Where Culture Drives Advancement and Advancement Fuels Impact.
Purpose-Driven Culture Solutions
Built for Bold School Communities
Our Vision
To be the most trusted partner for schools seeking to elevate their culture, grow their leadership, and attract the investment they need to thrive.
Our Purpose is to transform culture into a catalyst for connection, leadership, and advancement.
The Culture Lab
At The Culture Lab, we help independently run charter and private schools do more than survive, we help them thrive. We believe that culture isn’t a buzzword. It’s the foundation for everything: staff retention, student engagement, community trust, and yes, your ability to raise funds and grow your mission. Too many schools are doing great work… but struggling to tell their story, struggling to retain leaders, and struggling to rally the resources they need. We’re here to change that.
We help schools build robust, mission-aligned fundraising engines that go beyond one-time donations. Our approach blends strategy, storytelling, and systems to attract transformational investment and sustain long-term growth. From coaching your team to refining your donor journey, we help turn community belief into lasting financial commitment.
Strong leadership is more than charisma, it’s clarity, confidence, and consistency. We coach school leaders at every level to become vision-driven decision makers, while also designing the aligned systems and structures they need to lead well. The result? Teams that move from reactive to responsive and from burnout to breakthrough.
When culture is done right, it’s contagious. We help you bring your school’s mission to life through immersive retreats, inclusive engagement strategies, and narrative-driven experiences that align your staff, families, and broader community. Because when every stakeholder feels connected to the culture, everyone shows up stronger.
“Your culture is your strategy in motion. Let’s make it intentional, inclusive, and impossible to ignore.”
Our History
The Culture Lab was founded in 2020, but our roots run deeper, grounded in decades of lived experience across classrooms, communities, and causes.
Before The Culture Lab was born, our team was already leading school transformation efforts, building strategic partnerships, and designing culture-forward solutions that created real impact. From coaching school leaders and launching equity initiatives to helping schools raise millions in private investment, our work has always centered on one mission: to help schools thrive from the inside out.
We were built for this moment.
And we’re just getting started.
Is Your Culture Contagious, in the Best Way?
Download the Contagious Culture Assessment, a quick, powerful tool designed to help leaders take the pulse of their team, diagnose cultural gaps, and spark immediate alignment.
This 7-pillar framework helps you reflect on what’s working, what’s missing, and where your organization has the opportunity to energize, empower, and elevate its people.
✅ Perfect for staff retreats, team check-ins, or strategic planning
✅ Includes reflection prompts and actionable next steps
✅ Grounded in Our Contagious Culture methodology
Use it to spark change. Share it to build momentum.
