Turning Opportunities and Challenges into Impact
Bringing decades of experience across nonprofit leadership, business and sports to help organizations see possibilities, make better decisions and move forward.
Do You See Yourself?
We’ve outgrown our strategy (or don’t have one).
We don’t stand out in crowded nonprofit landscape.
We’re working harder, but not seeing the progress we expected.
Our board meeting could have been an email.
Practical Tools for Nonprofit Leaders
AI for Nonprofits
AI Doesn’t Change Your Mission.
It Changes What’s Possible.
Practical AI tips designed for nonprofit leaders. Learn how to save time, tackle everyday challenges and focus more energy on your mission.
Mission IQ
How Well Is Your Organization Positioned
to Achieve Its Mission?
Answer ten questions to uncover strengths, blind spots and opportunities. Receive a personalized Mission IQ report to help guide conversations with board and leadership team.
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About Darren & Unless
Hello. Thanks for visiting our site. I’m here because I’ve spent more than 20 years working across the nonprofit, corporate and sports worlds – as a lawyer, corporate social responsibility leader, nonprofit founder and advisor.
I co-founded Simon’s Heart after the loss of my son, an experience that changed the direction of my life and ultimately led me to focus my career on helping organizations create meaningful impact. Today, through Unless, I work with nonprofits, companies and sports organizations to navigate challenges, build partnerships and turn ideas into initiatives that create value for the people and communities they serve.
My work has included the development and execution of the National Lacrosse League’s social impact work, supporting Vision to Learn’s initiative and advising organizations on strategy, community engagement and mission-driven growth. I also created Mission IQ, a nonprofit readiness assessment, and host Nonprofit Night, a monthly gathering of nonprofit leaders, board members and community changemakers.
My work has been featured by CNN, The TODAY Show and The Washington Post.
Like the Lorax, I believe that “unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” That idea inspired our name Unless — and still captures why I do this work.