Past Clients

do good Consulting works primarily with small to medium-sized non-profit organizations, and occastionally with individuals, small or mid-sized businesses, and governmental units. Here are a few highlights of do good Consulting's previous work.

 

Eastern Illinois Foodbank

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank works to alleviate hunger in eastern Illinois by providing a reliable source of food for the hungry through cooperation with a network of food pantries and agencies across the region. The Foodbank is a member of the Feeding America (formally America’s Second Harvest) network of food banks and serves 14 counties is eastern Illinois.

do good Consulting worked with the Eastern Illinois Foodbank on a hiring search for their Director of Marketing & Development.

 

Mervis Industries, Inc. / Advantage Recycling

Mervis Industries is a 75-year-old family-owned business based in Danville, Illinois. The company specializes in cutting edge recycling solutions for a wide variety of materials, accepting and processing both pre-consumer and post-consumer waste. The innovative company employs nearly 400 individuals and has facilities across the Central Midwest, Texas, and Mexico. In addition to the company’s work in the recycling field, Mervis Industries also offers training, waste audits, transportation services, and brokerage services. Mervis Industries will be constructing a new, state-of-the-art regional recycling collection facility in north Urbana in 2011. The facility will be a fully-staffed buy-back center collecting a wide variety of recyclable materials.

do good Consulting is working with Mervis Industries to launch a pilot electronics and cell phone recycling program for the Champaign County region.

 

Carle Foundation Hospital

Carle Foundation Hospital, based in Urbana, Illinois is a 315-bed non-profit teaching hospital and East Central Illinois’ only Level-1 Trauma Center. The facility includes the Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute, and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute and employs over 6,000 professionals from doctors to administrative staff across their service region.

do good Consulting worked with Carle Foundation Hospital on several professional development, leadership coaching, and career development projects for various departments and staff segments.

 

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, located in Augusta, Michigan, is a unique 180-acre wildlife center, offering walkable trails and public education programs. The Sanctuary is open to visitors year round and is an ideal spot for families, classrooms, birders, wildlife photographers, and nature enthusiasts in the region.

The Sanctuary was created by W.K. Kellogg in 1927 as a refuge for the Canada Goose and other migratory birds. It was an important part of Trumpeter Swan restoration efforts in the 1980s and today the area remains an important stopover location for migrating birds and waterfowl.

The Sanctuary’s diverse wildlife habitats are situated on 40-acre Wintergreen Lake and paved trails run besides the lake and throughout the acreage, offering great views of resident waterfowl, birds of prey, and gamebirds. In addition to its outdoor offerings, the Sanctuary also offers visitors a Resource Center and gift shop.

do good Consulting is working with the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary on a strategic planning process.

 

Prairie Center Health Systems

Prairie Center Health Systems is a comprehensive substance abuse education and treatment non-profit agency located in East Central Illinois, providing both outpatient and in-patient services. The 40-year-old Prairie Center’s mission is to provide the highest quality of prevention, intervention, and treatment services for alcoholism and chemical dependency, other addictions, and associated conditions to individuals, families, and communities in East Central Illinois. Prairie Center, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, serves over 6,000 individuals annually, through a full range of fee-based programs including residential treatment, detoxification, crisis intervention, outpatient, intensive outpatient, DUI evaluation and education, and prevention programs for schools and the community. The organization manages three facilities in the community for residential, detoxification, outpatient, and day treatment, and intake.

do good Consulting worked with Prairie Center on market research and marketing planning, and hiring assistance.

 

Urbana Free Library

Founded in 1874, The Urbana Free Library is one of the oldest public libraries in Illinois.

The Library has a reputation for the quality of its collections and for outstanding service to patrons of all ages and was named one of "America's best public libraries" by The American Library Association. Based in downtown Urbana, the facility is a well-loved and well-used institution serving tens of thousands of residents of the community.

do good Consulting worked with the Urbana Free Library staff to run an in-service facilitation session on customer service strategies.

 

Kola Foundation

In 2010, a trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota changed the lives of four University of Illinois MBA students. After lending a hand to improve severe living conditions on their work trip, the four returned determined to do something lasting and sustainable to help the Lakota improve their lives. They formed the Kola Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to blend the unique skills and specialties of their world-class university with the needs of the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Kola means “friend” in Lakota). The Kola Foundation’s mission is to improve the standard of living and promote a more prosperous life for residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Their work focuses on four specific areas: giving hope, stimulating the economy, advancing education, and improving healthcare. The organization was founded by, and is entirely operated by, University of Illinois MBA students.

To help this ambitious student-run program increase their fundraising effectiveness, do good Consulting provided the Kola Foundation membership with a half-day pro bono fundraising training.

 

Spence Farm Foundation

Spence Farm Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) educational organization founded in 2004. The Foundation, located on the oldest farm in Livingston County, was created to teach and pomote small family farming.  The unique and historic farm setting provides an excellent background for teaching the art, history, and practice of sustainable small family farming.

Through an array of programs, the organization educates new farmers, young farmers, and others how to have or support sustainable small family farms.  Classes, workshops, seminars, and tours teach about farming life and techniques. Programs range from making maple syrup to beekeeping, cultivating a prairie to growing garlic, small farm equipment to woodland management, and marketing farm products to specialty crop niches.

do good Consulting worked with the Foundation on an assessment of organizaitonal position, a special event analysis, and a fundraising training.

 

Dan Ferber

Author Dan Ferber published his first book in 2011 entitled, Changing Planet, Changing Health, along with Paul R. Epstein, MD. In addition to the book, Ferber writes for magazines such as Reader's Digest, Popular Science, New Scientist, Audubon, Nature Conservancy magazine, Science, Women's Health and many other publications. He specializes in putting a human face on groundbreaking stories about science, technology, health, and the environment. His work includes reportage, investigations, profiles, Q&As, essays, and light-hearted service journalism.

To prepare for the media interviews and speeches that came with the launch of Ferber's book, he sought media and public speaking training. Over the course of three weeks, Dan worked with media specialist Laura Huth at do good Consulting on role plays and simulated interviews and message and sound bite development and learned techniques for working effectively with the media and in front of all types of audiences.

National Museum of Surveying

Based in the heart of downtown Springfield, Illinois – just steps from the old state capitol building – the National Museum of Surveying is preserving andinterpreting the nation's history of mapping and surveying. Captivating and compelling videos, stories, maps, photos, and demonstrations give experiences thatare at once real and educational, inspiring young and old, amazing both professionals and hobbyists, and surprising both educators and students.

The Museum’s permanent collection hosts more than 2,000 pieces. A 55-foot mural walks visitors through the history of surveying and exhibits tell stories of Washington, Lewis & Clark, Lincoln, Jefferson, and innumerable other famous and not-as-famous surveyors and historians. Modern and historic equipment, maps, and photos all leave a lasting impression of how surveying is the history and story of this country.

The Museum’s most notable feature is a giant globe that appears suspended in mid-air. Called Science On A Sphere, viewers watch mesmerized as four unseen projectors use high-speed computers and advanced imaging techniques to display a wide range of pictures and datasets from NOAA all live-time from satellite. As the suspended globe appears to spin before visitors, all the airplanes in the air at a particular moment appear, buzzing across the round screen. The scene morphs into the impacts of the latest tsunami halfway around the world. Viewers’ eyes follow the impact of the enormous waves across the planet while not moving a foot. This awe-inspiring exhibit ties surveying to the tools and techniques used in the field and solidly links surveying, history, and science together.

do good Consulting worked with the National Museum of Surveying on organizational development projects.

 

Crisis Nursery

Founded in 1983, Crisis Nursery is the only 24-hour, 365-day-a-year child abuse prevention and family support agency of its kind in Champaign County. The Urbana-based organization is committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect through the provision of emergency intervention, respite care, and support to families in crisis. Crisis Nursery serves children aged 0-5 years whose families are experiencing a crisis or emergency and have no support resources available at the time. The agency also provides family support programs, parent-child interaction and parent support groups.

do good Consulting worked with Crisis Nursery on professional development for its leadership.

 

CASA of Champaign County

Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a non-profit organization that trains and supervises community volunteers to serve as appointed advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system. Every new child abuse petition in the Champaign County juvenile court is automatically referred to CASA. Each year, almost 700 children, most under the age of seven, are served by over 100 CASA volunteers who provide an extra set of eyes and ears for the court and child welfare agencies.

After gathering information, CASA volunteers provide a report to the court that speaks to what is in the child's best interest. No other agency provides community volunteers to serve as child advocates in juvenile court proceedings. CASA volunteers ensure children don't get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. CASA volunteers are actively involved in their assigned cases, adopting roles that include not only advocacy, but also frequent contact with the children and caregivers, and coordination and involvement with involved parties, including schools, law enforcement, psychologists, foster and biological parents, caseworkers, counselors, case managers and the State's Attorney's office. Advocates remain with their appointed children until their case is closed. For many children, CASA means the difference between homelessness and a safe home, between dropping out and completing school, between unemployment and success, between jail and becoming a productive member of society.

do good Consulting worked with CASA on professional development for its staff as well as on a technology audit and upgrade.

 

Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Douglas-Hart Nature Center & Foundation, based in Mattoon, Illinois, offers 65 acres of native habitats for the public to enjoy through a Visitor Center, trails, and educational programs.

The Visitor Center is open seven days a week, year round and features interpretive exhibits, sensory displays, and live critters to be enjoyed by all ages. Other Nature Center amenities include a bird observation area, the Discovery Den and Badger Burrow (both very popular with kids), a bat cave, a puppet show area, an x-ray machine, a nature library, a cozy fireplace, a nature gift shop, classroom space, and a picnic area.

do good Consulting worked with the Douglas-Hart Nature Center to develop an employee handbook to effectively manage the organization and staff now and in the future.

 

Orpheum Children's Science Museum

The Orpheum Children's Science Museum provides children of all ages with the opportunity to explore and understand their world through engaging exhibits and innovative programming. The Museum, located in the heart of downtown Champaign, creates an atmosphere where imagination, learning, and fun combine to encourage a life-long interest in science. Orpheum programming and exhibits enrich the families and the community through camps, after school classes, special events, exhibits, and field trips. Additionally, the Orpheum offers facilities and services for birthday parties and facility rentals.

do good Consulting worked with the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum on professional development and fundraising training for the organization's staff, board, and key volunteers. This partnership was supported by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation.

 

Common Ground Food Co-op

Common Ground Food Co-op is a 34-year-old community-owned grocery store specializing in natural, organic, and local foods. The Co-op features local produce, meat, eggs, dairy, honey, and grains, as well as natural and organic grocery items, frozen foods, an extensive bulk selection, health and beauty products, and home cleaning products. Staff meticulously research products for their health and environmental impact so shoppers can buy guilt-free. In response to increased consumer demand for healthy, organic, and local foods, Common Ground moved to a new, larger location on the east side of Lincoln Square Village in downtown Urbana in August. Featuring a new deli and a wider array of healthy, local foods, the Co-op is now open to the public 8AM-8PM daily.

do good Consulting worked with the Common Ground Food Co-op on on-going operational needs after their move and expansion.

 

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD)

The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) is a mass transit system serving the Champaign-Urbana-UIUC metropolitan area. The MTD is working to form a non-profit entity to help provide programs and resources to children, parents, and the community on pedestrian and bicycle safety, educational information on transit and mode shift to active transportation, health related information on the need for more physical activity, and related educational information and activities. Through public awareness campaigns, advocacy, educational programs, referral services, and subsidized transit programs the new organization seeks to increase usage of active transportation methods.

do good Consulting worked with the MTD to develop the internal structure, a clear and compelling vision, strategic approach, and benchmarks for their new organization.

 

Alliance for Continuing Medical Education

The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (CME) is a membership-based organization providing professional development opportunities for CME professionals, advocating for CME and the profession, and striving to improve health care outcomes.

The Alliance provides educational opportunities, professional development, information exchange, and supportive services to its members to help them adapt to the changing health care environment, improve the CME activities offered for physicians, and shape the future of the CME field.

do good Consulting provided facilitations services for the Alliance.

 

Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Council

The Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Council was created by the Illinois legislature in 2007 through the signing of HB3990, the Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act of 2009, to encourage farmers to grow food for local markets and facilitate the building of the systems needed to get it there. The organization will work with state agencies, Illinois businesses, organizations, and citizens to build a fully functioning local farm and food system in the state. Still in the development phase, the Council is laying plans to serve as a forum for discussing food issues, foster coordination between local communities and sectors in the food system, build local farm and food networks, support and implement programs and services that address local needs, and evaluate and influence policy.

do good Consulting worked with the Council to develop a strategic plan.

 

Baptist Student Foundation

The Baptist Student Foundation is a campus ministry of the American Baptist Churches USA to the University of Illinois. Located in the midst of the Urbana-Champaign campus, just four blocks from the Quad, the facility the center of university activity. University Baptist Church was established in 1912 and various housing ministries were added to the church over the years. The organization’s goal is to transform lives in the name of Jesus Christ, by touching people in a way that faith in God is front and center in both thought and behavior. The Housing Ministry was created to provide students a cooperative Christian living environment that enhances academic pursuits. The four houses, Stratford, Koinonia, Sutton Place, and "312" House, offer residents of various denominational backgrounds opportunities for spiritual and personal growth.

do good Consulting worked with the Foundation on fundraising strategies and training.

 

Generations of Hope

Generations of Hope was formed in 1993 to develop and sustain the intergenerational neighborhood Hope Meadows. Hope's mission is deceptively simple: to create a diverse intergenerational neighborhood to support families of adopted foster children. In direct contrast with traditional foster-care programs, Generations of Hope has created a place where adoptive families can get the support and information they need, children can finally find a place to call home, and elders find real purpose and meaning in their everyday lives. Through Hope Meadows, Generations of Hope is promoting permanency, community, and caring relationships for adoptive families of foster children while offering safety and meaningful purpose in the daily lives of older adults. The non-profit organization is based in Rantoul, Illinois and is a licensed foster-adoption agency.

do good Consulting worked with Generations of Hope on a hiring search for a new Executive Director and to develop a transition and on-boarding plan for the new hire.

 

Associated Firefighters of Illinois (AFFI-IAFF)

The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI), affiliated with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), is a state-wide labor organization representing 200 Illinois locals comprising 15,000 professional firefighters and retired members. The organization was founded in 1935 and has lead in the fight for improved working conditions for firefighters statewide. The AFFI provides three main services to firefighters in Illinois: education, service (including organizing, collective bargaining, legal advice, and communication and data services), and legislative services. They are based in Springfield, Illinois.

do good Consulting worked with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois on goal setting and strategic planning as well as streamlining processes and business practices.

 

Illinois Public Health Association

Founded in 1940, the Illinois Public Health Association, an affiliate of the American Public Health Association, is Illinois' oldest and largest voluntary organization devoted exclusively to matters of public health. IPHA seeks to improve the health of Illinois residents through leadership in and advancement of the practice of public health. IPHA’s AmeriCorps team members help meet locally identified needs at health departments and other public health entities across Illinois through community service.

do good worked with IPHA’s AmeriCorps program to create and facilitate custom training sessions for incoming AmeriCorps members.

 

University of Illinois Extension

The University of Illinois Extension is coordinating the 2010 Holistic Family Wellness Seed Grant Program, a program to advance interdisciplinary research-based education programs in support of Illinois families. The goals of this project are to improve the lives of families and individuals, connect families and individuals to their communities, and improve overall psychological, emotional, social, financial, nutritional, physical, and environmental health and wellbeing.

do good Consulting worked with University of Illinois Extension grant awardees to develop basic grantwriting skills to further their work and research, offer hands-on grantwriting support to the subgroups, and create workplans, timelines, and assignments among members to accomplish desired outcomes.

 

Parkland College Business Development Center

do good partnered with Parkland College in Champaign to offer a series of grantwriting courses and workshops. The low-cost, high-return sessions helped attendees identity grants for their organizations, write winning proposals, and better understand the world of grantmaking.

 

Center for Training & Business Development (UIUC)

The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign’s Center for Training & Business Development (formerly Training for Business Professionals, or T4B) is the premier business and professional development organization throughout Central Illinois. The Center’s workshops, business training, and certificate programs help employees at all levels from a wide variety of organizations attain their professional and personal goals by offering learning opportunities that are flexible, responsive, and innovative.

do good Consulting worked with UIUC’s Center for Training & Business Development on a number of professional development initiatives, including teambuilding and group dynamics trainings, small business consulting, and supervisory curriculum development.

 

YWCA of the University of Illinois

The diverse programs that operate out of nearly 300 YWCA associations (the organization’s word for chapters) have certainly evolved significantly since the late nineteenth century. But there has been one constant: from early on, the associations were modeling the ideals of racial inclusion and women’s empowerment by providing equal access to facilities—including campus housing, community centers, and, you guessed it, health clubs. On top of that, YWCA associations offer a vast array of outreach and educational programs that raise awareness of racism and sexism, show how they often intersect, and identify resources to combat them.

The YWCA of the University of Illinois in Champaign turned 125 in 2009. The institution is the oldest continually operating student YWCA in the entire country. When women couldn’t live in University residence halls, the YWCA opened the first female dormitory-style housing. When the country remained segregated, the YWCA was one of the first to offer interracial housing on campus. And today, when the voices of campus and community fail to resonate around mutually critical issues, the YWCA steps in to champion dialogue and collaboration.

do good Consulting worked with the YWCA on a comprehensive database and donor analysis, constituent management system set-up, and fundraising training for the organization's staff, board, and volunteers.

 

Companion Animal Resource & Education Center (CARE)

The Companion Animal Resource & Education Center, or CARE Center, is a volunteer-run organization that assists pet owners in developing harmonious relationships with their pets. the CARE Center offers community education and resources that foster a mutually supportive bond between companion animals and people. Through classes and programs, their volunteers give people a better understanding of their pet’s basic needs and helps pet owners who are struggling with animal behavior issues. Through education, the CARE Center is enriching the lives of people and the animal companions that share their homes.

do good Consulting is working with the CARE Center on a short organizational audit covering fundraising, marketing, and organizational development.

 

Mahomet Area Youth Club

The Mahomet Area Youth Club is the 2009 winner of the Great Logo Makeover, a contest sponsored by do good Consulting and do good's communications partners at Midnight Graphics. Through the Great Logo Makeover, the Mahomet Area Youth Club's logo will be transformed and a new mark unveiled in August 2009.

The Mahomet Area Youth Club is based in rural Champaign County and provides a safe place for children to learn about arts, career development, sports, health, and community service. The Club serves about 100 youth per month with after-school, evening, and full-time summer activities and programs focused on character and leadership development, life skills, health and nutrition, creative arts and expression, and sports and recreation.

do good Consulting worked with the Mahomet Area Youth Club on a logo makover, transforming their mark into something that more clearly and compellingly expresses their mission and excites new audiences. Their new logo appears to the upper right. To watch the logo transformation, go to www.dogoodconsulting.org/logocontest.

 

CU Folk & Roots Festival

The CU Folk & Roots Festival is an annual event hosted in downtown Urbana that features participatory music, dance, and folk arts. The 2009 festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26. The festival celebrates American traditional arts in all their diversity, and engages people across generations and ethnic communities in active participation. Attendees will witness performances, street-dances, jam sessions, and workshops with national, regional, and local artists in a variety of genres including Cajun, bluegrass, blues, old-time, Mexican conjunto, salsa, and jazz, and others. The Festival will also include street performances, storytellers, guided art-making, workshops, family activities, jam sessions.

do good Consulting worked with the CU Folk & Roots Festival on basic marketing and outreach techniques, a festival outcome review, and sponsor communication needs.

 

WEFT Radio

WEFT-FM is a non-commercial, accessible, responsible, and responsive radio alternative, serving the diverse communities of radio listeners in East Central Illinois. The station is owned by the community members it serves. The station seeks services to boost and solidify fundraising efforts in order to secure matching funding opportunities in the short-term as well as to ensure a long-term sustainable radio future.

do good Consulting worked with WEFT to develop a fundraising capacity report.

 

Family Farmers Meats

The local and organic food industry is exploding. From produce to specialty dairy to local meats, those on the production, processing, and sales end of this market are experiencing dizzying growth. No longer a hobby, this industry means business and profit. Illinois stands on the edge of opportunity, with more farmers than ever desiring to move into smaller-scale meat production and away from industrial agriculture. Consumers are clamoring for more meats raised by local farmers using no hormones or pesticides.

Family Farmers Meats, LLC seeks to construct a facility to bridge between the farmer’s supply and consumers' tables. On a 10-acre site 40 miles south of Champaign-Urbana, FFM will construct an energy-efficient, state-of-the-art meat processing facility. The first of its kind in the nation, the multi-species certified organic processing plant will bridge the gap between farm fields and family tables, bringing a steady supply of safe, healthy meat products to our stores, restaurants, institutions, and markets.

do good Consulting worked with Family Farmers Meats to secure funding for the facility.

 

Channing-Murray Foundation

The Channing-Murray Foundation is the Unitarian Universalist Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Originally a project of the First Universalist Church of Urbana, Channing-Murray has its roots as a young people's organization which over time has combined its spiritual aims with a deep commitment to cultural diversity and social justice. In its long-running history, Channing-Murray has been both an initiator and host of a variety of social justice initiatives and organizations, including the Urban League, Tagore Festival, Reform Democrat Party, social justice fora, and much more. Through much of its recent history, a significant feature of the Channing-Murray Foundation has been the Red Herring Coffeehouse and the Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant.

do good Consulting worked with the Channing-Murray Foundation on internal teambuilding, fundraising planning, and developing outreach and marketing strategies.

 

Central Illinois Children's Chorus

Excellence in choral singing is the goal of Central Illinois Children’s Chorus. Founded in 1978, the non-profit organization provides choral music instruction, vocal training, and performance opportunities for singers in kindergarten through 12th grade. Children are taught sound vocal technique, musicianship, musical styles, and performance etiquette and learn repertoire covering a diverse range of music, languages, and composers. The young singers present annual concerts in winter and spring for the community as well as perform with area orchestras and with the University of Illinois School of Music. They also participate in choral festivals and perform at a number of community, corporate, and private events each year.

do good Consulting worked with the Central Illinois Children's Chorus on their 2009 holiday appeal mailing.

 

McKinley Presbyterian Church & Foundation

McKinley Presbyterian Church & Foundation, located in the heart of the University of Illinois campus, was the first church set up expressly for students at a U.S. state university. The multi-purpose building houses a church and foundation building and nearly covers a city block. The theologically progressive, dynamic, and growing church and student ministry – which is celebrating its centennial year – offers educational, fellowship, and dining opportunities for the community and student population.

do good Consulting worked with McKinley Foundation on capital campaign readiness, strategic planning, and hiring searches, and marketing strategies.

 

Champaign Urbana Theatre Company

Founded in 1991 by 10 local theater buffs, the non-profit Champaign-Urbana Theater Company (CUTC) is the resident company of the Historic Virginia Theatre. The Theater’s mission is to provide residents with opportunities to experience and participate in all aspects of the performing arts by presenting high-quality theatrical productions, volunteer opportunities in theater trades, education, and leadership through the promotion of theater arts to the community.

Regularly embarking in joint ventures with other community organizations, the Company produces four Broadway-style musicals each year, offers educations courses, and supplements productions through Singing Valentines and Seven Corpse Murder Mystery Dinners. In 16 years, nearly 600 volunteers have taken part on stage or behind the scenes for CUTC and nearly 12,000 community members have attended a wide range of CUTC productions, mostly held at the Virginia Theater.

do good Consulting worked with the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company to create plans for fundraising, community outreach, and future growth.

 

StudioSTL

StudioSTL is a Missouri-based non-profit organization working to empower youth in the region, ages six to 18, by helping them discover, develop, and celebrate their individual voices through writing. The organization offers high-quality writing and publishing opportunities that keep young writers coming back to expand their skills and hone their talent as proud, published authors.

do good Consulting worked with StudioSTL to develop a database entry and maintenance program using GiftWorks by Mission Research, develop a process to move information from online forms to the GiftWorks database, and build the database skillset of the organization’s key players to sustain this work into the future.

 

The Reading Group

Based in Champaign, The Reading Group is a non-profit learning center providing services for youth with unique learning needs and providing support and education for families and school personnel. For over 35 years, The Reading Group has been offering highly specialized, one-on-one instruction in most subject areas and skill levels for people with special needs such as dyslexia, speech and language developmental delay, ausperger's syndrome, autism, or gifted learning needs.

Through their work, the professionals and volunteers at The Reading Group enable learners with unique needs to take charge of their differences and become their own best teachers, educate the community about learners’ needs and approaches to learning, and inspire appreciation of unique learners, and promote literacy among young learners of all ages and abilities.

do good Consulting worked with The Reading Group to hire a new Executive Director.

 

Urbana Business Association

The Urbana Business Association (UBA) is a non-profit organization supporting the businesses, organizations, and activities of Urbana, Illinois. With over 100 members, the organization seeks to promote the nearly 40,000-resident City of Urbana as a dynamic place in which to live, work, and do business. The UBA offers members, residents, and visitors a variety of services including networking opportunities, marketing support, and a wide variety of special events. Activities offered include brownbag lunch discussions, the Sweetcorn Festival, the holiday market, the Build Urbana Home Parade, arts festivals, realtor programs, new business ribbon cuttings, the International Beer Tasting & Chili Festival, and after hours events.

do good Consulting worked with the Urbana Business Association on a survey project of area residents, UBA members, and local businesses. do good is also worked with the organizational on professional development.

 

The Land Connection

The Land Connection sprang to life in 2001 after a "For Sale" sign appeared on a corner of 21 acres of property in central Illinois. The old farmer and his wife who plowed the land for years had health problems and medical bills and no real choice but to sell. A small group formed a decision was made to form a foundation and raise money to buy the land and create a sustainable farm. The Land Connection was formed. Today, The Land Connection continues their mission of cultivating healthy farms, healthy food, and healthy communities. Working now from two offices – one in central Illinois not far from where it all began and the other in Chicagoland – the group works to save farmland to convert to new organic farmers. Their staff and volunteers also work to facilitate rural-urban links that connect growers to eaters of local organic foods and educate farmers and the public on the benefits of local organic food. The Land Connection envisions a truly sustainable food system, one that enables farmers to make a living without subsidies and pass their farm on to the next generation, one that connects producers and consumers in a direct and compelling way, and one that enhances the quality of the soil, air, and water in our state.

do good Consulting worked with The Land Connection on an organizational training retreat to develop board skills, fundraising acumen, and new marketing and outreach strategies.

 

Lincoln Trail Librairies System

Lincoln Trail Libraries System is one of nine multi-type Library Systems cooperating to provide vital services to the citizens of Illinois. They envision a future where collaboration between libraries and organizations results in easy access to information anytime, anywhere. Lincoln Trail Libraries System serves over 431,229 people and 122 libraries across nine central Illinois counties. Members include academic, public, school, and special libraries. The organization supports the following services: Interlibrary Loan, Consulting, Continuing Education, Training, Delivery, Reciprocal Borrowing, Shared Cataloging, Shared Online Catalog (LINC), AskAway (Virtual Reference), MyMediaMall (e-books/downloadable audiobooks), Digital Gems (digitized materials), PolyTalk Interpreters Network, and Communications Services. Founded in 1966, Lincoln Trail’s work connects the people of East Central Illinois to information through cooperation. They are headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

do good Consulting worked with Lincoln Trail Libraries System to create organizational management training programs for library staff members, trustees, and volunteers in their network.

 

Grand Prairie Friends

Grand Prairie Friends (GPF) is an all-volunteer, non-profit, conservation organization committed to preserving and restoring tallgrass prairie and woodlands in East-Central Illinois and to promoting an understanding and appreciation of these natural resources. The group is active in acquiring and managing prairie and woodland remnants, conducting prescribed burns to maintain healthy prairie, propagating and planting indigenous prairie and woodland species in reconstructions and generating interest in prairies and woodlands through a variety of educational programs.

do good Consulting worked with Grand Prairie Friends on a donor-based fundraising campaign to raise $40,000 to acquire nine additional acres of land surrounding one of the few un-tilled, original prairie areas in Illinois near Loda. The campaign wasa major success, raisign all the money needed, and more. The new acreage will be planted with locally collected seeds to create a 12-acre tallgrass prairie haven complete with educational signage for visitors.

 

Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH)

Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) is an award-winning non-profit organization specializing in vibrant, historically-informed performances of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Members and supporters seek to teach, learn, and perform music of the Baroque era. The group is the only professional ensemble in Illinois outside Chicago solely dedicated to live performances of Baroque composers. The group hosts a variety of music-related events throughout the year for the community.

do good Consulting worked with BACH to create plans for fundraising, volunteer involvement, board development, and community outreach.

 

LifeQuest Center

LifeQuest Center is a non-profit educational organization providing individuals and families with the information, training, and support needed to break free from behavior that causes strained, broken, or abusive relationships, turning this negative behavior into positive growth. The program helps people learn to rebuild and improve their self-images and increase their capacity to function in healthy relationships. By uncovering root causes for behavior, the group helps people establish healthy foundations for living and loving.

do good Consulting worked with LifeQuest on board and organizational development issues, including mission and vision setting, goal establishment, and program planning.

 

Jesus Is the Way Prison Ministries

Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries was founded in 1977 by Reverend Jesse Mathes. The organization’s mission is to go into Illinois prisons and other correctional facilities across the U.S. and other countries to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to inmates. As inmates are released, Jesus is the Way assists them in becoming productive and responsible citizens. The organization’s goal is to reduce recidivism and increase successful reintegration into the mainstream by minimizing the causes of criminality by providing material, vocational/educational, and spiritual needs.

The organization’s flagship program is Freedom Christian Transitional Aftercare. This is a three-phase residential discipleship program for men who chose to begin a new life based upon the love of Christ in action. Based on a 2.8-acre site in Rantoul, Illinois, the program’s design reduces stress that parolees and releasees experience as they become integrated into society. Programming includes: Bible education and spiritual guidance, counseling, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and job and life skills development such as parenting classes and GED preparation.

do good Consulting worked with Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries to develop a marketing and outreach plan, developed a website upgrades report, conducted marketing and media trainings, and assisted with fundraising. 

 

Mattoon Public Library

The Mattoon Public Library is a resource to area residents, providing them with life-long learning and discovery opportunities. The Library continually seeks to expand their collections of traditional reading  and resources materials by acquiring new technologies to make the “sea of information” more accessible to the nearly 20,000 people that live in the community.

do good Consulting worked with the Mattoon Public Library to develop content for their website, including photos, on-line giving options, database search opportunities, events calendars, stories, and much more. A grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation made this work possible. The site should be live in mid-2008.

 

Campus Middle School for Girls

The Campus Middle School for Girls (formerly Home Hi), founded in 1993, is the only single-gender middle school for girls in Central Illinois, offering a unique educational setting unlike anything else offered in the community. The independent school was started with nine girls, three professional teachers, and many parent volunteers. Through a combination of small class size and a carefully developed curriculum emphasizing the development of academic skills, the school – now in a more formal school setting – promotes confident, enthusiastic, and responsible young learners.

The school currently covers grades 6 through 8. The school’s size (25-40 girls) allows educators to provide students with individual attention and strong, diverse course offerings. The school welcomes girls of all races, colors, nationalities, income levels, and ethnic heritages.

The safe and challenging environment provides the girls with the opportunity to develop their creative and intellectual powers, a love for learning and a passion for excellence, and a sense of emotional and physical well-being.

do good Consulting worked with Campus Middle School for Girls on developing their fundraising potential, community outreach and recruitment plans, and systems upgrades.

 

Willow Tree Missions

Willow Tree Missions is a non-profit, faith-based, non-denominational ministry working to improve the quality of life for those in crisis in the greater Piatt County region. Their goal is to prevail over domestic violence by providing safe shelter and a comprehensive support system of well-trained, caring volunteer advocates equipped to help persons with domestic violence in their lives. Out of an historic downtown Cisco building, the organization runs a resale shop and a Food SHARE program. The group is renovating the second floor space into a safe, peaceful shelter for victims of domestic violence. With no other such shelter in Piatt County, it is the only organization of its kind serving people who feel trapped and helpless.

do good volunteered time with Willow Tree to help them develop a support base, train their board and volunteers, and raise funds to support their work.

 

Wee Love Music!

Wee Love Music! is an interactive, intergenerational music appreciation program for babies and children ages six months to five years, and their parents, grandparents, and caregivers. Through the art and power of music, Wee Love Music! enhances children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development while strengthening their bond with their caregivers and peers.

do good Consulting worked with Wee Love Music! to develop a logo.

 

Embarras River Management Association (ERMA)

The Embarras River Management Association (ERMA) was formed in 1993 by local landowners concerned with protecting and enhancing the natural resources within the Embarras River Watershed. The organization is focused on preserving and restoring the natural character and resources of the Embarras River and its watershed. The Embarras River (pronounced 'ambraw') begins on University of Illinois campus and runs generally southward for 192 miles through rural and agricultural land until it converges with the Wabash River in Lawrence County. The watershed encompasses approximately 1.5 million acres and is home to over 130,000 Illinoisans.

do good Consulting worked with ERMA on a major website development project, made possible by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation, and on fundraising planning, image enhancement (including a logo redesign), and marketing and outreach work for the organization.

 

Central Illinois Dental Education & Services

Central Illinois Dental Education & Services (CIDES) provides free or low-cost comprehensive oral health care and education to underserved rural children and their families in Champaign County. It is the only program of its kind in the state. Founded in 1993, the award-winning program grew out of the Champaign County Board of Health’s Child Dental Access Program. CIDES brings preventive dental services to over 3,500 children each year at schools, day care facilities such as Head Start, community oral health fairs, and private clinical dental offices. The organization also provides oral health education and supplies to an additional 3,000 people. Restorative and specialized dental care – including oral surgery, pedodontics, and orthodontics – are provided to low-income children by program providers in clinical settings.

do good Consulting worked with Central Illinois Dental Education & Services on an image enhancement campaign, some electronic communication upgrades, as well as on fundraising.

 

Community Shares of Illinois

Community Shares of Illinois represents over 70 non-profit organizations working to end homelessness, fight discrimination, preserve the environment, empower women and promote peace and human rights. Community Shares of Illinois gives employees expanded choices in workplace giving programs, enhancing their awareness of local grassroots organizations, generating critically needed support for these organizations, and raising the level of workplace philanthropy in communities across Illinois. By linking people and their passions, Community Shares of Illinois connects caring donors with local organizations that are changing people's lives - and Illinois communities - for the better every day.

do good Consulting worked with Community Shares of Illinois to expand support of its work through an enhanced business donor campaign supporting its annual Share-A-Meal event.

 

Fox Development Corporation

Fox Development Corporation specializes in developing and leasing of office and retail property in the Champaign-Urbana area. In addition to its business development and property management work, Fox Development Corporation has a strong interest in support the local community and local schools through charitable initiatives such as equipment subsidies, grants, and facility makeovers. With four adopted elementary schools in the Champaign-Urbana region, Fox Development is making a difference in the lives on thousands of area school children by providing them with the equipment, resources, and learning environments they need to excel.

do good Consulting worked with Fox Development Corporation and FDC Chairman, Peter Fox, to develop a strategic giving plan for the company, developed action plans for the four local adopted schools (including securing two grants for local schools worth over $10,000), and leveraged expanded giving opportunities from other businesses in the community.

 

Other past clients have also included:

A&O Development Corporation

A+ DUI Services

Boy Scouts of America, Rainbow Council

BRIDGE

Central Illinois Food Allergy Network

Champaign County Aquatic Education & Development Corporation

Children's Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

Golden Apple Central Illinois

Habitat for Humanity of Illinois

HomePlanet

i-Hotel & Conference Center

Illinois Food Allergy Education Association

Lifeline-connect

Midwest High Speed Rail Association

Piatt County Museum

University of Illinois Housing & Residential Life

Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center