Obsidian Edge
Sharpening Leadership, Amplifying Impact.
We envision a world where resources are distributed equitably, nurturing positive solutions and cooperative systems. We are dedicated to co-creating innovative practices of resilient communities that build collective power and are grounded in mutual care—where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Through transformative leadership coaching and strategic consulting, we work to design self-determined futures that center sustainability, just supply chains, equitable finance, and the lived impacts on impacted communities—advancing collective well-being and systemic change.
Our Approach
Sharpening Equity-Driven Transformation
Like the obsidian stone, we empower individuals and organizations to cut through systemic inequities, dismantle harmful dynamics, and align with justice-centered values. Our transformative strategies prioritize collective accountability and sustainable impact, driving equity and social liberation. Rooted in global solidarity, we draw from diverse movements and ancestral wisdom across continents to co-create a just future that transcends borders.
Resilience Rooted in Wellness
Our resilience to bounce forward from adversity and wellness are the foundation of strong people, movements and organizations to weather the chaos of today’s political terrain. Through spiritual practices and mindfulness, we sharpen our edges to cut through barriers, cultivate trust, healing and build durable relationships that center personal and collective well-being, fostering sustainability and cooperation.
Sustainability through Just Transition
Sustainability must encompass not only ecological balance but also the mental and physical health of communities. A health-focused community framework ensures that equitable, regenerative systems addresses the holistic needs of communities and workers. This approach prioritizes creating pathways for ecological restoration, cooperative development, economic empowerment, and inclusive opportunities, fostering environments where individuals can thrive both personally and collectively.
Sharpening Our Transformation
We implement transformative interventions with individuals and organizations to build leadership capacity, develop tools to address disruptive dynamics, align with your core values, foster collective accountability, and drive impactful strategies. By engaging in critical reflection and collaborative action, we aim to cultivate resilient individuals, communities and organizations that are equipped to navigate complex challenges to advance your outcomes.
Our Services
We move with joy, precision and purpose—grounded in our wellness, strategy, and systemic change.
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Assessment & Evaluation
We treat evaluation as ritual. Our assessments are not just metrics—they’re mirrors. We help you measure what matters: alignment, impact, and healing. Through a culturally rooted and data-informed process, we surface equity gaps, movement tensions, and opportunities for transformation. The goal: strategic clarity with soul.
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Organizational Development
Your structure reflects your spirit. Whether building out nonprofit governance (C3/C4), shifting internal culture, or evolving leadership flow, we help you root your systems in justice. Designed for mighty teams with lean capacity, we offer tools to elevate collective rhythm, trust, and long-term sustainability.
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Strategic Planning & Road mapping
We don’t do cookie-cutter plans—we co-create maps for liberation. Our process bridges long-term vision with short-term alignment, translating community wisdom into action steps that adapt as the beat changes. Strategy is movement work—and we make it soulful, structured, and grounded.
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Fundraising Strategy & Network Cultivation
Resource work is spiritual work. We build fundraising strategies rooted in trust, reciprocity, and relationship—not scarcity or survival. We support grant writing, donor communications, and access to aligned networks—especially for BIPOC-led orgs that deserve to thrive, not hustle.
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JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)
Equity isn’t a checkbox—it’s a living practice. We offer assessments, trainings, and deep architecture to shift how power moves within your organization. We don’t just analyze bias—we dismantle it, co-designing cultures where justice is embodied at every level
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Coaching & Leadership Development
We coach with care and clarity. Whether you’re an emerging leader, seasoned executive, or team navigating transition, our coaching holds space for complexity. With a foundation in somatics, spirit, and strategic grounding, we support you in leading from your purpose, not your performance.
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Conflict, Wellness & Healing Trainings
Conflict is sacred when handled with care. We facilitate spaces for healing, restoration, and transformation—not avoidance. Drawing from somatics, spiritual traditions, and movement wisdom, we support organizations in navigating rupture and returning to right relationship.
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Facilitation & Retreat Design
We design gatherings that feed the soul and sharpen the vision. Whether strategic retreats, trainings, or internal convenings, we create containers rooted in justice, spiritual grounding, and collective clarity. When we gather with intention, we shift what's possible.
Impact by the Numbers
Since inception, we have partnered with:
100+ foundations advancing racial, climate, housing, environmental, and economic justice
75+ nonprofit organizations committed to frontline-led solutions
Our clients work at the critical intersections of: Climate Change, Housing Justice, Food Sovereignty, Cooperative Development, Environmental Justice, Philanthropy, Political Education, Training & Facilitation
Global Reach, Local Roots
We provided strategic coaching, facilitation, and consulting for purpose-driven organizations in the U.S. and internationally on Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Barbados, and Brazil.
Our clients have included mission-aligned movements, nonprofits, foundations, and cooperatives across the globe, all committed to social transformation and regenerative systems.
We take a holistic and systems-informed approach grounded in our core values:
Justice & Equity
Collective Care
Political Clarity
Spiritual Grounding
Long-Term Sustainability
We don’t just work for change—we co-create it. Whether facilitating a retreat, designing strategy, raising resources, or aligning teams, we meet clients where they are and move together toward bold, actionable visions.
About Me
Nile Malloy brings nearly three decades of experience as an interdisciplinary strategist at the intersections of race, class, gender, education and the environment. His work spans nonprofit, public, philanthropic, and private sectors, advancing social, climate, and economic development initiatives locally and globally.
He has held leadership roles with the Artisan Hub, Communities for a Better Environment, California Environmental Justice Alliance, Climate Justice Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, and Neighborhood Funders Group contributing to climate policy, environmental sustainability, community development and social equity projects across the U.S., Caribbean, and Africa. Nile also partnered with philanthropic initiatives at the Neighborhood Funders Group with funders seeding multi-million-dollar collaborations to support public policy, affordable housing, climate change, and community development.
From program design and fundraising strategy to transformative coaching, we help elevate your work through tangible action steps and visionary initiatives rooted in wisdom and long-term strategy. We move with individual and collective expertise, cultural fluency, and a deep commitment to healing, transformation, care, and purposeful activation.
He also leads trainings and facilitates dialogue on power dynamics in the workplace, men’s health, and leadership development—grounding each space in accountability, care, and transformation. Through culturally attuned practices and practical strategies, Nile also helps men cultivate inner balance, build authentic relationships, and lead with integrity.
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