Predictable Civic Transformation
We co-create & innovate with impacted communities.
For funders, governments, and nonprofits that want community-backed plans and teams ready to carry them forward
50+
partners since 2023
75K+
community voices engaged
60+
co-design teams led
$16M+
raised by partners through our engagements
Trusted by 20+ philanthropic partners · 60+ city halls and government agencies · 30+ nonprofit partners
Who we work with
You have a bold vision. We help you build it with the people it’s for.
Funders & philanthropy
You have the research and the resources. Now the field needs to own the results.
We bring funders, practitioners, and communities to the same table, co-design the agenda together, and stand up what comes next.
Proof: Five funders launched the Chicago Education Alliance, Chicago’s first education field catalyst, with us.
Government & city halls
You need residents to trust the plan before you launch it.
We co-design with residents and train your teams to keep co-designing after we leave.
Proof: We co-designed the Chicago Park District’s new safety framework with park leaders, staff, and hundreds of patrons.
Nonprofits & coalitions
Your board needs a plan your community actually backs.
We build strategic plans with staff, families, and partners, ready to implement on day one.
Proof: 760 voices shaped Family Focus’s Vision 2030.
How we work
The TLC Way
We follow five repeatable steps in every engagement, and what we illuminate shapes the next one.
01
Align
Agree on the frame, the scope, and who decides.
02
Understand
Build a shared picture with the people affected.
03
Co-design
Shape solutions with impacted communities.
04
Catalyze
Pilot, test, adjust, and monitor early wins people can see.
05
Illuminate
Measure the impact, share it widely, and hand off the tools.
Our work
Change lasts when communities help build it
Education · Landscape analysis
A Better Chicago
$10M
five-year citywide initiative on chronic absenteeism, shaped by our landscape analysis and built from students’, parents’, and educators’ voices.
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Public Safety · Co-design
Chicago Park District
90%+
of the Park District’s safety reforms completed in year one, including a new Park Operations Center shaped by our co-design with park staff and patrons.
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Public Safety · New initiative
National CVI Funder Collaborative
20+
national funders aligned into one coordinated alliance for community violence intervention.
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Government Innovation · Youth co-design
Youth Climate Action Fund
60
city halls across North America co-designing climate solutions with young people. With Conic Group, we lead North America for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Youth Climate Action Fund.
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What we do
Three service lines. Four sectors.
Strategy
Strategic plans, landscape analyses, new initiatives, coalitions, and organizations, built with the people they affect.
Leadership
Executive coaching for individuals and cohorts that grows leaders, from school principals to city hall innovation teams.
Engagement
Facilitated stakeholder engagement that co-designs plans with the most affected people and gives them a real voice in decisions.
Education
Public Safety
Social Services
Government Innovation
Our compass
Voices of people impacted should help set the direction.
Every recommendation traces back to what communities told us, and every engagement ends with your team owning the tools to continue.
The Collective
Teams that represent the communities we serve
TLC is a BIPOC-led, bilingual, MBE-certified team. Each engagement is led by our core team, backed by a Collective of specialists and partner firms.
Adrian Segura
Founder & CEO
LeShonne W. Quiñones Segura
COO & Principal
Ana Mosqueda
Senior Project Manager
Chloé Johnston
Project Manager
Jadine Chou
Senior Consultant
Are you ready to bring an idea to life?
Every partnership starts with an alignment conversation to frame the challenge, the people it affects, and what success looks like.