Emily Taylor

Emily Taylor has over 20 years of experience in qualitative research, collaboration, and problem-solving. She works with nonprofit leaders whose organizations need to fully show their impact to gain the funding they need for their next stage of growth.

To achieve this, Emily applies her individualized listening methodology to an organization's community, allowing leaders to see the impact through meaningful patterns, measurable shifts, and first-hand quotes. She helps them tell this impact story through the eyes of those the organization serves and builds clear language around it. As a result of this process, Emily's clients are able to paint a solid picture of their impact for funders - one that tells the full story of how people’s lives are changed for the better and what more can be done with appropriate funding.  

Emily’s clients span a wide variety of sectors, supporting the objectivity she brings to her work. While she works with clients of all sizes, some of her past clients include American Academy of Pediatrics, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, ACTION Housing, American Marketing Association, and Feeding America’s National Office.

Emily lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter. She serves on the board of Onward Neighborhood House - supporting low-income and migrant families in her local area, is on the Membership Committee for Chicago Women in Philanthropy, and serves on the Local School Council of her neighborhood school. She attributes her success to her unique ability to balance left and right brain thinking - to make sense of people’s emotions and motivations and apply them to strategic thinking, including all the perspectives that make us human.