Testimonials

National Council of Aging

We are a multimillion dollar organization with an extremely complex business structure. In addition, NCOA is administered on a national level with a large staff distributed over multiple departments. Idealist Consulting was able to learn the complexity of our organization structure quickly as well as navigate its various intricacies. Whether it is database development, business operations or training I would recommend Idealist Consulting to any organization that is interested in improving their business processes.

Stuart Spector | Senior Vice President

New Leaders for New Schools

Idealist Consulting configured SalesForce excellently to meet our evolving fundraising and CRM database needs. We really appreciated their ability to translate our business processes into concrete solutions in Salesforce.

Freeman White | Manager of Systems Development and Training

Hands to Hearts International

Just wanted to send a thank you for your generous work with HHI—a fully functioning database! Oh my! I am excited about the possibilities it will open up for HHI as we take our work around the world. We will be needing to track donors, employees, partner agencies, volunteers and the healthy children we serve being adopted out of orphanages from India, to South Africa. Thanks, your expertise is a contribution that will make our organization more powerful and effective in fulfilling our mission.

Laura Peterson | Founder, Executive Director

Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

As the Southern California region’s premier business leadership organization, the LAEDC's mission is to attract, retain and grow businesses and jobs in the regions of LA County.  We are a 501 c3, however, our business structure resembles a private sector business. Idealist Consulting was able to take this into account and produce a database that allowed us to support our business operations while considering that we have a nonprofit side as well.  They are a wonderful organization and I would recommend them to any organization looking for technical support.

Eydie Galper | Vice President Strategic Relations 

Corporate Ethics Network

Idealist Consulting is one of those rare consulting groups who often see what you need before you do. They attend to the smallest details, bring projects to completion on time and on budget, and even throw in a little extra time to make sure their clients are completely satisfied. I will hire them again for future projects and recommend them highly to others.

Michael Marx | Executive Director

Outward Bound

Idealist Consulting helped to increase our revenue to over $1,000,000 a year while building associations and systems [CMS, Networks, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Marketing] that will last for years to come. I would recommend Idealist for any nonprofit looking to move into the 21st century. Thank you for a job well done.

Jim Rowe | Executive Director

American Red Cross

Thank you for helping the American Red Cross [Logistics Division] to respond to the needs of those who were tragically affected by the events of September 11th. I hope that your experience as a Red Cross disaster worker during this disaster relief operation was rewarding, and that you will continue to participate in future relief efforts.

John A Clizbe | Vice President, Disaster Services

Land O' Lakes International

Land O'Lakes utilized Idealist Consulting services on a computer training project. Having put together a training plan Idealist Consulting conducted training for several projects...who had been provided with computers by Land O'Lakes in order to improve their financial reporting and monitoring systems. The training was responded to enthusiastically and the trainees expressed their highly positive evaluation oftheir work. As a result I can recommend Idealist Consulting highly for work in an international setting.

David Blood | Country Manager

ACCELS

Idealist Consulting has assisted me with The Teacher's Excellence Awards—Teachers Nomination Committee, and university graduate interviews for the Freedom Support Act Graduate Program each of which is imperative for me to do my job effectively and successfully. Were it not for their organizational management I would have not been able to do my job effectively.

Michael Hnatyshyn | ACCELS, Regional Director

Kipp Bay Area Schools

When anticipating our database build out I was dreading the process. With Idealist Consulting's leadership, it's become a fascinating journey that has given me insight into our business practice.

Sarah Lightfoot | Development Director

Kansas City Antiviolence Project

Idealist Consulting is great to work with.

Doug Riley | Director

A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village

Idealist Consulting was awesome to work with and they put together training templates that addressed our needs in so many areas. They were always pleasant and took great care to make sure I came away from each phone meeting with a good understanding of the project to date.

Kim Baldwin | Associate Director

Michigan Suburbs Alliance

Idealist Consulting was the only firm that had enough patience to help me make a decision on project direction. Their analogies make sense; their recommendations are clear; and they are attentive to their clients needs.

Melanie Piana | Associate Director

Kids Now Canada

Idealist Consulting was a pleasure to work with, very patient while remaining cognizant of what we could reasonably accomplish with the time we had available.

Susan Ryan | Director

Project Patagonia

Idealist Consulting's knowledge of the nonprofit sector allowed them to quickly determine our needs and provide a website that exceeded them. Thank you!

Kimberly Berls | President

COOP America

Co-op America's mission is to advance the green economy. We harness the economic power of consumers, investors, and businesses to help create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.  Although we are a national nonprofit membership organization, some of our business operations are very similar to private sector equivalents. Idealist Consulting was able to take this into account and produce a database that allowed us to support our business operations while keeping options open should we need to add on a more typical nonprofit buildout of Salesforce later on.  Idealist Consulting have proven to be a great asset for us and I would recommend them to any organization looking for technical support--public or private..

Rob Hanson | Advertising Manager 

ARMS

Idealist Consulting understands the nonprofit environment better than any developer I've ever worked with, and I've worked with developers on customizing databases since 1978.

Judy Maurer | Development Director 

Baray Studio

We wanted a simple, attractive website that was easy to navigate and at an affordable rate. We got everything we needed -- and we got it ahead of shedule.  Thank you Idealist Consulting.

Armando Baray | Principal

Montgomery Educational Consulting

Idealist Consulting is a joy to work with. I trust them, and they have a great ability to keep it light as they go about doing serious work.

Mark Montgomery | President

Equal Justice Intiative

Idealist Consulting helped us set up a Salesforce.com donor database and management system and completed the project perfectly within our specifications, on time and within budget. They are a highly professional and skilled group and a pleasure to work with.

Diane Keating | Development Director

Waterbirth International

Our nonprofit organization has benefited greatly from working with Idealist.  Primarily, with the Salesforce database and custom integration to keep track of our memberships, sales and donations. The consulting with Idealist Consulting was done with professionalism, integrity and always with our budget in mind. I would recommend Idealist to any organization needing guidance through the myriad choices of database management.

Barbara Harper | Director

Portland Community Land Trust

Idealist Consulting provided the perfect product with stellar service. Further, though the project is complete, our continuing questions and changes are addressed immediately. I cannot recommend them highly enough. And we think Rob is just the greatest.

Kathy Armstrong | Deputy Director

American Place Theatre

The benefits of our customized Salesforce.com system to our non-profit arts and literacy program are immeasurable.  Thanks to Idealist Consulting, we are able to organize and implement hundreds of educational performance workshops for tens of thousands of students across the country in a more expeditious and accurate way than ever before.  What's more, Idealist is able to meet the evolving demands of our Literature to Life® program as we work to transform our evaluation and assessment into an immediate, web-based process, accessible from anywhere around the country that we are providing our services.  My staff and I say to them a resounding, "Thank you!" and to any potential client, "In Idealist, you have found a friendly, capable, creative, and responsive firm to meet your Salesforce.com customization needs in the non-profit arena.

Jennifer Barnette | Managing Director

Committed Partners for Youth

Idealist Consulting completed our migration and it all went very smoothly. I just wanted to convey what a delight and pleasure it was to work with Idealist Consulting. They were accessible as well as readily understandable. Their friendly approach to the process made it almost painless :-). Our agency is actively seeking addtional funding to allow us to continue working with them for ongoing support.  They all did an excellent job.  Thanks for enlightening us to the enormity of the this task and putting us in your careful hands. 

Jenny Stern Carusone | Program Director