CGN Associates – Counseling and Guiding Nonprofits – was formed in 2010 to provide the non profit and philanthropic sectors with highly personalized services.
CGN conducts mid and senior-level searches for clients across the nonprofit and public sectors including organizations involved in advocacy, arts & culture, economic development, healthcare, higher education, human services, independent schools, and other mission driven organizations. We specialize in, but are not limited to, recruiting for Executive Director, Vice President, and Director level positions in administration, communications, evaluation, fundraising, on-line media and programming functions. Our reach is global with a network of sources throughout the world, and the ability to conduct business in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Mission
Our mission is to contribute to the success of the organizations with whom we work through identifying candidates to whom clients might not have access on their own. CGN applies the highest ethical standards to its searches. By earning a client’s trust we engage the client as a partner and seek to take the mystery out of the search for both candidates and clients. We see every search as a strategic recruitment that will add value to a client’s organization.
Many nonprofits tend to recruit from a small circle of friends and acquaintances. It is CGN’s philosophy that the sector needs to increase the people it reaches out to. Exceptional managers are often excluded from consideration due to the close knit environment that exists in the nonprofit sector. This approach is no longer an adequate way to identify and to find new leadership.
CGN seeks to promote greater career opportunities for many of the talented people already at work within the sector. When personal networking by an organization is not enough, CGN works with clients to find those hidden gems in the sector to find the right person for the right job.
We Close the Search - CGN has a proven record of closing searches and closing them with candidates who stay in their role for an average of more than three years.
Personal Attention to the Client – CGN is a small firm with a wide reach. We concentrate on a limited number of searches and we personalize each search bringing unparalleled attention to each client. We are easily accessible to our clients
Highest Ethical Standards – CGN is committed to the nonprofit and philanthropic sector and is mission driven. Integrity is the word clients and candidates use when they describe us.
Long term relationships – CGN is not transactional; we want to develop long term relationships with our clients, candidates and sources.
Superior Networking – Our reach crosses all nonprofit sectors – advocacy, arts & culture, economic development, health & human services, higher education – we have the ability to quickly reach out and build a pool of qualified candidates. Our associates are experienced not just in search but in financial management, human resource management, board governance, foundation management, grant making, international higher education, global health, performing/visual arts, and social media. All are adept at using traditional qualitative research but also in cutting edge online research and social networking.
