Welcome, Changemakers

Let's Create Big Impact Together

Scaling Social Impact is Hard

Changemakers face obstacles on their way to large-scale impact. These can include:

Inadequate funding
Systems designed to work against us
The many perils of shifting from a small-scale to a grand one

But There are Effective Ways to Break Through

We use validated strategies and tools*, customized to your unique situation, to achieve large-scale impact. We'll help you to:

Develop and improve solutions that can make deep impact for dramatically more people
Unlock ample and sustainable revenue
Design with a community-centered approach

*Flying Bird builds upon concepts and frameworks that have created massive change in the world:

When we think about shifting culture and changing laws, we take inspiration from highly successful campaigns including Freedom to Marry and Tobacco-Free Kids.
We design solutions and sustainable enterprises by centering community members in line with principles from human-centered design, Lean Startup, Lean Impact, and Spring Impact's scaling tools.
We build lasting power for positive impact with concepts stemming from the functional organizing framework that AARP and unions use, and research on hundreds of successful movements described in Civil Resistance and How Change Happens.

Services

We offer tailored consultancy to help you develop and scale up impactful strategies and solutions

Scale Strategy

We'll help you understand the various pathways to large-scale impact, help you identify the risky and unknown aspects of your strategy, and develop a roadmap to help you guide your path forward.

Community-Centered Design

The best solutions are not devised in board rooms, they're co-designed by community members who engage with it. We'll help you understand how to engage in community-centered design to test, learn, and improve your way to huge impact.

Money in Jar representing funding options

Identifying Funding Options

Funding is one of the biggest obstacles to large-scale impact. We'll support you in exploring options that go beyond traditional philanthropy to find funding streams that can cover 100% of your costs at scale.

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About Flying Bird's Founder

With more than 30+ years as a changemaker, Flying Bird's Founder Steve Nagai-Ma:

Helped pass policies that keep our water clean, protect consumers from predatory loans, and provide vital health services
Was named as the Asian American of the Year for his inspirational work to reduce the influence of big money in politics
Co-authored a feature article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review on effective approaches for social impact
Founded and advised several successful non-profit organizations that now impact tens of millions of people
Served on the faculty of American University and UC Berkeley, teaching grassroots organizing skills and large scale social change