About Us
20 Degrees is a team of innovative, irreverent optimists changing the culture of philanthropy and the business of child care. Our background in financial management, planning, and organizational leadership is complemented by our experience in the nonprofit and early childhood education spaces. Let’s work together to find your magic angle for organizational excellence.
The Quest Begins
In early 2018, two long-time friends met for a drink and left with a company. What we saw from our respective lenses (engineer-turned-corporate funder and corporate strategist-turned-fundraising executive) was that the philanthropic revenue model was broken. Since then we formally put the old ways on notice and pursued new conversations around money, sustainability, and hope.
Why 20 Degrees?
Like many, we have spent countless hours skipping rocks on bodies of water, finding the pastime equal parts fun and meditative. Reflecting one day on why finding new sources of revenue seemed impossible, we likened the problem to rock skipping. Skipping a rock far into the water may seem impossibly difficult. But if you find the key angle, you turn luck into predictability.
As it turns out, 20 Degrees is the optimal angle for skipping rocks on water. And we're here to help you find the perfect angle to solve the problem of scarcity — by bringing abundance through resources, knowledge, and oxygen.
Partnership with Capitalize Good
Capitalize Good is a subsidiary of 20 Degrees, working closely with the team to provide technical assistance to nonprofits and advisory services to funders. Capitalize Good's focus on field-building activities to turn enterprise capital (unrestricted, multi-year funding that targets the balance sheet) into a philanthropic asset class aligns closely with 20 Degrees' mission of building sustainable social enterprises.
While 20 Degrees identifies and strengthens revenue generation strategies, Capitalize Good focuses on building the balance sheet to create a solid foundation for social enterprises to deliver on their missions. Capitalize Good's services include financial assessments and enterprise capital campaigns for nonprofits and enterprise capital strategy creation for funders.
By working with both nonprofits and funders, Capitalize Good strives to advance more equitable philanthropic practices and motivate the flow of capital to organizations overlooked by traditional forms of philanthropy. Capitalize Good and 20 Degrees are proud to partner to create lasting sustainability and impact for nonprofits and communities across the US.
