Edit Right AdvisorsSS-01 Strategic Advisory and Program Design
Plan it right.
Strategy Studio is the Edit Right Advisors strategy and program design framework. It starts with an honest diagnosis of where your organization stands, then sets direction, portfolio, program design, and resources together. As a result, your strategy, programs, and funding path agree, and every proposal traces back to one plan.
The framework moves through five steps: diagnose, direction, portfolio, design, and resources. It is built on recognized practice, including organizational capacity assessment, theory of change, and results based management.
Is this for you? Yes, if you are setting or resetting strategy, reviewing programs, or preparing to seek new funding.
Ready to seek funding? Grant readiness, funder mapping, and funding strategy are delivered in full through SS-02 Grant Writing and Resource Mobilization.
Our tools to plan it right
1A Readiness Radar
Our organizational capacity assessment. It reviews your organization across eight dimensions, checks the evidence behind each one, and sets priority actions for a goal such as growth or a first large grant.
Dimensions: leadership and governance; strategy and theory of change; program design and delivery; MEL systems; financial management and sustainability; people and capacity; partnerships and external relations; and equity and inclusion.
Explore the model1B Priority Prism
Our portfolio prioritization matrix. It places each program on two measures, mission impact and financial sustainability, to guide one of four choices: grow; protect and fund; reshape for impact; or review, redesign, or responsibly transition. The matrix frames the discussion, and your leaders make the decision.
Explore the model1C Change Canvas
Our theory of change and program design canvas. Designed backwards from impact, it maps how activities lead to outputs, outcomes, and impact. Every link is checked for causal explanation, assumptions, evidence, risks, and equity and inclusion, ready to convert into a logframe.
Explore the modelMany organizations write a new story for every funder. Over time, the strategy, the programs, and the proposals drift apart, and reviewers notice. Strategy Studio fixes this at the source. We guide your leaders to agree where you stand, what to grow, and how change happens, so every later proposal, MEL plan, and report builds on one plan.
Deliverables
- Readiness review report with priority actions
- Portfolio prioritization matrix and decision notes
- Theory of change diagram and narrative
- Program design ready to convert into a logframe or results framework
- Editable files and the reasoning behind them
Starting price
Per project
Strategy Studio
Starting from
$500
- Readiness review report with priority actions
- Portfolio prioritization matrix and decision notes
- Theory of change diagram and narrative
Monthly
Retainer
Starting from
$1,200 per month
- Readiness reviews, portfolio choices, program design, and theories of change
- Program design ready to convert into a logframe or results framework
- Editable files and the reasoning behind them
Payments: 40% to start, 30% at the midpoint, and 30% on final delivery.
We never charge a percentage of a grant.
Final pricing is confirmed after a short scoping call.
Book a free callQuestions clients ask
Do you guarantee funding?
No. We commit to what we control: the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of our work. Funding decisions rest with funders.
Do you support organizations outside the United States?
Yes. We advise clients remotely around the world.
What do you need from us?
One point of contact, plus your documents, data, decisions, and access to people on the agreed dates. Our timeline depends on these, and we say early if a delay will move a deadline.
How long does an engagement take?
It depends on the scope and the funder deadline. After a free call, you receive a written quote with milestones and dates.
Will you decide which programs we cut?
No. The matrix frames the discussion, and your leaders make the decision.
Key terms
- Theory of change: a map of how and why your activities lead to the change you seek.
- Organizational capacity assessment: a structured review of what your organization can deliver today.
- Logframe (logical framework): a table that sets out results, indicators, means of verification, and assumptions.
- Results based management (RBM): managing programs by the results they achieve, not only the activities they run.
Ready to talk about your next proposal, plan, or report?
Book a free call: editright.io/call We will tell you honestly whether we fit, and suggest a first step even if it is not with us.
Response times: we reply to general inquiries within two business days, and to detailed or technical inquiries within five business days.
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