LANTHROPIC
Leveraging philanthropic resources for global impact
Lanthropic is a strategic consultancy that helps global foundations, corporations and nonprofits design and operationalize social impact strategies that are data-driven and human-centered. We address challenges from poverty and disease to climate change and educational inequality. Through expert counsel and cross-sector partnerships, we help clients build resilient systems that create scalable and lasting impact. Explore how we can amplify your impact.
Clients & Partners
Several clients and partners are not listed
out of respect for their privacy and our commitment to confidentiality.
Additional engagements include advising Fortune 500 companies, top-ten global foundations, and multi-billion-dollar collaboratives driving innovation in education, STEM workforce development, climate, and economic inclusion and building data-driven, agentic-AI solutions that translate complex goals into measurable impact.
Services
Lanthropic helps corporations, foundations, and social-sector leaders design and implement social impact strategies that create measurable change. We work across philanthropy, education, workforce, climate, and technology to build systems that expand opportunity and equity.
Strategy &
Systems Design
Turning vision into action through data-driven, human-centered strategies that deliver measurable impact.
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Design and implement social impact strategies for corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners
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Develop and apply Theories of Change and measurement frameworks
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Lead strategic planning, executive retreats, and organizational design processes
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Design and integrate AI-informed solutions
Policy, Partnerships & Governance
Shaping systems and strengthening accountability through insight, influence, and collaboration
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Conduct field research and stakeholder engagement to inform strategy
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Develop policy and advocacy frameworks in education, workforce, digital inclusion, and climate
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Build cross-sector partnerships in STEM, sustainability and community impact
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Design governance and grantmaking tools for corporate and private foundations
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Align social impact goals with business priorities and community needs
Facilitation & Organizational Development
Bringing leaders and teams together to think strategically, collaborate deeply, and act decisively.
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Facilitate executive offsites, retreats, and strategic convenings
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Guide leadership alignment, trust-building, and adaptive planning
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Embed reflection and learning into team rhythms and business cycles
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Support boards and leadership teams through times of transformation.
Projects
Climate & Clean Energy Collaboratives
Challenge: Support strategy development and funder engagement for climate and clean energy collaboratives.
Opportunity: Advised on strategies for both global and national policies, focusing on building resilient systems for climate action and energy transitions that can adapt to shifting political, environmental, and social landscapes.
Education Policy Implementation & Strategy
Challenge: Inform the U.S.'s largest system of postsecondary education on implementing transfer policy.
Opportunity: Developed a comprehensive assessment by consulting 100 leaders across California and nationwide, highlighting the benefits of streamlined transfer processes and the potential of AI to enhance course equivalencies, making transfer pathways more equitable and accessible for all students.
Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub
Challenge: Develop a strategic partnerships plan for a global advocacy hub supporting local coalition building.
Opportunity: Partnered with global development entities to craft impactful calls to action, enhancing data use for women entrepreneurs' access to digital financial services, and recruiting new members to support local coalitions.
Facilitation of Executive Team Strategic Planning Process
Challenge: Support strategic planning process and facilitate executive team engagement for a dynamic, growing global social impact platform driving social change.
Opportunity: Led an executive team retreat, facilitating the development of a cohesive vision and actionable strategies for immediate and long-term goals.
Aspen-AASCU Transfer Student Success Intensive
Challenge: Engage and develop the relationships and practices of institutions and leaders at community colleges and universities to improve transfer processes.
Opportunity: Facilitated leaders in determining and committing to practices that engage pathways between K-12 and workforce partners, and identified key metrics to measure transfer outcomes.
Supporting California's Education Governance
Challenge: Inform strategy and support for California's regional education governance, overseeing a budget of $97.2 billion across 58 county offices.
Opportunity: Conducted extensive interviews, developed recommendations to strengthen education governance, enhance equity, and improve students' outcomes in math, science, college and career.
About
Sheila Miller Rivera
Principal
Sheila Miller Rivera is the founder of Lanthropic, a strategic consultancy that helps organizations— including corporations, foundations, and nonprofits— leverage philanthropy and data-driven systems design to address global challenges such as education, climate action, inclusive finance, and economic empowerment. With over 20 years of experience across more than 20 countries, Sheila specializes in building strategic alliances, advising on social impact strategy, and operationalizing impactful initiatives that align with measurable results. As Senior Policy Advisor to Melinda French Gates at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sheila shaped global initiatives in inclusive finance and educational equity, influencing G20 and G7 policies. She also led U.S.-based coalitions focused on K-12, postsecondary, and workforce policy reform, and continues to advise on education policy and reform. Sheila works with corporations and foundations to redesign social impact strategies, integrate data-driven evaluation systems, and align philanthropy with business goals. Her recent work includes building participatory, AI-enabled grantmaking frameworks and leading strategy refreshes for Fortune 500 foundations. Additionally, she advises on climate adaptation and clean energy strategies, bringing expertise from major collaboratives like the Better Than Cash Alliance. Sheila serves on the Board of the University of Oregon College of Education and holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, an international business certificate from Oxford, and dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of Oregon. Outside of work, Sheila practices mindfulness and yoga, leads her children’s scouting troop, and has officiated weddings in Seattle and Peru.
