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Top 25 Social impact consulting firms based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 6,022 social impact consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 73,602 professional contacts across them, including 30,893 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers social impact consulting firms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest social impact consulting firms based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21,689 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 6,978 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,751 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help businesses and nonprofits grow, communicate, and succeed, professionally and affordably.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,330 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over six decades, Frost & Sullivan has helped the world’s top companies toward transformational growth journeys that result in a stream of innovative growth opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,727 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “frog is the reinvention and experience partner for the eco-digital era.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 756 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ultimate Minds is a professional consulting and marketing firm dedicated to empowering businesses, nonprofits, and startups with smart, affordable, and results-driven solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 728 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 75 years, CCS Fundraising has empowered many of the world’s greatest organizations to advance some of the most important causes in history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 700 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cadmus is a technology-empowered global strategic consulting firm that helps clients achieve their goals through transformative digital solutions and expertise across domains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 517 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At FSG, we are a global nonprofit consulting firm committed to advancing equitable systems change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 506 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1985 by two women, JBS International, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 443 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Bridgespan Group is a global nonprofit that strives to make the world more equitable and just.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 407 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We exist to drive lasting change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 398 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Outreach Team is a national consulting firm working to make the world a better place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 300 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nonprofit HR was founded with one goal in mind: to strengthen the social impact sector by strengthening its people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JCA is the first and foremost independent consulting firm dedicated to addressing the technology and operational needs of nonprofits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 258 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are partners and advisors of leading organizations and governments, bound to and inspired by a mission of helping our clients improve their performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 247 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Lede Company is a full-service strategy, communications and social impact consulting firm, specializing in corporate, entertainment, brand and nonprofit sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TCC Group collaborates with leaders to solve complex social problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Grounded in equity and deep sector expertise, IFF champions nonprofits to shape more equitable and vibrant communities through community-centered lending, development, and real…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 212 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Financing for nonprofits https://nff.org/our-work/financing/#Consulting for nonprofits https://nff.org/our-work/consulting/#Partnerships with funders and networks…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are M+R.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Global Prairie is a purpose-driven marketing firm crafting business-building solutions that help our clients drive social impact and cultivate a healthier world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MediaLink is the leading consulting firm serving the media and marketing industry’s C-suite.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As of April of 2009, Macro International is now part of ICF.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2006, Good Company is a social impact consultancy specializing in innovative, collaborative marketing, partnerships and communications strategies with purpose.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: social impact consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names social impact consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of social impact consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name social impact consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Social impact consulting firms based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 6,022 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among social impact consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “social impact consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names social impact consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among social impact consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 30,893 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Social impact consulting firms by metro
- Social impact consulting firms in New York432
- Social impact consulting firms in Washington309
- Social impact consulting firms in Chicago233
- Social impact consulting firms in Los Angeles207
- Social impact consulting firms in Atlanta150
- Social impact consulting firms in Seattle111
- Social impact consulting firms in Denver107
- Social impact consulting firms in San Francisco95
- Social impact consulting firms in Austin92
- Social impact consulting firms in Portland85
- Social impact consulting firms in Boston82
- Social impact consulting firms in Dallas81
- Social impact consulting firms in Philadelphia79
- Social impact consulting firms in Houston76
- Social impact consulting firms in Miami65
- Social impact consulting firms in Minneapolis56
- Social impact consulting firms in Oakland51
- Social impact consulting firms in Indianapolis48
- Social impact consulting firms in Phoenix45
- Social impact consulting firms in San Diego43
- Social impact consulting firms in Charlotte41
- Social impact consulting firms in Nashville41
- Social impact consulting firms in Brooklyn37
- Social impact consulting firms in Arlington36
- Social impact consulting firms in Detroit36
- Social impact consulting firms in Sacramento36
- Social impact consulting firms in Kansas City35
- Social impact consulting firms in Pittsburgh34
- Social impact consulting firms in Baltimore31
- Social impact consulting firms in Raleigh31
- Social impact consulting firms in Alexandria30
- Social impact consulting firms in Columbus29
- Social impact consulting firms in New Orleans28
- Social impact consulting firms in Richmond28
- Social impact consulting firms in Cleveland26
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names social impact consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many social impact consulting firms are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 6,022 social impact consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Bain & Company, headquartered in Boston, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most social impact consulting firms?
New York leads with 432 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (309) and Chicago (233).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 30,893 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,022 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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