At L.E.K., we are proud of the initiatives we have undertaken to deliver pro bono consulting services to help worthy organizations grow and prosper.
In conjunction with their counterparts at four other U.S. consulting firms, L.E.K. associates run Inspire, a fully incorporated nonprofit organization providing low or no cost consulting services to nonprofits focused on education and youth-development. Volunteers devote time outside of their normal consulting jobs to provide strategic thinking and results-oriented analysis guiding organizational strategy, expansion opportunities, fundraising models, and impact assessments.
To date, Inspire has completed over 50 projects with U.S. organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, WBUR / NPR, Urban Youth Sports, and leading charter schools in the Boston area. Inspire has been offering valuable services to nonprofits and opportunities for young consultants to run case teams and manage client relationships for 8 years. Inspire is currently in the process of expanding internationally, including L.E.K.'s Sydney office. Associates from L.E.K. have served Inspire on a national level as executive director, director of client development, and board member.
L.E.K. Consulting is dedicated to providing pro bono services to non-profit organizations whose mission is to improve the lives of under-served populations either in the U.S. or elsewhere around the world. Our current partner is Medicines For Humanity (MFH).
Medicines For Humanity
MFH is dedicated to saving children's lives in impoverished communities worldwide. MFH helps local healthcare partners to implement effective healthcare initiatives for children and become self-sustaining organizations. These efforts extend beyond donating critically needed medicines for children and pre-natal care for women in areas with high child mortality to developing the clinical and business divisions of local healthcare partners in building stronger, sustainable healthcare in these communities.
MFH has been considering the benefits of combining health care delivery/services with micro-enterprise lending. It points to organizations such as Esperanza, another organization supported by the Major League Baseball Players' Association, as a potential model. The project objectives are to determine the attractiveness and viability of a business model that combines healthcare services and microenterprise lending to achieve MFH's mission. We have structured the project in two phases, which will enable us to involve more L.E.K. staff and allow MFH to build consensus with its donors on the recommendations of Phase I before developing the implementation plan for a pilot site.
L.E.K. is excited to have MFH as its partner in this initiative. This project will not only have a significant impact on MFH and the communities it serves, but will also provide a great starting point for the L.E.K. non-profit initiative going forward.
