Mission-based organizations often face particularly complex challenges. In such a situation, Summit augments its expertise by activating our Impact Network – a talented coalition of additional expertise from a carefully selected and vetted group of professional individuals and organizations –  resources that expand our knowledge base and yours. Impact Network members bring a specialized and informed perspective to our support.

Summit Consulting carefully screens all prospective partners to ensure mission alignment, selecting only those who are fully compatible with our purpose and values and the project at hand.

Impact Network Members

Impact Member

BTV Marketing Group

A full-service, contemporary agency, BTV Marketing Group offers a comprehensive suite of digital marketing services, specializing in earned, owned, and paid media strategies. BTV knows the ins and outs of digital advertising, but its superpower is a deep understanding of the unique people and landscape of Las Vegas.

BTV Marketing Group believes in the power of genuine connections and organic growth. Its team is not just composed of marketers, but of vested partners to those brands and companies that share its vision.

Impact Member

Leverage Las Vegas

Leverage Las Vegas is a premier consulting firm specializing in strategic fundraising solutions, donor cultivation strategies, and innovative approaches to nonprofit development. A client’s mission is the priority, and their staff works as an extension of your own team.

With a longstanding commitment to organizational empowerment, Leverage Las Vegas provides tailored solutions that enhance financial sustainability, donor engagement, and program impact.

Core services include development of corporate sponsorships, capacity-building initiatives, strategic planning, fundraising campaign management, event strategy and plan execution. Leverage also offers grant writing services, program development and marketing solutions to augment fundraising efforts and help nonprofits maximize their resources for long-term success.

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Social Impact Consultants

A Las Vegas-based advisor to nonprofits as well as the public sector, Social Impact Consultants specializes in strategic planning, finance, and economics. President and CEO Grant McCandless is a recognized expert in economic impact analysis, feasibility studies and performance measurement.

Grant has been working for and with nonprofit and government entities since 2013, beginning with Habitat for Humanity International — where he led the global implementation of the acclaimed Balanced Scorecard project. Since relocating to Nevada in 2018, his work has focused on feasibility and “best practice” studies for strategic planning and public policy, economic impact studies for state and regional government entities, and measurement and evaluation of workforce development initiatives.

Before moving to Nevada, Grant studied nonprofit management at Harvard and earned a Master of Business Administration from Emory University.

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Vitral

Vitral provides high-quality support for strategic engagement and integrated communications.

Using data and active stakeholder input, the Vitral team helps transform vision into action by generating effective strategic plans, targeting internal and external communications, and engaging an organization’s team members, customers, and other informational sources in ways that matter.

Vitral helps organizations navigate complex challenges, and develop an in-depth understanding of stakeholder perceptions, needs and wants. Vitral also provides customized professional development and leadership coaching to increase capacity and connect talent to actionable growth with the goal of meeting specific strategic goals.

For entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, government officials, and nonprofit executives, Vitral offers a broad set of tools to help align strategies and communicate effectively.