Mobilizing people, capital, and narratives toward what matters.
The defining challenges of our era sit at the intersection of technology, business, philanthropy, and policy.
Somerset partners with the organizations and leaders operating at those intersections, bringing strategic clarity and cross-sector fluency to help them shape what comes next. Our clients include leading nonprofits, global corporations, philanthropists, and entrepreneurial ventures: institutions and individuals whose decisions shape markets, policy, and society.
What We Do
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The decisions that shape the future require leaders who can see clearly.
We work with senior leaders, founders, and capital holders on the choices that define their work: who they are as leaders, how they show up publicly, how they navigate complex environments, and how they deploy resources for impact. Our work spans executive positioning, leadership development, geopolitical advisory, and governance architecture.
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The next generation of impact requires a new playbook.
We advise corporations, family offices, institutional funders, and next-generation philanthropists who want to bring entrepreneurial ambition to their giving, combining traditional grantmaking with new forms of capital deployment, and designing systems that make their work serious, sustained, and built for the world as it actually is.
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Clarity at the center of consequential work.
We help organizations and leaders define what they are building, why it matters, and how it should be understood by the people whose support is essential. We specialize in turning compelling work into investable propositions. Our work spans organizational identity and narrative, thought leadership development, and cases for support.
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Because the same partners, networks, and conversations only take you so far.
We help organizations and leaders expand the reach and resources of their work, designing the strategies, communications, and convenings that connect them with new audiences, new partners, and new sources of capital. Our work spans capital formation, campaign architecture, partnership development, communications strategy, and high-level convenings that catalyze action.
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Trust is built on follow-through.
We help organizations and leaders build the measurement, reporting, and stewardship infrastructure that demonstrates impact and deepens the relationships that matter most. Our work spans impact measurement and reporting, funder and stakeholder relations, and stewardship of long-term partnerships.
Select Clients
Supporting strategic positioning and growth strategy, with a particular focus on the U.S., as the work comes together into a major global initiative focused on media integrity, public trust, and the future of public interest media.
Driving strategic positioning and capital formation for a distributed energy startup that acquires and operates residential homes to deliver clean power to data centers while lowering bills for working families.
Supporting strategic growth and partnership efforts for a globally visible sustainability initiative operating at the intersection of travel, industry alignment, and cross-sector collaboration.
Designing and facilitating a war games simulation, alongside special operations advisors, to help 500+ executive leaders at S2G’s flagship convening strengthen strategic decision-making under uncertainty.
