About
Kislinger Impact Collective was founded on a simple belief: remarkable change happens when you bring the right people together around shared purpose.
We work with philanthropists, foundations, and mission-driven organizations who are serious about their impact. Our approach is rigorous, relational, and always discreet. We measure our success by yours.
Based in Colorado. Serving clients nationally.
Principal
Nick Kislinger
“Bring the right people together around shared purpose and remarkable things happen.”
I believe all life deserves to flourish.
That belief has taken me from the Governor's office to co-founding a breathing app used by 100 million people to advising some of the most ambitious philanthropists and organizations working today. The through-line is simple: bring the right people together around shared purpose and remarkable things happen.
As Chief of Staff to California's Secretary of Education, I oversaw the state's first Guidelines for Digital Education and helped build the Race to the Top strategy. That experience taught me something crucial: effective policy should be informed by social entrepreneurs, not isolated from them.
So I left Sacramento, co-founded Impact Hub LA, and spent a decade at the intersection of tech, entertainment, and social impact — distributing $5M in grants, raising $34M for a major university campaign, and launching a nationwide hunger initiative with Viola Davis.
In 2019, I co-founded Breathwrk, which Peloton acquired after we hit 100M+ downloads. That experience — plus my own ADHD diagnosis — convinced me the mental health system needs fundamentally new approaches. I went back to school for a Master's in Clinical Psychology.
Today I bring that full arc — government, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and clinical training — to every client engagement. Kislinger Impact Collective exists because the people trying to change the world deserve strategy as serious as their ambitions.