Our Mission

Honestly Curious Consulting exists to help mission-driven organizations stop spinning their wheels and start making real, lasting impact. We show up curious, asking the questions no one else is asking, digging beneath the surface, and telling you what we find without dressing it up. We believe nonprofits and public sector organizations deserve a thought partner who gets in the trenches with them, tells it like it is, and helps them build the systems, strategies, and capacity their mission actually deserves. Because the communities you serve can’t afford for you to stay stuck.

Because that’s exactly how we work. We show up curious, no assumptions, no cookie-cutter frameworks, no predetermined answers. We ask the questions others are afraid to ask, and we listen to what the answers are really telling us.

And then we tell you what we found. Honestly. Kindly. Without the fluff.

We’ve sat at the board table, written grants, rebuilt systems, and coached leaders. We know what a thriving organization looks like — and we know every single thing that can get in the way.

We work with nonprofits, public agencies, and civic organizations that are serious about equity, sustainability, and impact. We don’t tell you what you want to hear. We tell you what you need to know, and then we get to work alongside you.

Why Honestly Curious Consulting?

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Meet the Founder

Drea Weiner, MPA

Community organizer. Systems thinker. Honest thought partner.

Drea Weiner has spent more than a decade doing the kind of work most people describe as "complicated", bringing together educators, employers, and community organizations who don't always agree, finding the common thread, and building something that actually lasts. She founded Honestly Curious Consulting because she got tired of watching mission-driven organizations spin their wheels while the communities they serve waited.

With a Master of Public Administration from Central Michigan University, a certification in Developing Annual Sustainability from The Fund Raising School - Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and a background that spans policy analysis, social network research, workforce development, and program design, Drea brings a rare combination of strategic rigor and genuine human warmth to every engagement. She asks the questions people have been avoiding. She tells you what she finds. And she sticks around long enough to help you do something about it.

Her particular passion is the intersection of organizational development and systems change — helping organizations build the internal capacity to connect learners, businesses, and communities in ways that create lasting opportunity. She believes in collective organizing, inclusion, and showing up as your full self. Not as buzzwords. As practice.