Empowering Mission-Driven Organizations with Strategies for Creative Growth

At Coneflower Consulting, we are committed to helping your mission-driven organization flourish no matter where you’re planted. Our clients include major universities, non-profit organizations both large and small, and businesses with a commitment to fulfilling a mission beyond turning a profit. Reach out and let us start bringing coneflower power to your organization today.

We are a woman-owned business, proudly located in Lawrence, KS and serving organizations in Kansas, Missouri, and across the United States.


The Coneflower team executed a collaborative and strategic executive search from start to finish – from PD development, interview design and administration, and outreach and applicant communications. Friendly, professional, and seamless – standout support at a crucial time for our organization.

Audrey Coleman,
Executive Director of The Dole Institute of Politics

Coneflower Consulting has been an absolute pleasure to work with from day one. They truly listened to the needs of our organization and conducted high-level research for federal and private foundations which was extremely valuable. They also had impressive connections and were able to enhance our programs through partnerships with other organizations, What stood out to me the most was how easy they were to work with - their communication was clear and timely, and they were always willing to go above and beyond. I highly recommend working with the team at Coneflower and look forward to future collaborations with them.

Karolyn Dreiling,
Associate Vice President of Development, Great Jobs KC

Distributing content has never been easier for our non-profit. Coneflower Consulting created our “Every Vaccine is a Victory” campaign to help ensure that Kansans across our state receive life-saving vaccines. They created campaign branding and taglines; drafted info sheets, public service announcements, and social media posts; and designed billboards, flyers, posters, newspapers ads, and postcards. All materials were of exceptional quality, and they were truly a delight to work with. Their timeliness, organization, and friendly attitudes made the entire process streamlined and effortless. We look forward to working with them on future projects.

Dan Caroll,
Director of Communications, Thrive Allen County

Coneflower opened their arms, ideas, time and hearts to our mission at SevenDays. Their team engages with us on our annual events, grant writing and budget planning. Each of these areas needed more attention from professionals, whom we've found at Coneflower.

Mindy Corporon,
Founder, SevenDays

Working with the team at Coneflower Consulting was a positive and inspiring experience. From day one they contributed organization, strategy, and joy to our project planning process. They were responsive and flexible as needs changed. Thanks to their expertise the Spencer Museum’s community forum event was hugely successful.

Elizabeth Kanost,
Director of External Affairs, Spencer Museum of Art

We were blessed to find Coneflower Consulting as a referral. They specialize in working with non-profit organizations and it shows in their compassion that they put in to their work. We hired them to work with us and our Board on our annual fundraising event at the American Royal. They provided fundraising training for our board, sponsor and ticket support, event planning, volunteer management, managed our social media. They were a true extension of our Board and did a great job helping us exceed our goals for the event and for raising awareness along the way.

Anissa Elsey,
In the Name of Grace

Sarah Bishop and her team at Coneflower Consulting are the best! Sarah has made real and significant contributions to Bert Nash Center and to the Douglas County behavioral healthcare continuum of care. Sarah feels like an integrated part of the Bert Nash Team. I have been in this industry for 20 years and Sarah is in the top 1 percent of professionals I have worked with.

Stephen O'Neill, LSCSWM, MBA,
Chief Operations Officer, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center

Coneflower Consulting was absolutely invaluable in getting my nonprofit off the ground. Coneflower's expertise and mentorship helped me navigate budgeting, grant writing, board recruitment, marketing, and nearly every other element of nonprofit work. Sarah's expertise is an invaluable asset for anyone looking to grow their nonprofit or thrive in the creative nonprofit field.

Danny Caine,
Director, Paper Plains Literary Festival

Sarah Bishop and her team at Coneflower were able to assist our organization from the ground up. Offering our board of directors invaluable training and guidance, helped build strategic fundraising opportunities, and redesigned and streamlined the company website. Coneflower's breadth of knowledge and non-profit expertise has been an asset to our organization and will be instrumental for us being successful well into the future.

Steven Kalich,
Executive Director, Depot Theater in Dodge City, Kansas

Since we started working with Coneflower, our outreach efforts have risen to a new level! She is quick to sense which ideas will work and those that will not. When she shops a new idea with folks she has previously collaborated with, I've noticed that they love to hear from her and are excited to work with her again. She makes sure that everyone on the team shares in a job well done and knows that they are valued and appreciated.

Dennis Brown,
President, Lawrence Preservation Alliance

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has been happy to work with Coneflower Consulting on its most recent National Endowment for the Humanities grant project, the Public Digital Humanities Institute. Coneflower is helping humanities faculty learn about the non-profit field and connect with non-profit partners in new and exciting ways that are mutually beneficial to both the non-profit and academic sectors.

Brian Rosenblum,
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities

For non-profits, the task of keeping afloat is tough given that most are founded by people not all that experienced at running business and would prefer to focus on doing good for their community. This is where the great people at Coneflower step in. With their help, I know the steps I need to take and feel empowered to take them. In addition to all that they do, they will also remain some of your best hype people. Thank you Coneflower crew!

David Tamez,
Editor-in-Chief/Co-Founder, Lawrence Talks