Serving as a strategic partner and trusted advisor, KBG works in collaboration with its clients to offer a full continuum of capacity-building services.

"WE ARE CONTINUALLY FACED WITH A SERIES OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES BRILLIANTLY DISGUISED AS INSOLVABLE PROBLEMS."

– JOHN W.GARDNER, FOUNDER
INDEPENDENT SECTOR

The Kirkland Byrd Group, LLC (KBG) provides social change consultancy to local, regional, national and international nonprofit organizations, government entities, and foundations. KBG specializes in capacity building, change management and implementation, executive coaching, and catalytic philanthropy.

Founded in 2014, the Kirkland Byrd Group is led by Shirley Marcus Allen, a seasoned executive with over three decades of government and nonprofit experience. KBG is uniquely positioned to provide strategic advice that increases organizational impact and performance and enhances the value of services offered in the nonprofit, corporate, and government sectors. KBG also works with foundations and is a vetted Philanthropic Advisor with Fidelity Charitable.

Serving as a strategic partner and trusted advisor, KBG works in collaboration with its clients to offer a full continuum of capacity-building services.

"WE ARE CONTINUALLY FACED WITH A SERIES OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES BRILLIANTLY DISGUISED AS INSOLVABLE PROBLEMS."

– JOHN W.GARDNER, FOUNDERINDEPENDENT SECTOR

– JOHN W.GARDNER, FOUNDER
INDEPENDENT SECTOR