Julieann Rapoport

The Community Consulting Initiative

18 Brookside Court, Amherst, MA 01002 | (413) 687-5483 | julieann_rapoport@post.harvard.edu
Works in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Last updated:
Thursday, Aug 28, 2025

The principal goal of The Community Consulting Initiative is to help nonprofit organizations position themselves to work more equitably and effectively toward their respective missions. To that end, we provide organizational consulting, capacity-building, and training in the nonprofit sector. We work with educators, organizers, service providers, government agencies, and foundations to develop and implement organizational assessments, planning processes, and evaluation protocols. We specialize in the collection, analysis, and synthesis of data that can help your organization answer important questions about its role in achieving social justice. We use our knowledge of people, programs, and policy to support your efforts.

Areas of Expertise:

Evaluation training, Organizational evaluation, Program evaluation

Fundraising / fund development planning, Grant writing, Grant writing - federal grants

Organizational assessments, Strategic planning, Organizational development, Collaborations and mergers, Managing change, Meeting facilitation

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Adult Education, Literacy, Education (K-12), Immigrants / Refugees, Social Justice

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Institute for Training and Development
    Name: Dr. Mark Protti
    Description of services provided: Evaluation and Training for International Students and Professional Fellows
    Year services provided: 17
    Contact Info: | mark@itdamherst.org
  • Organization: Holyoke Public Schools
    Description of services provided: Evaluation, Planning, Program Design, and Grant-Writing
    Year services provided: 15
  • Organization: University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
    Name: Sharon Vardatira
    Description of services provided: Training Materials, Technical Assistance,, Organizational Assessments, and Grant-Writing
    Year services provided: 10
    Contact Info: | svardatira@donahue.umass.edu
  • Organization: Early Childhood Associates
    Name: Dr. Linda Warren
    Description of services provided: Evaluation of Maine's Preschool Development Grant Renewal
    Year services provided: 3
    Contact Info: | lwarren@earlychildhoodassociates.com
  • Organization: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
    Name: Dalila Hyry-Dermith
    Description of services provided: Trainings: How to Provide Responsive Training + Technical Assistance; Immigration in the Context of Care Coordination
    Year services provided: 2
    Contact Info: | dalila.hyry-dermith@mass.gov
  • Organization: Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation
    Name: Dr. Anne Douglass
    Description of services provided: Grant-Writing
    Year services provided: 2
    Contact Info: | Anne.Douglass@umb.edu


Training & Workshops:

  • Name: Conducting Assessments of Community Assets and Needs
    Duration: 4 hours
    Fee: $1,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 5
    Maximum Audience Size: 25
    Reference: Dr. Mark Protti, Institute for Training and Development, mark@itdamherst.org
  • Name: Introduction to Program Evaluation
    Duration: 4 hours
    Fee: $1,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
    Maximum Audience Size: 25
    Reference: Dr. Paul Hyry-Dermith, Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition, hyryp@comcast.net
  • Name: Participatory Action Research
    Duration: 3 hours
    Fee: $750 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 5
    Maximum Audience Size: 20
    Reference:

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