Equivolve Consulting is a left-of-center consulting firm focused on promoting the critical race theory-influenced concept of equity. ¹ It works extensively with left-of-center organizations including the Annie E. Casey Foundation ² and the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation. ²

Background

Equivolve Consulting was founded for the purpose of promoting equity. According to Equivolve, the firm is in the “Unbound Era,” in which it aims “to break the chains, light up the shadows, and unlock the boundless potential of every soul.” Equivolve Consulting aims in their work to “journey from equity to exhilaration, from fairness to freedom, from just existing to joyously thriving.” ³

According to its LinkedIn profile, “Equivolve is a Black-owned social research and strategy firm fueled by equity and driven by our belief in the abundant potential that exists around the world. We see equity as the greatest means by which we achieve a just, inclusive, and vibrant society where the gap between human potential and its full activation no longer exists. Our work is exclusively in service of closing this gap.” ⁴

One of Equivolve Consulting’s guiding principles is shared ownership, an ideal where “power is not hoarded but shared,” and “success is a shared bounty, celebrated and owned by all.” ³

Services provided by Equivolve Consulting include providing research, project management, and advising philanthropic enterprises; examples of these services include projects promoting the practice of fiscal sponsorship for nonprofits and determining ways of increasing equity in organizational practices. ^{5 2}

Activities

In 2023, Equivolve Consulting partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the “Point of View Project,” a project examining the “opportunities for advancing strategies for postsecondary education as a lever of change for an anti-racist future.” ²

In 2022, Equivolve Consulting partnered with the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation on the “Powerful & Proximate” project, an effort to promote grassroots organizing through the “transformative” use of fiscal sponsorship, a process through which a tax-exempt organization can lend its tax-exempt status to other organizations, accepting and managing donations on behalf of the fiscally sponsored project. ²

In 2021, Equivolve Consulting partnered with Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit focused on “forging partnerships between the healthcare supply chain and government.” ⁶  The purpose of the partnership was to develop an equity framework by increasing practices and institutions of equity within Healthcare Ready’s organization. ²

Partners

Partners of Equivolve Consulting include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Healthcare Ready, the Aspen Institute, the W.K. Kellog Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Partnership for Equity and Education Rights, a project convened by the Education Law Center. ¹

Funding

In 2023, Equivolve Consulting received $300,000 in grants from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, one of the major grantmaking foundations funded by billionaire  George Soros. ⁷

Staff

Glenn Love is the founder and chief executive officer of Equivolve. Previously, Love worked for the Aspen Institute as a senior fellow from 2017 to 2108. Love worked for the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a senior consultant from 2015 to 2017 and as director of equity and opportunity for the Family League of Baltimore from 2015 to 2016. ^{3 8}

1. “Partners.” Equivolve Consulting. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://equivolveconsulting.com/partners5.
2. “Our WORK2.” Equivolve Consulting. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://equivolveconsulting.com/ow2.
3. “About Us.” Equivolve Consulting. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://equivolveconsulting.com/about-us.
4.  “Equivolve.” LinkedIn. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/company/equivolve/about/.
5. Equivolve Consulting. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://equivolveconsulting.com/.
6. “Home.” Healthcare Ready, October 25, 2024. https://healthcareready.org/.
7. “Open Society Foundations – Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships.” Open Society Foundations – Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships – Open Society Foundations. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?grant_id=OR2023-91922.
8. Glenn R. Love – United States | professional profile. Accessed November 4, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-r-love-bba2b397.