Predictable Civic Transformation
We co-create & innovate with impacted communities.
For funders, governments, and nonprofits who want plans their communities believe in, and teams that can carry them forward.
50+
partners since 2023
75K+
community voices engaged
60+
co-design teams led
$16M+
raised by partners to act
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 result.
We convene the field, co-design the agenda with communities, and stand up what comes next.
Proof: Five funders launched the Chicago Education Alliance 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 doing it 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
Five repeatable steps in every engagement. What we illuminate becomes the next alignment.
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, and adjust, with early wins people can see.
05
Illuminate
Make impact visible and pass on the tools.
Our work
What changes 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
Safer parks
A violence-reduction partnership with the Chicago Park District, co-designed 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, and new organizations, built with the people they affect.
Leadership
Coaching and cohorts that grow leaders, from school principals to city hall innovation teams.
Engagement
Co-design that gives the most affected people a real voice in decisions.
Education
Public Safety
Social Services
Government Innovation
Our controlling idea
Change lasts when the people it’s for help build it.
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 look like the communities we serve
BIPOC-led, bilingual, and MBE-certified. Our core team leads every engagement, backed by a Collective of specialists and partner firms.
Adrian Segura
Founder & CEO
LeShonne W. Quiñones Segura
Chief Operating Officer
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 Align: one conversation to frame the challenge, the people it affects, and what success looks like.
El cambio perdura cuando las personas a quienes sirve ayudan a construirlo.
Prefer email? info@luminarycollective.net · (312) 350-0725