Alumni Consulting Team for Nonprofits

Stanford ACT’s mission is to drive lasting community impact by engaging teams of GSB alumni who apply their expertise and passion for strengthening social benefit organizations.

The Stanford Alumni Consulting Team provides pro bono consulting expertise in a wide range of areas. ACT volunteers are Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni at various stages of their careers with expertise in general management, strategy, business and market analysis, financial management, earned revenue, marketing, technology, and more. They are knowledgeable about how organizations function, including the challenges of planning, decision-making, and implementing change.

Stanford GSB is committed to making a lasting, positive change toward eliminating bias and racism beyond our community. To support this goal, the Stanford Alumni Consulting Team (ACT) is in the process of undertaking 50 projects by the end of 2025 for organizations that are committed to inclusion and racial equity.

Impact over Time

Created by Stanford GSB alumni in 1987, ACT is now one of the largest pro bono resource providers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its inception ACT has served 764 clients with 1,004 projects for an estimated consulting value of $95 million.

ACT clients range from small community-based nonprofits to university and hospital departments, government agencies, and programs. Each Springboard Session includes 4-8 volunteers who generate ideas for addressing a specific, focused challenge facing an organization. Each consulting project fits the size and resources of the client organization, sometimes providing a single consultant and other times a team of up to eight.