How We Help

Every engagement begins with a unique challenge. Whether you need strategic guidance, implementation leadership, or embedded executive support, KASAMA partners with mission-driven organizations to strengthen capacity, navigate complexity, and deliver measurable results.

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Strategic Advisory | Helping organizations navigate funding, risk, and organizational priorities.

  • Identify and prioritize funding opportunities, assess organizational readiness and fit, and develop competitive proposals aligned with organizational priorities.

  • Assess regulatory and funder requirements, identify organizational risk, strengthen internal controls, and prepare teams for monitoring, audits, and ongoing oversight.

  • Evaluate organizational needs, systems, and capacity through research, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven analysis, then translate findings into practical recommendations and capacity-building support.

Past Engagement: $138M+ in funding strategies and $1.5B+ in training & technical assistance development

Program Leadership | Turning priorities into coordinated execution

  • Translate awarded funding into executable programs while managing implementation plans, budgets, deliverables, compliance requirements, reporting, and funder expectations.

  • Coordinate teams, vendors, and stakeholders around complex initiatives, establishing clear workplans, responsibilities, timelines, decision points, and accountability.

  • Establish performance measures, monitor programmatic and financial progress, and translate results into actionable reporting for leadership, funders, and governing bodies.

Past Engagements: $258M+ in federal compliance monitoring and program oversight

Executive Leadership | Providing experienced leadership capacity when organizations need it most

  • Embed alongside executive leadership to manage strategic priorities, drive cross-functional initiatives, strengthen organizational alignment, and expand leadership capacity.

  • Strengthen the structures, workflows, and coordination leadership teams rely on to manage complex portfolios and move organizational priorities forward.

  • Assess and redesign workflows, processes, tools, and operating systems to improve efficiency, accountability, and organizational sustainability.

  • Prepare organizations for financial, grant, programmatic, and compliance reviews by strengthening documentation, identifying gaps, improving controls, and coordinating readiness activities.

Past Engagements: $577M+ in strategy & implementation and $108M in systems optimization

  • Asian Health Services

    “Rex supported Asian Health Services in overseeing a $23M+ California state-funded grant by building trust-based relationships and providing 1-on-1 tailored support to over 40 funded partner organizations. With an understanding of community-based partnership and financial fortitude, Rex provided financial reporting, compliance monitoring, and direct technical assistance for the 3-year Stop the Hate program. His warm demeanor, readiness to support, and attention to detail when working with the wide-variety of partner organizations ensured the grant program's fidelity was maintained while also building confidence in partner organizations managing state funds for the first time. We are grateful to have worked with Rex and recommend him for any partnership needing financial support and management.”

  • Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools

    “It was a genuine pleasure to work with Rex Delos Santos on our grant and strategic planning initiatives. He provided close, hands-on support throughout an expedited application process, applying rigorous analytical judgment to our materials and refining our submissions to maximize our prospects for success. Rex is a strong partner, capable of engaging quickly and substantively with both short-term deliverables and long-term strategic priorities.”

  • Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools

    “Rex is a pleasure to work with. He’s helpful, knowledgeable, and organized. He’s come through for us multiple times and I’d happily recommend him.”

  • Confidential Client

    “Over the past several years, we've partnered with Rex on multiple competitive grant applications, and he has consistently been a great thought partner throughout the process. His ability to translate complex programmatic and financial ideas into compelling narratives, while strengthening budgets and budget justifications, has been invaluable. Beyond his technical expertise, Rex is collaborative, detail-oriented, and genuinely invested in our success, making him someone we look forward to working with on every opportunity.”

  • Confidential Client

    “Rex is very personable and professional, and has an excellent ability to adapt to a clients needs. Rex showcases a high-level of market expertise, which is invaluable and streamlined/expedited our project timeline positively. We are grateful to have worked with Rex & KASAMA.”

  • KIPP New York Inc.

    “I’ve worked with Rex in different capacities and his dedication to the work has been truly a blessing. From grant compliance management to diving into the details to ensure efficiency on a variety of projects, Rex has streamlined processes and bring chaos to order. Rex is committed in helping organizations achieve and maintain it’s core mission.”