TCC has the unique skills necessary to assist international NGOs in strengthening their capacity to deliver high impact services and develop sustainable operations. TCC is able to meld its deep knowledge of how effective nonprofits, philanthropies and corporate social responsibility programs work with substantive expertise working in the international arena. TCC staff have worked in the field and in headquarters of international organizations in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and have on the ground experience in creating and managing international initiatives, responding to disasters, working across borders, and negotiating complex program agreements. Our service offerings are similar to those offered for domestic organizations, but modified to the unique challenges of international organizations, and drawing on our understanding of the environment in which NGOs and international programs operate.

Services for Non-governmental Organizations

We assist in establishing and supporting intermediary organizations whose purpose is to nurture and strengthen NGOs in developing countries. Our services include evaluation, structural alignment and managing organizational change.

We review and assess the current status of technical assistance to, and capacity building for NGOs. We work with donor agencies to develop viable strategies to put NGOs on more stable financial and administrative footing.

TCC Group assists with strategic planning for private voluntary organizations, NGOs and funders to sharpen focus, improve results and promote growth.

Services for Corporations and Private Funders

TCC Group develops initiatives for global corporations expanding their overseas programs to address critical business-related issues. We focus on developing effective working relationships with the host public sector and strong partnerships with NGOs.

We assess the current programs of private foundations to determine effectiveness and future involvement. This includes impact assessment, exit strategies and recommendations for new strategies.

We advise business groups on new strategies and opportunities to improve societal functioning at the national, regional, and community levels.

We conduct special seminars for companies and foundations on aspects of International Corporate Citizenship, including strategy, partnership development and impact measurement.

Cases In Point

• The American Red Cross engaged TCC Group to perform an independent and objective assessment of the American Red Cross International Service Department.
• TCC conducted a strategic planning process for Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MLM), an organization that sends committed individuals throughout the world to live and work with the poor, responding to basic needs. MLM was experiencing major changes and TCC helped guide organizational leaders to understand needed changes and then manage the change process. TCC has remained engaged with the organization over several years, being brought in to help facilitate various aspects of the strategic plan in a now-thriving organization with a balanced budget.
• TCC Group worked with an international team of researchers convened by the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania to conduct a stakeholder analysis of IFAI, the federal appeals organization for freedom of information in Mexico. The firm conducted interviews and developed a survey that looked at the various groups with an interest in IFAI and also serves as the focal point for compiling a broader report on IFAI and how it is functioning as a model for promoting freedom of information in the broader civil society of Mexico. The project ended with a presentation of findings to a broad group of stakeholders at a conference hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication.
• For the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a unique body concerned with advancing the agricultural economies of the world's poorer countries through research, TCC Group took on a variety of assignments beginning with an assessment of the relationship with a primary funder and continuing with an assessment of name recognition and outreach mechanisms and concluding with individualized work with the research centers on branding and social enterprise.
• TCC Group was engaged to provide an operational and structural review of the McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP), which targets food security in developing countries. TCC reviewed the operating and governance structure of CCRP and made recommendations regarding the most effective and efficient way to administer and manage the program.