LaFrance Associates, LLC (LFA) is a San Francisco-based consulting group serving the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors with research, evaluation, and technical assistance services.

Providing Vital Information
LFA provides clients with useful data and analysis so that they can meet their goals more effectively.

Building Capacity
Our approach builds the capabilities of individuals and organizations to understand and utilize information.

Partnering in the Process
We engage clients and seek their input at every project stage so that our work produces valuable results.

Announcements

LFA’s Steven LaFrance and Nancy Latham were recently published in the award-winning Stanford Social Innovation Review. Click here to read their article, "Taking Stock of Venture Philanthropy.

Read LFA’s study on the organizational capacities that are critical for successfully scaling social impact. Based on case studies of nearly 30 highly effective social entrepreneurships around the world, this study identified seven critical scaling capacities: mission, leadership/governance, structure, culture, model, data, and resources.