Los Angeles, Nov. 10, 2026 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF)’s consulting practice is embarking on a three-year initiative to strengthen Los Angeles nonprofits essential to food access, wildfire recovery, and leadership development. Ballmer Group is funding the multi-year initiative, providing capacity-building grants that let nonprofits reflect and plan, along with significant pass-through dollars to help participants put those plans into action.  

“Ballmer Group is investing in the sustainability and capacity of the County’s nonprofits with a combination of financial consulting and flexible funding, which allows organizations to immediately begin implementing strategies identified through the consulting engagements,” said Mariesa Kubasek, Director of Consulting at NFF. “This rare combination of systems-level thinking and fast-action dollars will speed outcomes.”  

The initiative is designed to provide participants with strengthened financial plans, enhanced capacity to advocate for resource needs, and greater operational resilience to navigate current and future challenges. It will serve three cohorts of Los Angeles organizations, each facing distinct operating challenges. NFF’s work will include:  

• Helping food-access nonprofits continue addressing food insecurity amid funding and policy shifts affecting government-supported programs like CalFresh, 
• Supporting a core group of nonprofits responding to LA’s wildfire crisis to manage rapid, emergency-driven growth and plan for long-term recovery efforts, and 
• Supporting networks of nonprofit leaders as they build the financial durability of their organizations.  

Work will begin in late 2026 and include financial leadership clinics, tailored consulting engagements, facilitated peer convenings, cohort analyses, and post-program assessments and learning reports.  

“Nonprofit Finance Fund is a trusted partner to LA nonprofits, and understands the financial opportunities, constraints, and unknowns that community leaders navigate every day,” said Christine Tran, Portfolio Manager, Los Angeles, Ballmer Group. “Investing in the long-term well-being of community nonprofits supports social-sector stability that benefits everyone.”