Nonprofit and Social Impact

DSG Koya believes that the right person in the right place can change the world. This belief guides their work with leading social impact organizations.

The DSG | Koya difference

Mission-driven organizations and leaders are solving the world’s most pressing problems. They are partnering across sectors to create social impact and elevate innovative solutions that create opportunity and access, advance arts and education, protect our planet, and build a better world for all. This requires values-driven leaders who bring a diverse range of perspectives and skills combined with the ability to lead in complex environments.

DSG | Koya is the nation’s premier search firm dedicated to mission-driven leadership. We bring decades of experience, an exceptional network of proven leaders across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors, and a track record of identifying candidates with the passion and the leadership skills required to advance impactful work.

Our processes reflect deep expertise partnering with complex organizations, engaging varied constituencies, and a commitment to the importance of a rigorous, transparent process that lays the foundation for a future leader’s success.

  • Tailored Search Process

    We craft a search process that is rooted in a deep partnership with our clients, drawing on a fundamental understanding of their unique goals, culture, and values.

  • Lasting Impact

    We identify leaders who strengthen their organizations and create meaningful change in the world.

  • Social Impact

    We are proud to have placed leaders at some of the most transformative and high-impact nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in the country.

  • Inclusive Process

    Our role is to establish an inclusive, fair, and rigorous search process, and we offer counsel and best practices at every stage.

The sectors we serve

  • Arts and culture
  • Environment and conservation
  • Foundations and Philanthropy
  • Global
  • Social Justice and Advocacy
  • Social Services
  • Women and Girls
  • Youth Development and Educational Equity Advocacy
  • Social Impact Companies
  • Arts and culture

    We partner with leading arts and cultural institutions, including art, history, science, and children’s museums, botanical gardens and conservancies, performing arts organizations, associations advancing the arts, and the funders that support this work.

Recent placements

These leaders are poised to make an incredible impact.

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A specialized team

We’ve diversified the talent on our team to provide first-hand insight into how to build yours.

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Diversified expertise
across industries

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Forge your future here

From former CEOs helping you find a new one to physicians weighing in on hospital leadership, we’ve diversified the talent on our team to provide first-hand insight into how to build yours.

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