Advancing health equity through leadership, learning, & systems change.
10
Years
50+
Clients
20
States
Founded in 2016, Vertical Strategies partners with healthcare facilities, universities, schools, foundations, and nonprofits to strengthen how organizations lead, fund, and sustain equitable change. We blend strategy, leadership, and data to improve processes, people, and places—helping mission-driven organizations turn vision into measurable results.
Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
Building clarity, direction, and accountability.
Data-driven, equity-anchored plans aligning people, purpose, and performance.
Philanthropic Strategy & Fund Development
Positioning organizations for growth and sustainability.
Funding strategies and partnerships that expand mission reach and financial capacity.
Health Systems & Community Strategy
Strengthening community health and organizational resilience.
Leading Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) for rural and regional strategies that unite data, local insight, and equity to improve access and workforce sustainability.
Advisory & Strategy Services
Equity, Culture & Change
Embedding justice in systems and leadership.
Equity assessments and implementation coaching that build cultures of belonging and accountability.
Social Network & Capital Strategy
Mapping relationships that drive impact.
Using social network analysis (SNA) to visualize and strengthen the relationships that sustain funding, influence, and community connection.
Education, Leadership & Impact
Professional Learning & Facilitation
Cultivating courageous and values-driven leadership.
Retreats, executive trainings, and workshops that strengthen collaboration, emotional intelligence, and systems thinking across sectors.
Training & Curriculum Design
Building capacity through applied learning.
The Funding & Organizational Development Training (FODT) curriculum includes 30+ stackable modules in grant strategy, organizational development, and leadership for nonprofits, universities, foundations, and collaboratives.
25+
Strategic plans & CHNAs delivered nationwide
$10M+
Combined client funding secured
Vertical Strategies
Strategy│Equity│ Leadership│ Learning
www.verticalstrategies.net
30+
Funding & leadership education modules adopted by universities & collaboratives
18
Rural critical access hospitals advanced
Denver, Colorado
mbosworth@verticalstrategies.net
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Advancing health equity through leadership, learning, & systems change.
10
Years
50+
Clients
20
States
Founded in 2016, Vertical Strategies partners with healthcare facilities, universities, schools, foundations, and nonprofits to strengthen how organizations lead, fund, and sustain equitable change. We blend strategy, leadership, and data to improve processes, people, and places—helping mission-driven organizations turn vision into measurable results.
Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
Building clarity, direction, and accountability.
Data-driven, equity-anchored plans aligning people, purpose, and performance.
Philanthropic Strategy & Fund Development
Positioning organizations for growth and sustainability.
Funding strategies and partnerships that expand mission reach and financial capacity.
Health Systems & Community Strategy
Strengthening community health and organizational resilience.
Leading Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) for rural and regional strategies that unite data, local insight, and equity to improve access and workforce sustainability.
Advisory & Strategy Services
Equity, Culture & Change
Embedding justice in systems and leadership.
Equity assessments and implementation coaching that build cultures of belonging and accountability.
Social Network & Capital Strategy
Mapping relationships that drive impact.
Using social network analysis (SNA) to visualize and strengthen the relationships that sustain funding, influence, and community connection.
Education, Leadership & Impact
Professional Learning & Facilitation
Cultivating courageous and values-driven leadership.
Retreats, executive trainings, and workshops that strengthen collaboration, emotional intelligence, and systems thinking across sectors.
Training & Curriculum Design
Building capacity through applied learning.
The Funding & Organizational Development Training (FODT) curriculum includes 30+ stackable modules in grant strategy, organizational development, and leadership for nonprofits, universities, foundations, and collaboratives.
25+
Strategic plans & CHNAs delivered nationwide
$10M+
Combined client funding secured
Vertical Strategies
Strategy│Equity│ Leadership│ Learning
www.verticalstrategies.net
30+
Funding & leadership education modules adopted by universities & collaboratives
18
Rural critical access hospitals advanced
Denver, Colorado
mbosworth@verticalstrategies.net