Smarter systems.
Bigger impact.
Nonprofit services fueled by decades of expertise, merged with thoughtful use of emerging technology, with your people and purpose at the center.
The people your systems are for.
Who you get
You will always be working directly with us.
Nonprofit experts with decades in strategic planning, campaigns, grants, and governance. The work is strategic consulting, done live and one on one, shaped around your organization rather than a template or a module.
The full range of the work
Decades inside nonprofits means we have sat with almost every version of what you are facing, and we fill the gap wherever it sits.
Live, one on one
Real conversations with Kelly and Anna, peer to peer. No modules, no portal, no waiting on a ticket.
Built for your organization
Your budget, your board, your staff capacity. What you get back is usable Monday, not a binder.
How we help
Grants and institutional giving
See how grant engagements work →Vetted funder matches, a real pipeline, and a Command Center you can run yourself or hand to us.
Campaigns and fundraising
Annual giving through capital campaigns. Feasibility, case for support, sharper appeals, and donor relationships built to keep compounding.
Organizational and strategic planning
A clear read on where you are, where you want to be, and a partner to help you close the distance.
Board development and engagement
Clear roles, governance that holds, and board members who know what to do between meetings.
Responsible AI integration
Ethical use, clearly governed, so the routine gets absorbed and your people stay on the work only they can do.
Ongoing partnership
One project or a standing partnership. We fill in where you need it, for as long as you need it.
Why now
The sector has never had enough of anything.
74.6%
Report open roles they're struggling to fill
National Council of Nonprofits
Nonprofit teams are stretched thin. Most have started reaching for AI to close the gap, but few feel confident doing it responsibly.
That is the gap we close. We pair decades of nonprofit operating experience with ethical AI tools, then hand you the systems and the judgment to use them. The routine work gets absorbed, and your team gets its hours back for the relationships only people can carry.
The gap
Nonprofits aren't behind on adopting AI. They're behind on turning it into real impact.
Eighty percent have already started. Fewer than ten percent feel they are using it responsibly, and only fifteen percent have a policy to guide it. Looking forward the shape is the same. 77% expect to be using AI within five years, while only 19% feel confident with any advanced technology today.
The AI Equity Project, 2025. The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
That is not a technology problem. It is a structure problem, and structure is fixable. Closing the gap means real capacity. Research that used to take a week. A policy you never had time to write. Room to finally try the program idea you have been sitting on.
80%
Have started using AI
10%
Or fewer feel they use
it responsibly
it responsibly
15%
Have a guiding policy
19%
Feel confident with
advanced tech
advanced tech
Who we are
LH West is based in Salt Lake City, where both of us have built our careers serving mission-driven organizations. We work with organizations throughout the West and remotely with clients nationwide.
Kelly Lear
Co-founder and Consultant
A nonprofit executive who has led programs, partnered with boards, and raised and stewarded the funds that keep a mission going. MPA, University of Utah.
Anna Habben
Co-founder and Consultant
20+ years in strategic planning, fundraising, and organizational development with mission-based organizations. MPA, Brigham Young University.
What we believe
More capacity. Less burnout. The same human heart at the center of your mission.
Technology that quietly takes on the routine, so your people can spend their energy on the relationships only they can build.
Mission before tools
Tools to help drive your mission.
Built for your organization
Your strengths, your constraints, your context.
Strategy that increases impact
A plan you can act on, and a partner while you do.
Start from strength
We build on what your organization already does well.
Ethical use of AI
Deliberate, governed, and never a substitute for your expertise.
Free assessment
Where does your organization actually stand?
Seven questions, three minutes, and a straight read on your capacity, your systems, and where AI would help or get in the way. No email required, and the report is yours to download.
Start the assessment
Start here
Or start with a conversation.
Tell us where you could use help. Kelly and Anna read every message, and we will write back with a real answer.
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