Our Work and Clients
GAR President speaks about Janus Small and Associates.
Working with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Janus Small Associates brought together hundreds of community partners and organizations to determine what the arts needs and opportunities are in Northeast Ohio. Christine Mayer, president of the GAR Foundation and a board member of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, describe Janus’ work in this video.
Our Work and Clients
Janus Small Associates works with a full range of nonprofits
Janus explains how she formed her company and why: I work across a full spectrum of types of nonprofit organizations and I don’t mean just from small grassroots to giant organizations. I do, do that. But I tend to do more with small grassroots to mid- to medium-large organizations. I do less with big systems, big hospital systems, big university systems. We often work within a department or part of one of those large systems, but my love is the smaller, mid-size or medium-large organization. I work across all sectors, meaning arts and culture, community development, social service, faith-based and environmental. Before I formed Janus Small Associates, I had three jobs. I was executive director of an arts and culture organization, a social service organization, and an education organization. And what I saw was that most people know their framework and their area of focus really well. A social service organization director knows all about what’s going on in social service, but they don’t know about these others. I was just fortunate to be put in that position and to see all the possibilities and all the opportunities there. I will give you some examples:- I’ve been able to connect arts organizations talking about how to expand their audiences in impactful ways with houses of worship, with faith-based organizations and there have been remarkable results.
- In my work with community development organizations, I have been able to connect them with the faith-based community as a way to really reach individuals and families and neighbors.
Janus Small is an amazing and brilliant consultant who I have had the chance to work with and learn from over many years! Her superpowers include extraordinary listening skills, vast knowledge of nonprofit best practices, and a keen understanding of strategy. I always recommend her and will continue to do so!
Randell McShepard
board chair of the Cleveland Foundation and vice president of public affairs and chief talent officer at RPM International.