detail. They can both mastermind a complex strategic problem and at the same time orchestrate the intricacies of events and programs.”


    Amy Freitag
    President, New York Community Trust

  • “The Social Strategy Associates team is the invisible force behind many of the greatest hits in philanthropy. Without ego, they successfully tackle pressing, nuanced, and multi-sectoral projects from which others might shy away. SSA punches above its weight and that’s why they’re my go-to consultancy.”


    Rachel Korberg
    Executive Director, The Families & Workers Fund

  • “Justin’s commitment and perseverance to see a project through is exemplary. I value his knowledge of the business and society space, and ability to work autonomously. I recommend him without reservation!”


    Judith Samuelson
    Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program