Beacon Organizational Consulting

Who We Are & What We Do

Beacon was formed in 2014 by Founder and Principal Strategist, Theresa Collins. After years of working in the nonprofit industry, Theresa noticed a significant need for contracted resource development services and collaboration across organizations.

Hence Beacon was born. We pulled some of the best minds in the industry together to produce excellent results for our nonprofit clients. We started out as a resource development, grant writing, and capital campaign management company.

After 10 years, we have evolved to focus all our talents on strategic services for nonprofits, since that is at the root of all resource development and growth. Beacon has a well-educated and experienced group of esteemed experts ready to assist you in elevating your organization to new heights. We support you in engaging your key stakeholders, clarifying your strategic direction, improving your board and staff dynamics, and improving your donor pool.

Although we currently only serve the United States, our team spans across the world, from Missouri to California to the Philippines.

At Beacon, we value Authenticity, Growth, Audacity, Resilence, and Equity. Our services are designed to help our clients reach and maintain long term stability and growth. We take a research-based, hands-on, and analytical approach in all our work. We are passionate about the successes of our clients.

Our Vision is to be the activator for strategic transformation in organizations that are leading our country in becoming a more equitable and collaborative place to co-exist and thrive.

Our Mission is to guide high impact organizations to strategic mission accomplishment through planning, coaching, and presentations.

Beacon Services

  • Executive Nonprofit / Philanthropic Coaching

  • Resource Development Coaching & Training

  • Capital Campaign Coaching

  • Strategic Planning

  • Presentations, Workshops, & Training

  • Focus Groups, Survey Data, & Interviewing

  • Community Needs Assessments

  • Feasibility Studies & Or Assessments

  • Sustainability Planning & Executive Transition Mgmt

  • Resource Development Planning

Areas of Expertise

  • Foster Care, CASA, & Youth Organizations

  • Philanthropic Foundations

  • Capital Campaigns & Community Improvement Projects

  • Animal Welfare Organizations

  • Homelessness Programs

  • Donor Recruitment, Retention, & Upgrade

  • AODA & Recovery

  • Mental Health Clubhouses

  • Social Advocacy Programs

  • Community Action Programs

Our Founder & Principal Strategist: Theresa Collins, MS, MOD

Theresa Collins is the Founder and Principal Strategist at Beacon Organizational Consulting. She brings two decades of experience in the nonprofit and organizational development industries. She holds a Master’s degree in Management & Organizational Development with a Training emphasis and a double Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Social Change & Development with a Law & Justice emphasis.

After growing up in foster care from age 7, and then aging out of the system, Theresa has dedicated her life to making the world a better place. She has extensive professional and personal experience specifically in the areas of foundations, homelessness, child abuse and neglect, foster care resources, youth services, mental health clubhouses, recovery, community action programs, and business development. She has raised millions of dollars to fund community projects, events, and services across the country. She coined the term and lives the life of #FosterKidFierce, demonstrating that foster kids have tools beyond their awareness that they can use to positively alter the currently bleak statistics.

Community service and involvement are key values for Theresa. She was a Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteer for 8 years, a foster and respite parent, a national and chapter member of the Grant Professionals Association and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a board member of Foster Families & Friends, founding board member with the Boys & Girls Club of Manitowoc County, a mayor-appointed member of the Citizen Advisory Council for the city of Manitowoc, a Future 15 Award recipient of the Chamber of Manitowoc County’s Young Professionals, and has also served on the boards of a mental health clubhouse, social justice organizations, and CASA, among others. Theresa is an active member of the Council on Foundations and the Chamber of Commerce.

Due to her background as a foster child, Theresa has moved around the county and lived in several states as a child. She spent her early adult life in Arizona and Wisconsin, and recently moved to her forever home on a beautiful horse ranch hobby farm in Rolla, Missouri, where she is settling into a country life with horses, chickens, ducks, bunnies, and their new beloved ‘stray’ dog, Rexy. She enjoys a beautiful family with a deeply supportive husband and three kids, two younger boys and a daughter in college!

Transform yourself & your organization.