Our work here in the community is all about effecting change. jdcPartnerships helps organizations access, synthesize and make sense of information. People can use this to effect social change.
— Kim Mazzuca, President, Marin Education Fund

About Us

Established in 2002, jdcPartnerships is a minority woman-owned consulting firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our clients are social, philanthropic and public sector organizations that create positive social change. Through their work, they improve quality of life for all by addressing the overarching systems and underlying causes that create inequities.

Our approach to this work is grounded in the process of evaluative inquiry, as adapted by Jara Dean-Coffey, MPH, founder and Principal. This process incorporates theory of change, theory of action and logic model tools, and is customized to the client organization’s stage of development.

Over the years, the firm has grown steadily and intentionally. Our consultants have a diversity of complementary skills, knowledge and experience, allowing us to compose teams that best meet the requirements of each project.

When a project requires an area of expertise that falls outside our core competencies, or if we need to supplement our team, we draw on our network of strategic partners.

All team members are trained in our approach and all, along with our partners, share jdcPartnerships’ values and philosophy.