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Top 25 Social impact consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Social impact consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 95 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 95 social impact consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,190 professional contacts across them, including 939 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (432 companies); San Francisco has 95.

This list covers social impact consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest social impact consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 95 social impact consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to social impact consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	FROG	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,727 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “frog is the reinvention and experience partner for the eco-digital era.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Third Plateau	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	88 contacts →
	Strong evidence “One of Fast Company's 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators!* Third Plateau is an impact consultancy on a mission to build lasting social good.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	CEA Consulting	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CEA Consulting supports a wide range of philanthropies, nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies in effectively tackling urgent environmental challenges-from climate change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	NEW Sector Alliance	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “New Sector Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Sonen Capital LLC	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We believe that investment capital can help meet large-scale global challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Raise For Good	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We help companies, foundations, philanthropists, and nonprofits chart new pathways to create deeper impact and turn bold visions into reality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	Civic Edge Consulting	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2003, Civic Edge is a WBE/SBE/LBE/DBE-certified firm providing award-winning strategic communications, authentic community engagement, and responsive public relations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	DC Design	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DC Design is a social impact consulting firm focused on addressing systemic inequities in Education, Healthcare, Housing, Criminal Justice, Housing, Employment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Whistle Stop Capital	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our consultancy aids investment managers and asset owners in understanding and communicating how sustainability issues impact portfolio management, engagement and construction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Lift Economy	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LIFT Economy is an impact consulting firm whose mission is to create, model, and share a locally self-reliant and inclusive economy that works for the benefit of all life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Fitz-Roy & Associates	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fitz-Roy & Associates is a recruitment search and consultancy firm working with social enterprises, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Serotonin Creative Consultancy	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Serotonin Creative Consultancy exists to help purpose-driven brands tell stories that actually move people, stories that matter, stories that stick, stories that spark something…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Health Studio	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Health+ Studio is a social impact agency using strategy, science, and storytelling to turn promising ideas into real ways for people to achieve health and well-being.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	The Arora Collective	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Partners, Candice and Vinney Arora, Welcome you to The Arora Collective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Community At Work	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since its founding in 1987, Community At Work has been both a think tank and a consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Spence	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With purpose as our why and connection as our how, we turn transitions into transformations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Socius Group	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help funders build strong, healthy communities by ensuring their resources are used well.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Thinkshift Communications	Partial evidence	San Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Thinkshift is an impact PR pioneer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Upstream Philanthropy	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Upstream Philanthropy is a consulting firm that specializes in leveraging philanthropy within the nonprofit sector to optimize mission and impact for clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Navalta Media	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Navalta Media is an impact-driven communications agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Propelled Strategy	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We propel conscious companies through innovative and memorable marketing, brand & experience design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Wonder Strategies For Good	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “won-der: v: to think about something with curiosity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Impact Amplified LLC	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Impact Amplified, where 'aspirations realized' is not just a tagline, but our commitment to transforming the goals of mission-driven organizations into lasting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Aspire Consulting	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aspire Consulting is an innovative team of business leaders with specialized resources and a proven track record, committed to delivering clear outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Green Lens Consulting	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Green Lens supports businesses to accelerate sustainability initiatives and action plans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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 San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

42.9%Verified-email coverage

23.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 95 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 San Francisco, 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 San Francisco 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, 939 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 in the United States

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 San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 95 social impact consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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?

FROG, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most social impact consulting firms?

New York leads the United States with 432 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (309) and Chicago (233). San Francisco has 95.

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 939 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 95 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.