When currents shift,
we help you navigate with purpose.
Strategic guidance and embedded execution for sustainable growth.
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Who We Are

Rooted in partnership.
Driven by impact.

Sage Tide is a strategic advisory and execution firm that partners with mission-driven organizations to harness their inherent wisdom and lived experience to unlock sustainable impact and growth. We believe every team already holds the seeds of its future success; our role is to bring the structure, experience, and hands-on support for those seeds to take root and thrive.


Through deep partnership, we embed within teams to move forward high-priority work, strengthen systems, and build the internal capacity needed to sustain change.
What We Do Best

We step in at pivotal moments when structure, clarity, or momentum is most needed.

Here are some moments when we're most often engaged.
Navigating Inflection Points
When organizations are ready to grow or expand their impact, or face structural shifts like leadership changes or strategic pivots, we provide the strategic guidance and embedded support needed to navigate these transitions successfully. We bring clarity to complex decisions, design implementation roadmaps, and ensure teams have the structure and confidence to move forward with purpose.
Building Community Ecosystems
When organizations are ready to cultivate deeper connections with their stakeholders, supporters, or grantees, we design and steward community programs that center collective wisdom and strengthen collaborative networks. We create frameworks for authentic engagement, facilitate meaningful convenings and learning experiences, develop sustainable program structures, and build the capacity of ecosystems to drive collective impact.
Strengthening Revenue Systems
When organizations are ready to diversify revenue streams, scale existing earned revenue, or develop their first sustainable business model, we design strategic approaches that align with your mission and capacity. We create go-to-market strategies, forge strategic partnerships, and build the operational infrastructure needed to support sustainable growth.
Launching Strategic Initiatives
When organizations are ready to launch something new, whether it's their first major program, a strategic expansion, or a new initiative that requires dedicated leadership, we take full ownership from planning through delivery. We provide the focused expertise and hands-on execution needed to ensure your most important projects achieve meaningful impact.
OUR SERVICES

How we can support you

We offer hands-on support across two core areas:
Strategic Advisory
End-to-end strategic guidance and execution focused on delivering measurable outcomes. From clarifying vision and building systems to implementing strategies and tracking impact across all initiatives.  
  • Strategic Planning
  • Impact Measurement
  • Operations & Change Management
  • Partnership Development
  • Revenue Strategy
  • Marketing & Storytelling
Ecosystem Development
Build internal team capabilities while designing and stewarding community programs, convenings, and collaborative networks that amplify your mission and strengthen your entire ecosystem.
  • Team Development
  • Leadership Coaching
  • Community Programs
  • Convening Design & Facilitation
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Embedded Support

Led by experienced partners who build with you

Sage Tide is led by Ingrid Blakey and Leslie Pappas, who collectively bring almost 40 years of strategic and organizational leadership. They specialize in building and mentoring teams, operationalizing strategic vision, and generating mission-driven impact.

Ingrid Blakey

Leslie Pappas

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meaningful together.

We’d love to learn more about what you’re building and how we might support the road ahead.

Reach out to explore if Sage Tide is the right fit for your next chapter.
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