Services
Provided
KDK
Consulting includes individualized technical assistance with our
grantees in the following areas:
- Fund
Development
- Volunteer
Management
- Communications
- Research
& Data Analysis
- Strategic
Planning
- Collaborative
efforts
KDK recognizes the strengths and
limitations of our offered expertise. This stated, KDK, is open to
assisting in the identification of other capacity building resources
to reach the needs and goals of our grantees.
Description of
Consulting Process
As part
of KDK-Harman Foundation, KDK Consulting provides its services to
its grantees at no charge. Our services
are exclusive to our portfolio of grantees as KDK's high engagement
activities rest upon developing mutual trust, respect and
confidence. We have
found that the best predictor of successful partnerships is a shared
commitment as well as leaders who are ready and able to lead a
long-term effort to achieve tangible results.
KDK
Consulting employs a staged engagement model that allows us to
tailor each project to grantee needs. Although every consulting
effort is unique, our engagements typically include the following
phases:
Apply for
Services –
Submission of a one-page
project proposal by grantee indicating:
- Background
information on proposed project
- Identification
of assistance necessary
- Objectives
to be met by the consultant; and
- Estimated
project completion
Assessment
and Analysis – KDK
Consulting meets with the grantee to diagnose the current situation
and define how we will partner to achieve specific goals.
Strategy
Development and Planning –
Together, KDK Consulting and grantees conduct analyses to surface
critical issues, evaluate solutions, develop recommendations, and
craft an action plan.
Implementation –
Together, partners map how to execute the plan, launch
implementation, adjust the implementation plan based on preliminary
results.
Exit – KDK
Consulting gradually transitions out of the engagement once the
project goals have been completed or have the momentum to succeed.
We confirm that our partnering grantee has or can rapidly acquire
the capacities it needs and put in place appropriate
monitoring/accountability processes.
At the
end of each phase, KDK Consulting revisits our mutual commitments
with our grantees. KDK realizes engagement in capacity building is
challenging and requires time, patience, and persistence. Although
we often see the immediate impact of our efforts, we seek enduring
change.
Description of
Selection Process
Submit your
completed proposal (view Apply for Services) via e-mail to erica@kdk-harman.org. The
Foundation requires all proposals to be submitted electronically.
If you have questions, we encourage you to contact us at
512.328.9400. KDK closely reviews each proposal to appropriately
match each request with our resources. Interested applicants may
view the Proposal
Guidelines for KDK Consulting.
Clarity of
Role
To
avoid any potential conflict with respect to KDK's grant management
role, the active consultant shall refrain from any grant making
responsibilities and decisions surrounding their client (i.e.
grantee organization) during the period of the consulting contract.
Additionally, as the consulting services provided by the KDK-Harman
Foundation are to be viewed as an in-kind gift of professional
expertise purely independent from its grantmaking, KDK will not
consider a grant proposal during a consulting engagement. KDK has
adopted this policy to prevent any confusion of role or potential
conflict of interest with respect to KDK's grantmaking
functions.
