Strategic Planning and Organizational Development Consulting: Request for Proposal

The PERIS Foundation is seeking proposals from qualified consultants or consulting firms to lead the development of a comprehensive five-year strategic plan and organizational development strategy at PERIS Hill. Organizations and individuals who are interested in this partnership should submit a one pager to the PERIS Foundation Board of Directors by March 26th. Please use this link for your submission.

This work will support PERIS in advancing its mission to champion and empower young people aging out of foster care through intentional housing and community support. The selected consultant will work closely with PERIS’s Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Directors, staff, and community stakeholders to develop a clear and actionable plan that reflects our values, goals, and vision for the future.

The anticipated time frame for this engagement is June–December 2025.

Background

The PERIS Foundation (“PERIS”) is a non-profit with the mission to oversee and champion PERIS Hill, an intentional housing community in Minneapolis that supports and empowers young people who have experienced foster care to develop and thrive. In late November 2021, PERIS Hill opened with 45 units of affordable housing, including 15 units of deeply affordable, permanent supportive housing for young people aging out of foster care. PERIS Hill is an innovative model created through research and with the guidance of a foster youth advisory council.

Our goal is to interrupt the foster care to homelessness pipeline through an environment of supported autonomy and interconnected independence. We believe that PERIS Hill will empower and build momentum for young people as they move into adulthood in part because it’s a typical, mixed income apartment building, with market rate amenities and opportunities. Youth with foster care experience living at PERIS have the opportunity to build community with each other and the rest of the tenants in the building. They can access services 24/7, but they aren’t required to. Our rent structure was built with extended foster care benefits in mind so that young adult residents have disposable income to budget and spend as they please, and they have support if they make a mistake, so that mistakes are not catastrophic but learning experiences, building interconnect autonomy.

PERIS is committed to continuous improvement of our model guided by young adult residents in collaboration with our evaluation partner, Inspire to Change. Our goal is to build best practices and a replicable model and to share our learnings. To get there, high collaboration with our partners is essential. As we build this model, our central partnerships include our supportive services provider, YMCA Youth and Family Services, whose dedicated PERIS staff provide case and program management for the 15 young adult residents, and our property management partner, Property Solutions and Services, who provide property management services for all 45 units.

At PERIS, our work is guided by the following values:

  • Caring: We show up with authenticity, humility, respect, compassion and generosity.

  • Collaborative: Strong relationships and ongoing collaboration with community partners and the people we serve are critical to our success.

  • Inclusive: We are culturally-responsive and purposefully welcoming. Justice-focused: We are committed to identifying and interrupting all forms of bias in our decisions, practices and relationships.

  • Good stewards: We are fiscally responsible with a culture of transparency.

  • Young person-centered: Our approach is adaptable and holistic, centering the dignity and autonomy of the young people we serve.

The Ideal Candidate

A successful proposal outlines why you are uniquely qualified to partner with the PERIS Foundation.

The ideal org would have expertise in some or all of the following:

  • Equity frameworks

  • Strategic planning

  • Organizational development

  • Community/neighborhood engagement

  • Non-profits

  • Philanthropy

  • Foster youth

​​Scope of Work

The selected consultant will be expected to:

  • Facilitate an inclusive, equity-driven strategic planning process involving key stakeholders.

  • Assess current organizational strengths, challenges, opportunities, and external context.

  • Lead the development of a clear and actionable five-year strategic plan with defined goals, strategies, and metrics for success.

  • Design an organizational development strategy to support effective implementation of the strategic plan.

  • Recommend frameworks, tools, and processes to strengthen PERIS’s internal capacity, partnerships, and community engagement.

  • Ensure alignment with PERIS’s mission, vision, and commitment to equity and continuous improvement.

Deliverables

  • Comprehensive five-year strategic plan.

  • Organizational development strategy and implementation roadmap.

  • Stakeholder engagement summary and analysis.

  • Clear performance measures and evaluation framework.

  • Presentation of final plan to the PERIS Board of Directors.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant or firm will have demonstrated expertise and experience in:

  • Equity frameworks and practices.

  • Strategic planning and facilitation.

  • Organizational development and capacity building.

  • Community and neighborhood engagement.

  • Working with nonprofits and philanthropic organizations.

  • Experience with foster youth and/or youth services preferred.

Proposal Requirements

Interested applicants should submit a one pager including:

  • Interest and approach.

  • Brief overview of relevant experience and qualifications.

  • Explanation of your unique qualifications to partner with the PERIS Foundation.

  • Timeline and availability.

  • Initial budget.

The PERIS Foundation Board of Directors will assess one pagers and invite full proposals from aligned individuals and organizations. Women and BIPOC owned firms are encouraged to apply.