From Charity to Change
Reimagining civic education, and repositioning nonprofits, for systemic change.
What we do
From Charity to Change helps social change agents understand and apply systems change strategies to redress the root causes of complex problems for sustainable change at scale.
Who we help
Nonprofit Leaders
We help leaders clarify and realize their vision, positioning nonprofits for sustainability, scale, and systemic impact at all stages of organizational life cycle—from start-up, to turnaround.
Philanthropists
We help philanthropy support proximate leaders in designing and implementing systems change initiatives, which leverage private dollars with public investment for sustainable, scalable change.
Educators
We help educators inspire and prepare systems change agents at the secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels, by contexualizing experiential education in a systemic understanding of complex problems and interventions.
Who we are
Alison Badgett, EdD
Founder and Principal Consultant
With 20 years of experience leading nonprofits, my expertise is in designing systems change initiatives through integrated programmatic, policy, and public awareness strategies. Having served as chief executive for several coalitions, my strength is in building cohesion among diverse individuals and entities to achieve common priorities. I do this by listening—to elicit and generate a shared understanding of what to pursue and how. While I have worked on a range of issues, from affordable housing and homelessness, to public education and criminal justice, I consider myself less an issue expert than skilled at helping those closest to an issue clarify and realize their vision. With a doctorate in education, my passion is for mentoring social change agents, not only by supporting nonprofit leaders but also by reimagining civic education to generate systems change agents. To that end, since 2024, I have served as associate dean and director of MIT’s center for social impact, teaching systems change strategy to STEM students.
Publications
Systems Change: Making the Aspirational Actionable
Published 2022
Integrating Service Learning with Systemic Change
Published 2022
