Cause IMPACTS is a social impact strategy consulting firm that helps you clarify, create, measure, and amplify the impact you’re making by using robust policy and statistical analysis, coalition building, group facilitation, program design, capacity building training, and program evaluation.
Cause IMPACTS is a female-owned social impact strategy consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California. We help you clarify, create, measure, and amplify the impact you’re making by using robust policy and statistical analysis, coalition building, group facilitation, program design, campaign strategy, capacity building training, and program evaluation.
At Cause IMPACTS, we recognize that companies, organizations, government agencies, elected officials, donors, and movements rarely have the capacity, incentive, or strategy to work together in a way that maximizes impact. Our mission is to break down the silos that exist between sectors in order to motivate social innovation and drive social change.
Cause IMPACTS is a certified Women-Owned Small Business Enterprise with multiple diverse business certifications (SBE) (DBE) (WBE) (WOSB), etc.
We work collaboratively across sectors to develop unique partnerships, leverage resources, and support
innovative solutions that help our clients drive social change, measure and evaluate social impact,
and communicate this impact in meaningful ways.
We build the following 4 strategies into every client project:
We recognize that companies, non-profits, government agencies, elected officials, and donors rarely have the capacity, incentive, or strategy to work together to maximize impact. CauseIMPACTS is built on the principle of cross-sector collaboration. We believe that collective impact is the best way to create and sustain positive impact.
Our team’s first-hand experience in the private, public, non-profit, and philanthropic sectors provides us with a nuanced understanding of the strengths and challenges of each sector. Our diverse range of experiences equips us with the skills and insights needed to develop unique and innovative solutions that cause impacts in the world.
We believe all solutions should be rooted in evidence and real-world data, so we build qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis processes—including surveys, focus groups, and academic literature reviews—into every client project. Our create lasting impact because data is at the heart of everything we do and every project we develop.
Every challenge and every client is unique deserves a unique solution. At causeIMPACTS, we do not believe in cookie-cutter templates or a one-size-fits-all approach. We work with you to develop customized and personalized solutions that meet your specific programmatic needs and speak to your intended audience. No templates here.
At Cause IMPACTS, we help you:
You want to make a difference
in the world. We can help.
Strategic Planning
Program Development
Corporate Impact Strategy
Diversity & Inclusion Strategy
Philanthropic Partnerships
Group Facilitation & Training
Curriculum Development
Customized tools to evaluate
and track your impact.
LMI data dashboards
Data analysis
Program Evaluation
Impact Assessment
Metrics Development
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Policy Research & Analysis
Professional Annual Reports
You’re doing great things.
Let’s tell the world about it!
Strategic Storytelling
Cross-sector facilitation
Community Engagement Strategy
Consumer/Client Engagement
Advocacy Campaign Design
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Program Development
We develop holistic CSR strategies that give your business a competitive advantage while boosting brand recognition, customer loyalty, and employee engagement, while enhancing your bottom-line.
Workforce Development: Diversity & Inclusion
We address your workforce development needs and help you achieve diversity and inclusion targets by identifying and empowering disadvantaged and nontraditional populations to join the labor force.
Community Engagement and Community Organizing
We develop engagement campaigns that bring together customers and community members around a joint cause. After establishing sense of shared interest and responsibility, we set processes in place that foster lasting relationships and enable collaborative decision-making.
Employee Engagement
We help clients attract, retain and engage employees by creating programs that get employees working together to cause impacts on the things they care about. These programs boost company culture, cultivate leadership, and build a sense of community among employees.
Impact Assessment & Evaluation
It is impossible to measure impact without having robust assessment and evaluation processes in place. We conduct impact analysis and develop annual reports to ensure you achieve the impact desired and have resources that communicate that impact. to key stakeholders.
Strategic Planning & Group Facilitation
We are experts at guiding groups through planning exercises that ensure all voices are heard and people of all backgrounds find common ground. We excel at navigating complex conversations and interpersonal dynamics while moving strategy forward so you can cause impacts on the things you care about.
Strategic Philanthropic Giving
We help clients increase their impact on issues they are passionate about by developing Strategic Giving Portfolios that clarify interests and desired impact. This may involves coordinating strategic donations of extra inventory, developing a 501(c)3 foundation, or other collective impact strategies..
Training & Curriculum Development
We develop engaging trainings for every age range, group size, and education level. We have developed personalized trainings for countless companies. Our content can be used and repurposed after our role is completed
Policy Analysis
We conduct policy research and analysis on issues such as workforce development, criminal justice, transportation, education, homelessness, public health, and social equity. We understand how to read and interpret complex legislative policies, and leverage these insights to access funding and other opportunities.
Our clients are companies, non-profit organizations, government entities, and philanthropists who want
to positively impact the world while advancing their organizational mission and brand.
"It was a great pleasure working with Jessica and the CauseIMPACTS team. They helped us develop an impact assessment model to measure the annual impact of our organization. We help so many kids everyday and now we can actually measure and communicate the impact of our activities. Without causeIMPACTS, none of this would have been possible! I cannot recommend Jessica enough!”
Karissa Nguyen
Director of Training, Research, & Innovation, Mending Kids
"CauseImpacts created the mitu ACCELERATOR curriculum, which introduces aspiring multicultural story-tellers to the digital field by exposing them to every aspect of mitú’s production and business cycle. causeImpacts approached the project with the passion and enthusiasm necessary to help us achieve the program’s mission. They were professional, timely, and effective, making themselves readily available to our team to address any questions or concerns. Additionally, they were able to utilize their connections in the field to ensure that multiple actors in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors worked together to accomplish program success."
Briana Calleros
mitú ACCELERATOR Project Manager
“Thank you, Jessica, for bringing your energy, expertise and passion to the training session on 'Raising Money and Support' to the Students In Action Conference last week. The students were fully engaged and process forced them to think creatively and critically about how to gain support for their causes and service passions. Would love to have you work with us again!”
Karen Hatcher
National Director, Students in Action-Jefferson
“causeIMPACTS was a life-saver for our organization during a time of transition. Jessica is incredibly knowledgeable, efficient, and organized. She can quickly understand your organization’s strengths and needs and devise a plan of action. She builds the capacity of those within the organization for a smooth transition once she is gone.”
Natasha Morse, Da Vinci Schools
"When I need someone to give a training or facilitate a group, I run - I don’t walk - to call Jessica. She fills a room with her energy, dives into the crowd with questions and has the rapt attention of hundreds of people. You will get clear information and thoughtful analysis delivered with humor and warmth. When Jess is speaking, I like to just sit back confidently and watch the show."
Alison Laslett CEO, R E P R E S E N T Consulting
Founder and Principal
Jessica is a policy analyst, program strategist, and community organizer whose career is fixated on driving social change in increasingly impactful ways. The first ten years of her career were spent as a direct issue area community organizer during which she developed programs at a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana, helped unionize female laborers in Guatemala, organized a 100,000 person march for immigration reform in San Diego, developed civic engagement campaigns with justice involved youth, helped monolingual Spanish speaking parents challenge the educational status quo in Los Angeles, and develop state-level policies around youth development and youth incarceration. Jessica understands social change and believes that anything done to study, improve, or create something in a community MUST include those the program, policy, or initiative seeks to impact.
Jessica has an extensive background developing cross-sector collaborations that include non-profit, public, and private sector entities to forge collective action. Her diverse background working in direct service non-profits paired with her experience working with elected officials and government agencies provides her with a global lens through which she forges partnerships and develops implementable programs that work for all parties while building their internal capacity to do more.
Jessica believes that the recipe for sustained social change must include a combination of passionate grassroots social movements, cross-sector collaboration, and data-driven policy analysis. Her experience in the non-profit, public, private, and academic sectors, made her keenly aware of the disconnect that exists between groups that often desire the same things, yet too often do not have the time or know-how to create such change. Given this, Jessica founded Cause IMPACTS to break down the silos that exist between sectors, to motivate social innovation, and to cause impacts on the social and environmental issues that she is passionate about! Jessica earned a Master of Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Bachelors in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara. She lives with her husband and two sons in Inglewood, California and spends her free time chasing her two sons outdoors.
Director of Evaluation and Social Equity
David is a passionate advocate for utilizing evaluation and social science as tools for liberation and social justice. In particular, he believes that evaluation, when done right, can dismantle systemic oppression and promote equitable futures, particularly for marginalized and underrepresented communities. He is committed to centering community voices, challenging dominant narratives, and using data and insights for advocacy and liberation.
Prior to Cause IMPACTS, he worked at various consulting firms such as Social Contract and Equal Measure where he led impactful projects in environmental justice, health equity, DEI strategic planning, and service delivery innovation. He has also honed his skills in collaborative leadership, data analysis, program evaluation, and community engagement through his work with the UF/IFAS Family Nutrition Program and the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences.
David is a lifelong learner and holds a Ph.D. in Forest Resources and Conservation (Environmental Social Science) from the University of Florida, as well as graduate degrees in Human Geography and Agribusiness. He is also a Leader in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) Scholar and an Environmental Leadership Program Senior Fellow. His commitment to social impact is evident in his volunteer work and professional memberships with organizations such as the Eastern Evaluation Research Society, the American Evaluation Association, the Third Sector Capital Partners Advisory Board, and the Delaware Nature Society DEIJ Sub-Committee.
In his spare time, David enjoys reading speculative fiction, community gardening, pickleball, and hiking/biking/walking in nature. He lives with his family in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Director of Research and Data Analytics
Anum is a social impact-driven data leader based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is passionate about leveraging research and data analytics to advance equity and economic mobility for women, people of color, and other historically underserved communities.
Prior to joining Cause IMPACTS, Anum served as the Assistant Director of Data Operations at Invest Atlanta, the City’s economic development authority, where she established the organization’s first in-house data team. Anum has also served as a lead analyst in the education and nonprofit space, working at organizations such as Summit Public Schools and Mending Kids International.
Anum holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Emory University, a Master’s of Science in Global Medicine from USC, and a certificate in Data Analytics from Georgia Tech. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Atlanta’s diverse food and arts scene and spending time in the kitchen connecting with her Pakistani roots.
Senior Consultant
Sophia is a native Angeleno with over a decade of non-profit experience. She finds great pride in working with local communities and equipping them with tools they need to bridge educational gaps, develop leaders, and attain the resources needed to thrive.
Sophia began her career by offering college access programs to families, students, and teachers in her local community of South Los Angeles. Prior to joining Cause IMPACTS, Sophia served on the national leadership team for CollegeSpring as their Head of Partner Success where she oversaw program operations, implementation, and partnerships across 3 regions. She also served as the Executive Director of Spark Los Angeles, a middle school career exploration program. Sophia combines her passion for running programs, managing teams, and building cross-sector partnerships to effectively lead organizations, particularly during times of transition.
Sophia obtained her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and minored in Education and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA. During her free time, Sophia enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter and large extended family.
Data Scientist (Wizard)
Josh is a researcher, educator, and data scientist who specializes in helping people understand and use data to develop clear actionable insights. His current evaluation projects cover a wide range of topics from healthcare, advanced manufacturing, STEM education, to the role of philanthropy in economic development. He has worked on a number of labor market and innovation reports including a grant from the National Science Foundation on the role social and cultural dynamics play in regional economic development. Dr. Shapiro was one of the core evaluators on the effectiveness of the Department of Labor’s $500 million WIRED initiative, which involved 15 regions across the United States. Additionally, he has conducted a number of community-based research projects building indicators and dashboards to measure collective impact as well as working with non-profits throughout San Diego to demonstrate social change.
Dr. Shapiro has taught classes on Research Methodology for UC San Diego and is trained in both Qualitative and Quantitative methodologies with a specialization in labor market data. Before attending graduate school he worked in the Conflict Resolution field in Washington D.C., was a public school teacher in South Carolina, and built homes with Habitat for Humanity in Louisiana.
Dr. Shapiro holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in Social Thought and Analysis from Washington University in St. Louis.
Contact causeIMPACTS today to schedule a free consultation.
PHONE: 714.390.6301
EMAIL: jessica@causeimpacts.com
