CRI is available to serve as a consultant to foundations of any size which desire expert assistance in the review and evaluation of applications for conservation-related projects, to help review or establish criteria for high leverage grant-making, to help establish a new or revised focus area for environmental grant-making, or to proactively identify specific projects for which applications might be invited.

With respect to small foundations or family foundations, CRI can serve as consultant program staff on an as-needed basis, or as advisors to trustees, in order to minimize administrative costs and to help maximize the leverage and effectiveness which can result from the grant-making efforts of these philanthropic organizations.