Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for Consultants Program
Applications for the 2026 cohort are open until Friday, June 5, 2026 at 5PM EST.
The work of advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in the nonprofit sector is happening in an increasingly complex and contested environment. Across organizations, consultants are being asked to help navigate questions of equity, culture, and power. At the same time, broader social and political dynamics are continuing to shape significantly how organizations operate. These conditions show up in real ways inside nonprofit organizations and in the consulting engagements meant to support them.
TSNE’s DEIB for Consultants program is designed as a space for consultants to deepen their equity-centered practice, strengthen their awareness of systems and power, and build the skills to work more thoughtfully and effectively with clients. Through cohort-based learning, reflection, and dialogue, participants explore how to navigate complexity, hold tension, and support meaningful, sustainable change in the organizations they serve.
About the Program
The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) for Consultants Program was jointly developed and piloted by TSNE and the Institute for Nonprofit Practice in 2021, following two years of conversation with the Boston Foundation and the Barr Foundation about the need to support consultants in our network. Since 2023, TSNE has run the program independently and evolved the curriculum.
The program provides a community of peer learning, teaching, and practice for consultants to hone their knowledge, skills, and confidence in integrating holistic equity-based practices into their work with clients. Together, over the course of eight interactive virtual sessions, participants will build and deepen their competencies and toolbox of approaches for practicing equity in their consultancy.
This program is cohort-based, as it is important to build skills and knowledge in a learning community. We aim to select a diverse cohort of 12-18 participants with consideration for areas of focus, identities, functional expertise, and professional experience.
The program is designed for consultants who are:
- Practicing consultants in the nonprofit sector with four or more years of experience
- Newer to equity-centered thinking and consulting approaches and want to acquire more language and knowledge
- Enthusiastic about deepening the work of nonprofit clients to create more inclusive and equitable organizational cultures
- Excited to learn with, and from, peers in a cohort-based experience
- Curious and willing to explore topics like the nonprofit industrial complex, systems of oppression and their impact on people and organizations, trauma-informed thinking, nervous system regulation while addressing oppression, etc.
- Willing to engage in potentially challenging conversations with peers and prepared to learn through self-reflection and introspection
The program honors the following shared values:
- Commitment to collective good
- Community of care
- Thinking and problem solving together
- Self-awareness and responsibility to the group
- Beginner’s and learning mindset
- Holistic and nuanced approach to complex challenges
Program Dates
All eight sessions are virtual via Zoom on Thursday afternoons. Session 1 is 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST for increased community building time. Sessions 2-8 are all 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST.
| Session | Date |
| 1 | September 10, 2026 |
| 2 | September 17, 2026 |
| 3 | September 24, 2026 |
| Break – October 1, 2026 | |
| 4 | October 8, 2026 |
| 5 | October 15, 2026 |
| 6 | October 22, 2026 |
| Break October 29, 2026 | |
| 7 | November 5, 2026 |
| 8 | November 12, 2026 |
| Make-up Date | November 19, 2026 |
Accessibility
It is our priority to make this program accessible and accommodating for diverse needs and diverse learners. Our program team works closely with participants to maximize participation. Past resources and practices have included automated captioning, live captioners, ASL interpreters, materials shared with large text, presentations with high contrast and large text, and sharing names before speaking.
Program Outcomes
- Deepened analysis of the historical, political, and social context of the nonprofit sector and organizations to ground consulting in equity-based approaches
- Further understanding of the role of consultants in modeling and facilitating equity-based practices and behaviors with their clients
- Increased awareness of the physiological impact of addressing systemic oppression and inequities, and incorporating embodiment lens as a practitioner
- Sharpened equity- and justice-based approaches to add to your consulting and facilitation toolbox
- Built community with a new cohort of fellow practitioners
Program Cost
At TSNE, we believe that everyone, no matter their economic circumstances, should have the opportunity to participate in our cohort learning opportunities. Committed to accessibility based on socio-economic class, we offer the DEIB for Consultants program at a sliding scale. The sliding scale is based on an individual’s annual salary, which serves as a guide to help you make an informed decision around the cost you will pay.
With generous support from the TJX Foundation, we are able to implement this sliding scale to reduce financial barriers. Costs primarily account for staff labor spent designing and implementing thoughtful programming. We will not be asking for proof of income, and encourage you to pay the tuition cost based on your income to help make it possible to run this important program. Payment plans are also available, if needed. Please email Maya Ludtke at mludtke@tsne.org for more information.
Options for payment include:
- Option #1: Pay full tuition amount before the start of the program.
- Option #2: Pay 50% of tuition before the start of the program, and 50% by the midpoint.
| Individual Salary | Tuition Cost |
| > $151,000 | $3,000 |
| $101,000 – $150,000 | $2,500 |
| $76,000 – $100,000 | $1,250 |
| < $75,000 | $750 |
Meet the Facilitators
Brianna Boggs, Coach and Consultant
Brianna Boggs is an independent coach and consultant focused on supporting executives and boards of directors through leadership challenges. Her practice has particular focus on executive coaching for mission-driven leaders, racial justice education, and fundraising for social justice work. Through her work she helps white leaders develop skills to push their organizations to deeper engagement in issues of race and equity, internally and externally. Her background is as a fundraiser for missions including LGBTQ legal rights, abortion access, and positive youth development.
Carro Hứa, Program Manager, Learning Cohort
Carro (pronounced “car-row”) Hứa is the program manager of cohort learning at TSNE. As a social justice educator, she is committed to building and deepening the critical consciousness of People of Color, engaging with multiracial communities, and building worker solidarity for collective liberation. For over a decade she has taught social justice education in different capacities, including teaching ethnic studies to young people, facilitating workshops on anti-oppression learning, and supporting organizations with their staff development on equity-centered thinking and practices. Her professional journey consists of being an associate director of organizational equity practice at Trinity Boston Connects, learning and development manager at City Year Boston, assistant youth program director at the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, and teacher-intern at Breakthrough Collaborative and Steppingstone. Born and raised in Dorchester, Boston to refugee parents from Việt Nam, she is a Boston Public Schools and Smith College alum.
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