About us

The Niles Partners is a Houston-based consulting firm founded by Mark Niles is 2001with the focus of furthering “Best Business Practices” in the Houston nonprofit arena. With 10 years in human resource and organizational development consulting, Niles introduced proprietary systems into his practice.  Programs addressing Strategic Planning, Program Outcome Measurement, and Board of Directors Development based upon Niles’ consulting experience and his training in General Systems proved successful.

Niles recognized that in order to offer more complete services to the market, the firm needed to offer expertise in fundraising.  In 2003, Niles partnered with Cooky Mays, CFRE and broadened its scope of services. Mays brought more than twenty years of experience in fundraising, many volunteer leadership positions, including board membership with area nonprofit organizations.

The Niles Partners now offers services covering nonprofit needs. The combination of nonprofit and for profit management experiences of the Niles team gives the firm a unique blend of professional experiences and perspectives.

The firm understands the needs of nonprofit organizations, community service groups and volunteer boards. We are professionals. We are prepared to deliver a full range of development, planning and training services that will improve your organization’s performance and effectiveness. The Niles Partners is prepared to work with every sector of Houston’s vast, vibrant nonprofit community – education, social services, community organizations, environmental, healthcare and the arts.

Our capital projects experience can help you build financial strength to broaden your scope of services, complete brick-and-mortar projects and/or significantly improve current delivery standards.  Our capacity-building experience can help you broaden your scope of service, prepare your organization for change and uncertainty and provide the tools to lead your agency through change.  Our training and development systems are tailored to your needs, raising levels of organization-wide effectiveness to new heights.

We believe nonprofit organizations enrich our lives and provide great satisfaction to the staff and volunteers who run them. Each organization’s history and mission is unique and therefore require custom services  We want to be your partner and help you build specific financial and human capacity to serve your clients better – and more efficiently.

We can help your daily operation run more smoothly, hone your costs, maximize the return of current resources and secure your financial future.  These are just a few of the reasons to work collaboratively with The Niles Partners.