Defining Your Legacy

We empower changemakers — individuals, families, foundations, nonprofits, companies, and financial advisors — to navigate and maximize their charitable efficacy

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Philanthropic Advising

Not sure where to begin in your philanthropic journey, or seeking support for your existing family foundation? Outpour Charitable Advisors is here to guide you.

We transform your charitable intentions into meaningful, lasting impact through individually tailored services:

Philanthropic Alignment: We listen to understand your philanthropic values, passions, and goals to collaboratively define your unique giving purpose.
Strategic Planning: We translate your defined focus areas into actionable mission strategies, developing long-term plans to achieve your objectives.
Understanding the Landscape: We provide vital insight into core issues, identify relevant organizations, and highlight sustainable philanthropic practices.
Optimizing Giving Structures: We help establish and facilitate the most suitable giving vehicle for your unique situation, whether through grants, scholarships, endowments, etc.
Grantmaking Management: We manage the entire grant lifecycle, from application review and due diligence to legal/fiscal compliance, including drafting agreements and final reporting.
Organizational Support: We provide administrative services for small-staff foundations, and our team can serve on boards to offer strategic and operational support.
Community Engagement: We facilitate hands-on community involvement by arranging tailored volunteer opportunities and collaborative efforts between donors and nonprofits.

We advise within a multitude of mission areas including:

Healthcare Accessibility

Create greater access to physical and mental health services for populations experiencing health disparities.
Environmental Justice

Aid initiatives in the mitigation of global warming, its effects, and environmental injustices.
Educational Development

Invest in educational and career development opportunities for youth in marginalized communities.
Family Support

Assist organizations that provide vital resources to uplift our community’s parents, caregivers, and children.
Arts Participation

Provide access to arts participation and consumption across all visual and performance mediums.
And Many Others

We help you pinpoint specific mission areas that align closely with your personal passions and philanthropic goals.

What Sets Us Apart?

Our team is highly educated and experienced in effective philanthropic practices.

We can help you utilize informed giving knowledge on how best to serve our communities.
You are in charge of your charitable contributions.

The choice of how much to give and when is completely up to you. Our expertise lies in helping you navigate that decision in a way that honors your values, while addressing community needs.
Our philanthropic knowledge is guided by listening to the needs of the communities we aim to assist.

We do not have the answers for all social issues, so, we choose to center the people and communities who are closest to those issues.
Your giving will have a greater impact than just financial support.

With each grant, you empower our team to utilize our own additional resources – including time, knowledge, and connections – to better support grantees.