Advance Your Mission & Reach New Heights with Canopy Strategic Partners
We’re Canopy—a full-service planning and consulting firm dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations, including zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, conservation organizations, and other public green spaces, create a better future for the planet.
We are champions of leaders, community builders, and collaborative experts.
What We Do
Planning
Strategic Planning, Master Planning, Conservation Planning
We create plans for growth. We’re partners in laying the foundation for the success of your entire organization, helping you imagine the future, and delivering actionable insights to reach new heights.
Leadership
Executive Search, Succession Planning, Diversity Strategy
Success demands visionary leadership. We are expert advisors, skilled recruiters, and compassionate mentors with 20 years of proven experience helping organizations identify exceptional talent capable of taking their mission to the next level.
Economics
Business Planning, Feasibility Study, Market Analysis, & Economic Impact Research
We work to balance your mission with your margin. By leveraging proprietary industry data, we develop comprehensive financial models, feasibility studies, and expert operational and market analyses to provide you with the data and direction you need to achieve sustainable, long-term growth.
Insights
Advice for Emerging Leaders: A Conversation with Tiffaney McClendon
What makes a great leader? Tiffaney McClendon, Staff Learning and Inclusion Manager at the Birmingham Zoo, shares her tips for professional growth and supporting emerging leaders.
A Conversation with Cara Treadway
Cara Treadway, Vice President of Mission, Guest, and Community Engagement at the Philadelphia Zoo, talks about her personal leadership journey.
Living Up to Your Mission: The Living Building Challenge
As mission-driven organizations, we talk a lot about sustainability and ‘green’ buildings, but are we really up for a challenge? Unlike other building certifications, the Living Building Challenge doesn’t stop at energy efficiency. It demands sustainability from the ground up, generating surplus energy and benefiting communities and environments in extraordinary ways.
Case Study
The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens new CEO desired to conduct an integrated planning process to build on the organization’s 100 year history of success. Despite two damaging hurricanes interrupting the project, we’re pleased to say we delivered a bold vision plus financial sustainability for the Zoo and Gardens, its team, and community.
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