Our Firm
Kislinger Impact Collective was founded on a simple belief: philanthropy works best when strategy meets purpose. We serve family offices and private foundations seeking to maximize the impact of their charitable giving through thoughtful planning, rigorous research, and hands-on support.
Our advisory practice covers the full lifecycle of philanthropic engagement—from clarifying your mission and identifying aligned nonprofits, to managing grants and measuring outcomes. We become an extension of your team, handling the details so you can engage with your philanthropy at the level that suits you.
We maintain strict confidentiality regarding our client relationships and the work we do together. This allows our clients to give in ways that align with their values without public attention.
Nick Kislinger, Principal
Nick Kislinger has spent his career proving that remarkable change happens when you bring the right people together around shared purpose.
His journey through philanthropy, government, and social impact began at Pegasus Capital Advisors, where he designed special projects including securing funding for young leaders at Governor Schwarzenegger’s Global Climate Summit. When Schwarzenegger appointed his mentor Bonnie Reiss as California’s Secretary of Education, Nick served as her Chief of Staff, overseeing initiatives that created California’s first Guidelines for Digital Education and establishing the state’s Office to Reform Education.
Sacramento taught him that effective policy should be informed by social entrepreneurs, not isolated from them. That realization led him to co-found Impact Hub Los Angeles, raising $500,000 and building a community of 1,000 members actively engaged with the Mayor’s Office. At the request of Howard Buffett Jr., he launched the Global Impact Institute and produced the Olympic summit attended by 150 VIPs from 34 countries.
Recruited to the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Nick became its first Director of Education. He distributed $5 million in grants, raised $34 million for the University of California’s Promise Campaign, and created a nationwide campaign with Viola Davis to address childhood hunger in partnership with Feeding America.
Nick has also served as Executive Director of Summit Impact, where he oversaw Fellows and Labs that leveraged community power to accelerate innovative solutions, and continues to apply his expertise in coalition-building across the philanthropic landscape.
His diverse experience—spanning government, entertainment, mental health advocacy, and institutional philanthropy—gives him unique insight into what makes giving strategies succeed.