Inspiring, Empowering, Celebrating
Your Blueprint for Success
Partnering with you to make your business operations more effective and efficient.
At IEC Partnership, we specialize in helping minority and small business owners, as well as nonprofit organizations, strengthen their internal systems and build capacity across their programs, people, funding, and leadership. While we primarily work with organizations that have at least two years of operation, we also support those preparing to reach this milestone. Our mission is to equip clients with the tools, strategies, and guidance they need to streamline operations, prepare for funding, develop staff, and achieve sustainable success that creates lasting community impact.
Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Growth
At IEC Partnership, we believe lasting success comes from strengthening the core of an organization — its programs, its people, its funding, and its leadership. We partner with businesses and nonprofits to uncover barriers and transform them into opportunities for growth. By aligning systems with strategy, preparing for funding readiness, building staff capacity, and shaping impactful programs, we help organizations achieve measurable results and create long-term community impact.
Consulting Services At-A-Glance
Program & Curriculum Development
We design trauma-informed, empowerment-based programming that meets the unique needs of youth and women. Our approach emphasizes cultural responsiveness and social-emotional learning (SEL), ensuring content is relevant, engaging, and impactful.
Our support includes:
Developing culturally responsive curricula tailored to your community
Creating SEL-aligned content for workshops, after-school, or school-based settings
Guiding activity and session design, including handouts, exercises, and facilitation outlines
Staff Training & Facilitation
Staff Training & Facilitation
We provide professional development that strengthens staff capacity and promotes healthier, more effective teams. Our sessions are practical, interactive, and tailored to your organization’s unique culture and challenges, equipping staff with tools they can apply immediately.
Training areas include:
Sensitivity & Bias Awareness – addressing implicit/explicit bias, building empathy, and improving communication
Conflict Resolution & Emotional Intelligence – understanding triggers, de-escalating tense situations, and practicing active listening
Scenario-Based Learning – real-world simulations tailored to your team’s daily experiences
Grant Support Services
At IEC Partnership, we focus on grant readiness — not full-scale grant writing or fundraising. We help organizations lay the groundwork that positions them for success with funders by asking the right questions, clarifying their foundation, and ensuring the essentials are in place.
Our support includes:
Assessing organizational readiness (mission, vision, structure, funding streams)
Clarifying goals and identifying gaps that impact funding success
Coaching to align programs with funder requirements
Developing a sustainability strategy for long-term funding
Limited support with small proposals or sponsorship asks (up to $2,000)
Strategic Consulting & Leadership
Strategic Consulting & Leadership
We work alongside organizational leaders to identify challenges, clarify vision, and chart a roadmap for long-term success. Our consulting blends high-level strategy with practical guidance, ensuring leaders not only set strong goals but also have the structure to achieve them.
Our support includes:
Leadership-focused needs assessment and issue identification
Strategic planning, goal setting, and outcome mapping
Guided development of core documents and policies (we provide frameworks, you adapt them to fit your needs)
Planning guides, checklists, and process outlines to support implementation
Partnership and collaboration strategy
Whether you’re starting from scratch or scaling your mission, IEC Partnership supports your journey with empathy, experience, and excellence.
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Chris Goode, Founder and CEO of Ruby Jean’s Juicery @Ruby Jean's Juicery | Kansas City Juicery (rubyjeansjuicery.com) — tap on the photo below to hear Chris’ comments about Chrystal and her work.
Camry Ivory, Coloratura-art
I highly recommend Chrystal for her outstanding contributions as a program consultant. I had the privilege of working closely with Chrystal during her tenure at KC Scholars, and I witnessed first-hand her dedication, expertise, and ability to drive positive change, which have all been invaluable assets in our organization and in other organizations that she has worked with. She excels in managing complex projects, grants, and administrative tasks with meticulous attention to detail. Throughout our collaboration, Chrystal consistently demonstrated her ability to establish relationships with different teams and bridge the communication gap to ensure all stakeholders were fully informed of progress and updates in major projects.
Chrystal's strong communication skills and collaborative approach allowed her to effectively work with all stakeholders, resulting in successful outcomes. Her ability to articulate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner has been instrumental in facilitating understanding and alignment among team members. Chrystal's collaborative nature fosters an environment of open communication, trust, and teamwork.
"What an awesome experience it has been to work with Chrystal! We've been receiving business coaching since November 2022 and it has been an amazing experience thus far. The tone was set at the beginning, meaning, Chrystal had a very detailed intake process. During the process, expectations were set on both parts to ensure a smooth working relationship. Chrystal's contributions to our business have exceeded our expectations in just these few months. Some of her services have included business coaching, marketing strategies, networking connections and so much more. With her coaching, we succeeded in receiving our first business grant. She has been such an asset and we look forward to what's to come!"
Richard Jr & Shawnice Parker
“Chrystal has completed 1-on-1 coaching sessions with us, which has led to key connections to resources and people that have helped grow our business. The coaching and networking events have helped our business grow and us to grow as professionals. In addition, Chrystal’s coaching empowered and enhanced our mindset to think and dream bigger! ”
