About Us

CompassPoint intensifies the impact
of fellow nonprofit leaders, organizations,
and networks as we achieve
social equity together. 
 

We are a national nonprofit leadership and strategy practice based in Oakland, CA. For over 40 years, we have strengthened nonprofit leadership and supported organizations and movement networks to adapt and operate strategically. We also collaborate with fellow capacity builders and regularly share research and tools with the field at large.
 

We view leadership development
and capacity building as means
to accelerating social justice.
 

We work best with leaders and organizations who see their work in a social justice context and have a commitment to continuous reflection and adaptation.
 

Read more about CompassPoint's impact. 
 

Our diverse team and key partners draw from a toolbox that includes facilitation, teaching, coaching, consulting, and peer learning. Through intensive cohort leadership development programs, we equip people with the skills, knowledge, and support to powerfully engage in the process of leadership.

We work together, often in teams, to
co-design with our clients and funders projects that are rigorous, relevant, and engaging of constituent voices
and perspectives.
 

We invite you to review our theory of change, first developed in 2011 with the guidance of jdcPartnerships, to learn more about our stance and approach to this work.