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Built from both sides of the table.

Experience that spans both sides of the funding relationship, with a North Star to create a more just, sustainable tomorrow.

Businesses aren’t being asked to save the whole world. But they are expected to help build a more equitable, sustainable future. Basic CSR/ESG efforts are now table stakes, and audiences have little patience for empty promises. Companies with strong purpose and authentic social impact earn greater loyalty, higher employee engagement, stronger talent recruitment, and a reputation that holds up over time and scrutiny.

Elevated Impact helps organizations move beyond box-checking into integrated, results-driven social impact. We bring deep experience in both the charitable and corporate sectors, and we know exactly where good intentions get stuck on the way out the door. Corporate Social Impact flourishes when it meets business and community needs.

Why? This is what creates stable, sustained resources for the most pressing social and environmental issues we’re trying to solve. When corporate do-goodery is unreliable, it’s a waste of time and resources for all involved. When do-goodery is strategic, integrated, and driving business value, it makes for sustained, compounding progress in our communities.

We connect your corporate purpose to measurable goals, align OKRs with business metrics, and design programs that center your stakeholders and communities and drive impactful outcomes both inside and outside the business.

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Some companies see me coming and think: here come the do-gooder to cut into our margins. But the company is already making social impact investments, one way or another. My job is to make sure it works.

-Kathryn, Founder

ABOUT KATHRYN

Kathryn Checkley

Kathryn is a social impact leader with 15+ years of experience building programs that unlock funding, resources, and partnerships to tackle social and environmental challenges. She began her career in the charitable sector, where she designed and led high-performing fundraising campaigns and events to fund social services, health research, and more. On the corporate side, she’s developed and scaled Corporate Social Impact strategies across start-ups and enterprise organizations, aligning with business goals and driving measurable results. From strategizing to implementation to scaling, she specializes in turning good intentions into meaningful outcomes.

She continues driving impact in the charitable sector by building corporate employee engagement programs and advising on sponsorship, corporate donations, and partnership opportunities.

Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kathryn now lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and two sons.