Bloomington, IN

Altruistic
advising

Social Impact Consulting Connecting Your Company & Your Community

Altruistic Advising

Connecting Company & Community

What Your Business Needs

Welcome to Altruistic Advising, a premier social impact consulting firm that helps small to mid-sized businesses like yours achieve unique goals and connect with their community. Our expert professionals will partner with your business to deliver tailored solutions which unite your company and your community around the bond of generosity. We are ready to support your vision and make a difference with you today!

● Engage Employees
● Connect Communities
● Create Solutions To Complex Problems
● Collaborate With Your Community

● Increase Brand Recognition
● Attract Socially-Minded Customers
● Impact Your Local Community

Mission

To offer innovative solutions to complex problems by connecting companies and communities around a common bond of generosity in order to achieve their greatest collective potential.

Vision

To support the mission and passions of companies and create a collaborative environment which prioritizes altruism and unites people, profit, and purpose for good.

Percent of S&P 500 Companies Publish Annual CSR Reports

Billion in Economic Value Annually in America Due To Volunteering

Average Percentage Return One Year After CSR Contracting

What We Do

Altruistic Advising offers innovative, tailored consulting solutions to small to mid-sized businesses who seek to maximize their profit and impact through community partnerships. Altruistic Advising takes a customized approach to each client’s needs, serving as a bridge between marketing research, companies, and communities. Altruistic Advising strives to develop unique solutions for each company and community which benefit community members and create economic savings or returns for each client.

Introductory Consultation

Achieve Your Goals: 1 Hour

We first listen to you to best understand your needs and goals. We then strategize using smart tools and global resources in order to understand the implications of every choice our clients can make. Get in touch to learn more about how this service can help you.

Strategic Planning Session

Expert Guidance: 1-3 Hours

At Altruistic Advising, we combine our insights and skills to transform your processes and strategies, and in turn, your company. We're proud to help shape and improve how our clients structure and manage their business to focus on connecting people, purpose, and profit for good.

Community Connection

Grow Your Business: Ongoing Partnership

Looking to develop your business but not sure where to turn? Need help planning or executing your next project? Let us guide you. After understanding your mission, passion, and goals we present local for purpose organizations with whom you can connect to make a difference in your community while enhancing your business.

Media

What we've been up to lately

Perspective In A Pandemic

LINKED IN ~ NATHANIEL PRATHER - APRIL 15, 2020

We are certainly living in unprecedented and uncertain times. I have heard and shared that sentiment many times in the last month, and am sure I will continue to do so for quite a while.

In this ever-evolving situation, I know that our circumstances can seem discouraging. I will admit that, as a first-generation college student, I was certainly looking forward to celebrating my graduation from Indiana University in May 2020 and to expressing my gratitude for this unique opportunity which no one else in my family has had yet.

The Student Union – College Students and Philanthropy: You are Kidding, Right?

THE STUDENT UNION ~ REV. MARCUS ZILL - JULY 10, 2019

“College Students and Philanthropy: You are Kidding, Right?” with Nathaniel Prather of Pekin, Illinois. Nathaniel is a student at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, attends University Lutheran Church and is involved along with his campus ministry in, among other things, Hoosiers Against Hunger.

You are never too young to serve

GET HAPPY WITH J ~ MARCH 18, 2018

When I was 19 years old, I too was a college student, but unlike Nathaniel I was just concentrating on getting by in my classes and my social life. In all honesty, my priorities were not necessarily in that order. Nathaniel Prather is a young man on a mission to help as many people as he can. He has already helped to feed tens of thousands of hungry Americans in cities all across the country. That’s right, hungry Americans. Millions of adults and children go to bed hungry every night and with no idea where their next meal is coming from. The so-called booming economy hasn’t touched every household, far from it. Listen to this week’s podcast and you will hear how Nathaniel is making a difference and get some ideas on ways you can help too. We may not have to energy, expertise or time management that he possesses, but each of us can find something to do in our own communities to impact lives. To donate to Nathaniel’s effort to feed students in need, go to www.hoosiersagainsthunger.org.

What is leadership? An Opportunity to Engage and Empower Others

LINKED IN ~ NATHANIEL PRATHER - SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I was recently asked in a Sales Management class to define my leadership style. This was an apropos question, especially as I begin my senior year at IU and work to build up new leaders to carry on many of the programs I have been blessed to initiate during my time in Bloomington. I certainly value transparency, and therefore, feel it would be appropriate to openly share my current leadership style and values in a way which nurtures my own commitment to continue pursuing this leadership.

Empathy: The Essential Experience

LINKED IN ~ NATHANIEL PRATHER - JANUARY 19, 2018

Empathy is a foundational part of the human experience; people were not created to live alone, but in a community founded upon understanding. People of various backgrounds can each live a different life, but through empathy, they are empowered to intimately connect with one another, build lasting friendships, and positively influence the world. Empathy is the spark that ignites endless possibilities for growth. I am interested in empathy’s importance and significant role in daily life and I want to learn more about it so that I can better understand and relate to people of diverse backgrounds.

Have Questions?

We would love the oportunity to sit down with your company
to answer any questions you may have and show you how we can
work together towards a better community.

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Meet Our Founder

Nathaniel Prather

Altruistic Advising was founded in 2019 with a vision of connecting companies and communities. The company’s founder, Nathaniel Prather, has been blessed to engage communities around the country through his work with various nonprofits and his efforts to break the cycle of poverty. Now he wants to transform the landscape of communities throughout Indiana by empowering businesses to do unite people, profit, and purpose for good!

In May 2020, Nathaniel graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he triple majored in Management, Marketing, and Professional Sales with minors in both Spanish and Psychology. As a first-generation college student, he followed this academic path as he worked to fulfill his mission in life—to share the love of Christ in a way which empowers others to recognize and reach their full potential.

As a Freshman at Indiana University, Nathaniel embarked on a journey to change the math on childhood hunger in Monroe County. Since his initial vision, Nathaniel has been blessed to serve through University Lutheran Church in Bloomington, IN and host an annual Generosity Feeds meal packing event since 2017. To date, Nathaniel's leadership in these events has engaged approximately 900 volunteers around the bond of generosity to create 31,550 nutritious meals for nearly 500 hungry children in 25 Monroe County schools.

To further his work to break the cycle of poverty in Monroe County, Nathaniel partnered with a local school teacher in 2017 to create Foundational Friendships, a mentoring program which connects students referred by their counselor to mentors each Friday at Batchelor Middle School. This program teaches students five foundational values of service, integrity, respect, empathy, and perseverance.

Nathaniel was also blessed to serve as a Community Health Innovation Intern with OSF HealthCare in 2018. His primary project centered around food insecurity and he spent ample time in soup kitchens, food pantries, and homeless shelters connecting with people and learning how they could partner together to improve a difficult situation. Nathaniel assisted in developing, and composed the purpose statement for, the “Garden of Hope” a community garden in one of the 100 poorest ZIP codes in the United States. Nathaniel's final project culminated in a 47-page thesis which included detailed research and a food insecurity program recommendation for senior leadership consideration.

Nathaniel then served as a Health Care Provider Marketing Intern at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis where will begin working full-time as a Marketing Associate starting in July 2020. At Lilly, Nathaniel will continue to pursue his dream while working to connect patients with lifesaving medication and quality care.

Testimonials

What our partners have to say

Nathaniel’s leadership ability brings together community leaders from all walks of life. As a teacher I see every day students come through the door with unmet needs. However, through Nathaniel’s vision, perseverance, service, and leadership, community leaders, stakeholders, and families are able to work together so that people in need are better able to get what they need in order for everyone from all walks of life to realize their full potential.

Bruce Thomas 2nd Grade Teacher - Bloomington, IN

Nathaniel Prather is a gifted man of faith who has been emboldened to use his gifts to help others. His creativity, energy, and connectedness has launched many initiatives from our campus ministry to serve our community. From feeding the hungry to sharing the Gospel, he brings ideas to life and sees them through to completion. Quick, thorough, and responsible, I would enlist his help with full confidence that he would deliver.

Rev. Richard Woelmer Pastor, University Lutheran Church - Bloomington, IN

I was blessed to meet Nathaniel several years ago, through his leadership in starting University Lutheran’s Meal Packing Event. We have become close friends since then and his energy is contagious. Nathaniel is a “can-do” man. He has a passion for service and his many skills lead visions and dreams to a successful completion. We share a common faith and Nathaniel truly lives his life for God and others. I am very proud to call him my friend. Not only does Nathaniel make programs happen, he inspires others involved to succeed. I look forward to future work with Nathaniel and would highly recommend at least an introductory meeting with him. You will be amazed. This young man has wisdom and faith beyond his years.

Bill Pfrommer Owner/Appraiser - Pfrommer Appraisal, Inc.

I have had the distinct pleasure of partnering with Nathaniel Prather in meeting different community needs. I have been truly impressed with his energy and intense drive for community service. Nathaniel has an obvious awareness and compassion to help those in need. He is a strong and capable leader who is willing to go the extra mile and work hard to complete his programs and goals. He is willing to roll up his sleeves and focus on making a positive impact in the community and in people’s lives. I have been thoroughly impressed by his upbeat leadership skills as well as his liveliness and enthusiasm. He takes great satisfaction in organizing and integrating others to join his efforts. His success has been clear and evident and his attention to detail is remarkable. I would completely trust Nathaniel in any leadership situation. I have no doubts that his outstanding skills to plan, shape and follow through with any project would help to develop any business and impact the community.

Captain Gordon Hoag The Salvation Army - Bloomington, IN

Bloomington, IN

Altruistic
advising

Social Impact Consulting Connecting Your Company & Your Community