OBSIDIAN EDGE

  • Group of diverse people standing outdoors with their arms around each other, facing away towards a park with trees and sunlight.

    Rooted

    We take an equity-centered, strategy-driven approach, tailoring our work to advance sustainability, cooperative values, and collective well-being.

  • Group of six people standing in an office, smiling, with a large portrait of a man in a red shirt on the wall behind them, along with framed awards and organization plaques.

    Sharpen

    Like obsidian, we cut to the core to uncover solutions and possibilities. We sharpen finance, systems, fundraising, and organizational capacity while identifying steps to drive impact and lasting change.

  • Multiple hands of diverse people overlapping in a group gesture of unity or teamwork.

    Transformative

    We support individuals and institutions with participatory transformative tools to build leadership, address disruption, align with values, and foster accountability. Through reflection and collaboration, we grow resilience to navigate complexity and achieve lasting impact.

  • Two people smiling, taking a selfie in front of a colorful mural on a tall building, depicting women with cultural and artistic elements.

    Sustainability

    Sustainability is not just about the environment, it’s about building networks of support and investments that sustain and scale, creating clear pathways for individuals and institutions to thrive from design to execution.

Our Services

Our Impact

75+ Foundations & 75+ NonProfit and Businesses

Partnered with over 175 mission-aligned organizations advancing equity, gender justice, sustainability, climate, housing, and economic justice and social impact

Provided strategic support across the U.S., Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Barbados, and Brazil, rooted in local leadership, business and global solidarity.

Global Reach

Guided frontline leaders working at the intersections of climate, economic justice, environmental sustainability, housing, social justice, gender justice, food sovereignty, business, cooperative development, and political education.

Intersectional Impact

SELECTED CLIENTS AND PARTNERS

Foundations

Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Amplify Fund
Annie E. Casey Foundation
California Community Foundation
Chicago Community Trust
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Crossroads Fund
East Bay Community Foundation
Field Foundation
Ford Foundation
Fund for Democratic Communities
Fund for an Inclusive California
Grand Victoria Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Knight Foundation
LIFT Fund
MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Neighborhood Funders Group
Open Society Foundations
Polk Bros. Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Surdna Foundation
The California Endowment
The Heinz Endowments
The Kresge Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
The Solutions Project
Woods Fund Chicago Amalgamated Bank
Beneficial State Foundation

Community-Based Organizations, Labor & Public Sector

Artisan Hub
Asian Pacific Environment Network
Black Professionals in International Affairs
California Air Resources Board
California Environmental Justice Alliance
Center for Social Inclusion
City of Oakland City of Richmond
Civic Well Let’s Be Whole Local Government Commission
Climate Justice Alliance
Communities for a Better Environment
Council of African Youth Advocates (Board Member)
Diasporadical Initiative
EcoAdapt
Global Exchange
Grassroots Global Justice
Indigenous Environmental Network
Marin Clean Energy
National Adaptation Forum
Occidental College
Rainforest Action Network
Right to the City
Royal African Company (Board Member)
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Skylink Agro Solutions Limited (Board Member)
The Urban Institute
United Auto Workers
University of California, Berkeley
Urban Habitat
Village of Wisdom
Working Partnerships USA

Our Journey Together

Starts Here.