Listen closely.
Start with the people closest to the work. Understand what matters, what’s possible, and what stands in the way.
Social Impact Strategy & Story
Strategy for change that endures.
We partner with mission-driven organizations and brands to co-create solutions for lasting, systemic change.
Find your way forward
Clear strategyCompelling storiesCollective actionLasting change
01Our approach
The challenges that matter most don’t fit neatly into boxes. Neither do we.
Crestline Collective brings a holistic perspective shaped by more than a decade across nonprofit management, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and advocacy.
We listen closely, see the whole system, and build solutions alongside the people closest to the work, pairing rigorous thinking with beautiful, compelling design.
Connect the dots.
Bring people, perspectives, and resources together. Find the shared direction inside a complex challenge.
Build what lasts.
Turn a clear direction into a practical path forward with the strategies, stories, and partnerships to carry it.
02How we can help
From a complex brief to a clear way forward.
Tailored to your needs. Built to move your mission forward.
01 Social Impact Strategy
Comprehensive strategies that align ambition, resources, and the needs of the communities you serve.
Strategy design · Initiative development · Impact frameworks02 Narrative & Storytelling
Compelling narratives that make your mission, impact, and vision meaningful to the people who matter.
Message strategy · Impact stories · Audience communications03 Grants Advisory
Clear guidance through the grantmaking landscape, for funders maximizing investment and grantees strengthening proposals.
Portfolio strategy · Proposal development · Funder alignment04 Strategic Planning
Collaborative plans that create shared direction, strengthen operations, and position your organization for long-term success.
Facilitation · Governance · Organizational sustainability05 Public–Private Partnerships
Cross-sector partnerships that align distinct strengths and resources around complex, shared challenges.
Coalition design · Stakeholder alignment · Partnership stewardship06 Executive Leadership
Fractional and transitional executive leadership that steadies the organization, keeps the work moving, and builds a strong foundation for the next leader.
Interim leadership · Transition management · Board partnership03Design
Strategy, made visible.
Good strategy still has to move people. We pair the thinking behind every engagement with visually compelling, beautiful design that makes it legible and easy to act on.
From board decks to public-facing reports, design isn’t decoration here — it’s how complexity becomes clarity, and clarity becomes momentum.
It shows up in the strategies we shape, the stories we tell, and the partnerships we help build.
- Visual identity & brand systems
- Presentations & pitch decks
- Reports & impact publications
- Campaign & audience-facing creative
04Experience in action
Experience behind the perspective
Experience behind the perspective
Strategy grounded in the realities of funding, policy, partnership, and implementation.
in competitive public and philanthropic funding secured through LA n Sync.
COVID-era food security initiative managed at the California Community Foundation.
leading across foundations, nonprofits, public agencies, and purpose-driven brands.
Selected engagements
No Kid HungryAmazon PrimeInland Empire
Community FoundationUSC Good NeighborsLA County Library FoundationFireAidLA County Office of Food Systems211 LA
Community FoundationUSC Good NeighborsLA County Library FoundationFireAidLA County Office of Food Systems211 LA
Ellah RonenLos Angeles, CA
05Founder & Principal
People. Policy.Possibility.
Ellah Ronen Founder & Principal
Ellah Ronen is a seasoned nonprofit executive and cross-sector leader with over a decade of experience in foundation management, fundraising, and public-sector partnerships.
From helping secure more than $180 million for Los Angeles communities to building a foundation from the ground up, her work turns ambitious ideas into durable structures for change.
Board ChairCenter for Nonprofit Management, Southern California
EducationMBA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BA, UC Santa Barbara
BA, UC Santa Barbara
06Let’s work together
Have a challenge worth solving?