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We help nonprofits clarify direction, align capacity, strengthen governance, and build healthy cultures.

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heightened development nonprofit consultant delivering services in North and South Carolina and Georgia

Practical Guidance from People Who Understand Nonprofit Leadership

Leading a nonprofit is rewarding, but it can also be isolating. Board dynamics, funding uncertainty, leadership transitions, organizational growth, and competing priorities are challenges that can’t always be understood from the outside.

Heightened Development was founded by Chamlee McGuire after more than 25 years of leading nonprofit organizations. That experience shapes every engagement. Chamlee is involved in each engagement and chooses team members who also understand the realities behind the decisions you’re making because we’ve faced many of them ourselves.

Our role is to work alongside executive leaders, boards, and leadership teams as a trusted guide and thought partner. Together, we ask thoughtful questions, engage the right voices, and develop practical strategies grounded in your organization’s unique mission, data, and priorities.

You can expect honest conversations, actionable recommendations, and support that helps your organization move from planning to implementation—building the capacity for greater impact along the way.

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Nonprofit strategic planning, governance, organizational culture, and leadership development and transitions.

Helping You Eat the Elephant- One Bite at a Time

It can be tough to lead a nonprofit organization. You have the weight of an elephant on your shoulders as you strive to meet your development objectives while facing hurdles at every turn. 

Heightened Development understands this and helps you align your goals with your capacity as you decide what to tackle first, what to say “yes” to, and what to say “no” to.  We are also a partner taking on some of the load, so yours is lighter.  

Testimonials

“Through our partnership with Heightened Development, the Mary Black Foundation has increased our capacity to support nonprofit partners. Whether facilitating a board development process, providing one-on-one coaching for executive directors, creating a leadership training cohort for mid-career professionals, or assisting in the development of a new nonprofit organization, Chamlee and her team bring the kind of thoughtful expertise that we seek in a consultant.”
Molly Talbot-MetzCEO, Mary Black Foundation
“Chamlee helped our organization navigate the challenges of a 5 year strategic plan gracefully. From coordinating interviews with our community partners, to speaking with the board and staff in honest and transparent ways, we created a living document that allows us to better serve the Spartanburg community for many years to come.”
Jordan WolfeExecutive Director, Hub City Farmer’s Market
"Chamlee provided our organization's board of directors with a Board Governance training. Our board is much more knowledgeable regarding non-profit profit work and much more cohesive'."
Deb ForemanExecutive Director, Uplift Outreach Center
“Heightened Development was an invaluable resource to our organization during a key time of leadership transition, assessing staff capacity and building out operational systems that ensured we had the right team and systems and processes to live into our next chapter of community impact.”
William "Bill" BarnetChair, Board of Directors, Northside Development Group
“Chamlee navigated our staff, board, and stakeholders through comprehensive strategic visioning with ease and expertise.”
Jay CoffmanExecutive Director, Spartanburg Little Theatre
"One of my favorite sessions focused on various communication styles and the behaviors that typically accompany those styles. I have become more aware and intentional about understanding these differences as I approach work and life experiences while continuing to self-reflect so that I can become a more effective leader."
Savannah Ray
"I feel more confident leading our organization towards success and I have more clarity of my role. I want to motivate my team to perform better, to make better decisions and to reach their full potential."
Nora Curiel-Munoz
"I have acquired an immense amount of training that will aid in sustaining my role as a leader. One of the things that I really enjoy is the peer-to-peer support (iron sharpens iron). It is not just a training for me; it's a community. I have developed relationships with my cohort members to build partnerships to better serve Spartanburg County."
Amber Pendergraph-Leak
"One thing that has truly impacted how I operate in the workplace was our discussion regarding the level of information/ knowledge that we have and are given regarding decision making and employee input. I believed this helped me as both an employee and as a leader. As an employee, it helped me realize and understand that just because I've been asked for my input does not mean that I get to make the final decision nor does it mean that I have all the information I need to make a final decision. As a leader, it helped me realize and understand different levels of transparency we as individuals all have."
Channing Houser
"I love the comradery and connections made in Leadership Institute! To meet others working in the same field and to share ideas and insights has been beneficial and positive in my work. I highly recommend others to take part in this program to take advantage of the coaching and learning opportunities."
Jessica McKinney
“Participation in the leadership institute led by Heightened Development, has increased my knowledge of ways to coach staff and have those difficult, yet necessary conversations with staff. As well as coaching staff to help maintain a healthy work relationship and environment.”
Rosalyn E. Splawn
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Nonprofit Consultant Heightened Development

Some of Our Clients

Some of Our Clients: BirthMatters, Emerge Family Therapy, Healthy Smiles, Help Me Grow SC, Hope Center for Children, Live Healthy Spartanburg, Mary Black Foundation, Northside Development Group, PAL, Project R.E.S.T., Rockingham County Partnership for Children, SC Children’s Trust, Senior Centers of Cherokee County, Spartanburg Academic Movement, Spartanburg First Steps, Spartanburg Little Theatre, Spartanburg Science Center, Stanly County Partnership for Children, Strategic Spartanburg, Together SC, United Ministries, Uplift Outreach Center, Upstate Family Resource Center