Books — Donelson Consulting LLC


New series · Trust, partnership & federal compliance · 2025–2026

A new series on building measurable trust in partnerships

One leadership parable and two compliance workbooks.

Your Seat at the Table

A new leadership parable on trust & partnership

With editorial contributions by Jenni Moreno, with whom I co-created the hand-drawn companion visuals and the self-assessment tool.

Maya runs a nonprofit with a proven innovation. When a government partner arrives with a multi-year funding proposal, she believes her track record will be enough. She is wrong. The calls stop. Meetings get canceled. The partnership she thought she was building becomes something else entirely.

Learn to develop structures that protect your mission and your seat at the table. The workbooks that follow show how to put those structures in place.

The Money Trail Workbooks

New workbooks on federal compliance & partnership accountability. By Angela Donelson, PhD, AICP and Jenni Moreno of 2 CFR Clarity

Two practical workbooks using real-world case studies to build the compliance culture and internal controls that protect programs, partnerships, and federal funding. Each volume addresses 2 CFR Part 200 requirements organizations commonly get wrong.


The Money Trail: How They Lost it or Stole it

The Money Trail: How They Lost it or Stole it
Four real-world cautionary tales of federal grant mismanagement. Covers documentation, internal controls, and building a culture of compliance.


Lines You Shouldn't Cross: Privacy, Power and Policy

Lines You Shouldn’t Cross: Privacy, Power & Policy
Four case studies in compliance failures: privacy protections, conflict of interest, procurement, and whistleblower protections.

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