Grace Consulting
Systems Alignment for Impact
Our Mission
Grace Consulting helps organizations align systems and strategy, so their work leads to real impact. We use evaluation as a strategic tool to identify gaps, clarify what’s not working, and support systems-level change that moves organizations from intention to execution to impact.
Who We Partner With
We partner with organizations across sectors, including education, nonprofits, public agencies, and mission-driven organizations that are committed to accountability, learning, and meaningful outcomes.
Whether you are navigating growth, compliance requirements, funding expectations, or implementation challenges, we help bring clarity, alignment, and direction to complex systems.
Our Approach
Our work is grounded in systems alignment. Rather than producing reports that sit on shelves, we help organizations:
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Identify gaps and misalignment across systems
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Align strategy, goals, and implementation
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Strengthen decision-making through evaluation-informed insight
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Design practical, actionable systems-level improvements
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Build internal capacity to sustain change
Evaluation is not the end goal; it is the tool we use to guide learning, alignment, and impact.
Our Values
Systems Alignment
We believe meaningful impact requires alignment within and across systems. Our work focuses on helping organizations connect strategy, people, processes, and outcomes so efforts are coordinated and effective.
Impact-Focused Practices
We prioritize work that leads to real-world outcomes. Our approach emphasizes practical solutions, clear decision-making, and systems-level changes that move organizations from intention to execution to impact.
Evaluation Excellence
Evaluation is a core tool in our work—not an end in itself. We are committed to rigorous, responsive, and learning-centered evaluation practices that support clarity, accountability, and informed action.
Clarity & Sense-Making
Complex challenges are figureoutable. We help organizations make sense of data, information, and competing priorities to support thoughtful, strategic decisions.
Collaboration & Capacity Building
Sustainable systems change requires shared ownership. We partner closely with organizations to build internal capacity, support learning, and strengthen implementation over time.
Our CEO
Dr. Lauren D. Hargrave
Dr. Lauren Hargrave is an Alignment & Impact Consultant who helps organizations align systems and strategy to achieve meaningful outcomes. She uses evaluation as a strategic tool to support systems change, accountability, and continuous improvement across complex organizational environments.
Dr. Hargrave approaches her work with the belief that even the most complex system challenges are figureoutable with the right clarity, alignment, and tools. She helps organizations make sense of ambiguity, identify what’s not working, and design practical, systems-level solutions that move work from intention to execution to impact.
Her work spans education, nonprofit, public sector, and community-based systems, with a focus on clarity, alignment, and real, measurable impact.