Your partner in redistributing wealth to communities and the planet.

Persimmon Consulting supports individuals, foundations, businesses, and public funders eager to invest their philanthropic dollars in community resilience and lasting justice.

Strategic philanthropy is a powerful tool for reckoning with historic and current injustices — and for actualizing a more loving and sustainable world.

Persimmon provides holistic advising, grant partner relationship management, and tailored support that focuses on empathy, joy, and deep listening — because the most effective solutions are directly informed by those closest to the problems.

Our Offerings

What We Do

  • Philanthropic Strategy Design

    — to transform good intentions into impactful, inspiring action, informed by those most proximate to the solutions.

  • Grants Portfolio Support

    — to be your grants strategist and the point of contact between you and your grantees, and provide timely hands-on support and thoughtful relationship tending to extend your team’s bandwidth.

  • Research Project Management

    — to ensure high-quality data and powerful stories translate into sustained capital investment and high-impact funding initiatives.

How We Work

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Explore what partners share about their experience working with Kirsten and Persimmon Consulting.

Let’s ground philanthropy in integrity, kindness, and humility.