Partner Organizations

Mission Lift refers to clients as partners becuase we work together to achieve results. By using innovative and collaborative ​approaches, while ensuring feasible costs, ​our partners achieve sustainable and successful methods for ​advancing their mission.  ​
Mission Lift is proud of its partners and their mission-driven work and passion to improve communities. Below are many organizations we have partnered with and empowered. Scroll down the page to see our present and past partners, as well as partner testimonials.

Partner Testimonials

"After working with Janet and her team to develop a strategic and fundraising plan, we now have a clear road map for our organization's future that has energized and given focus to our board and staff."
- Carl W. Goines
Executive Director & Founder, 555 Nonprofit Gallery & Studios
​"Janet Ray has a combination of many years of experience and community-based work with research, which makes her team uniquely qualified to work with schools and nonprofits. Few consultants offer both."
- Sharlonda Buckman
​Former Executive Director, Detroit Parent Network
"​My meeting with Janet was extraordinary! She is all of the things that the group said - and more. She listens with kindness and doesn't insert her ego into the work that she does. Her focus, during our entire meeting, was on the needs of the Jewish Gay Network of Michigan and how to create sustainability through fund development and program development. I left that meeting feeling that I had more than a consultant—I had a partner in process"
- Judy Lewis, Former Executive Director, Jewish Gay Network
"Janet Ray and her team have provided a burst of energy and can-do-ism to Living Arts' fund development activities. Janet's personal commitment to Detroit youth and community combined with her passion for fund development and organizational development makes her a positive force for change."
- Cara Graninger, Former Executive Director, Living Arts
"Janet Ray is an exceptional facilitator. We have used her for our board retreat now two years in a row. Last year one of our board members said, "I'm not going to another retreat again unless Janet is the facilitator!" So of course, we hired her for the second year. She makes it fun while getting the job done."
- Kim Hodge, ​Executive Director, Michigan Alliance of TimeBanks
"Janet and her team helped our organization to successfully implement a new approach to our annual fundraising event. Throughout the planning process, she helped us remain focused.
​The event enabled us to attract many first-time donors to our organization."
- Lisa Goldstein
Executive Director, Southwest Detroit Environment Vision