“This is an uncommon consulting firm. Humphrey combines a long chain of experience in non profit management, an unusually well tuned understanding of board dynamics and really good ideas about what’s wrong with much of current board practice. To this he adds an impressive network of foundation and funder relationships built from long experience with senior foundation leadership in Pittsburgh and beyond. You get a good product, whether an incisive quick response to a situation or a long term restructuring project.”  

- Phillip Hallen, President Emeritus, Falk Foundation

“I have spent 20 years in the foundation community in Pittsburgh. Very few non-profit leaders, in my experience, have the savvy, knowledge and organizational skill that Charlie Humphrey has shown.”

- Maxwell King, President and CEO, The Pittsburgh Foundation

“As a Pittsburgh-based foundation grants officer/executive director, I worked on a variety of organizational and community-wide projects with Charlie Humphrey over the course of 20+ years.  His strategic vision, practical knowledge, and forthright approach to difficult issues always provided positive momentum and clarity of purpose to all in which we engaged together. Charlie was not so much a grantee as a trusted partner and colleague.”

- Henry Beukema, retired Executive Director, The McCune Foundation 

“Charlie Humphrey is one of the most creative and insightful thinkers I have ever worked with. He has a rare ability to assess an organization’s situation, identify alternatives, and envision a new path forward. It’s a pleasure to collaborate with him.”

- Grant Oliphant, President, The Heinz Endowments

"We had just completed a major capital campaign and were exhausted from the effort. I asked Charlie to lead our strategic planning and he revitalized us, brought us to see the big picture, and inspired us to think in new ways about our future."

- Judith O’Toole, Director Emerita, Westmoreland Museum of American Art

“Charlie Humphrey is a unique combination of powerful arts advocate and canny entrepreneurial thinker. His approach is refreshingly challenging, irreverent and passionate , and his lived experience in the arts is second to none.”

- Janet Sarbaugh, Vice-President Creativity, The Heinz Endowments