“We Believe in Legacy. Healing. Possibility.”
✨WHO WE ARE
Broken Crayons Still Coloring, LLC is a legacy-driven consulting and development firm reimagining equitable impact through strategic storytelling, funding alignment, and culturally rooted planning. We work with visionary leaders, dual-entity organizations, and social entrepreneurs to transform communities from the inside out.
We center healing, culture, and community-led design in every engagement — from securing catalytic grants to revitalizing spaces that matter.
Our flagship project, The Westwood Theatre Transformation, showcases how a place-based strategy becomes a living blueprint for equity, investment, and cultural preservation.
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our mission
"We empower communities by transforming spaces and narratives through equity-driven partnerships."
🖋️ Our Why
At Broken Crayons Still Coloring™, we believe that legacy isn’t built from inspiration alone — it’s built through infrastructure. We support mission-driven founders, cultural visionaries, and dual-entity leaders with the structure, strategy, and help to move beyond survival and into systems that fund, grow, and last. Our tiered framework guides our clients through a journey that’s trauma-aware, equity-rooted, and future-focused. Because you’re not just here to process your story. You’re here to build what outlives it.
✨ Meet Kathleen Greely – Founder & Principal Consultant
Kathleen Greely is a legacy strategist, cultural reinvestor, and the founder of Broken Crayons Still Coloring, LLC — a community-rooted consultancy dedicated to transforming spaces, stories, and systems through equity-driven redevelopment, financial precision, and purpose-led leadership.
With a 30+ year track record spanning 1031 exchange strategy, nonprofit leadership, and community wealth building, Kathleen is known for bridging boardrooms and neighborhoods with authenticity and soul. Her work has placed over 3,000 individuals into workforce systems, revitalized culturally significant properties, and helped investors reimagine capital through a reinvestment lens.
Kathleen leads from the heart, consults with vision, and creates healing frameworks that center joy, restoration, and sustainable impact. Whether guiding financial professionals or mentoring youth in transition, her message is clear:
“We’re not just restoring buildings. We’re building what outlives us.” 🖍️💛🍃
💛What We Believe
We are more than a consulting firm — we are a movement rooted in cultural memory, equity-informed action, and community rebirth.
✅ Culturally Rooted Nonprofit Formation & Strategic Planning
✅ Nonprofit Compliance & Admin Consulting
✅ Grant Writing & Program Development
✅ Legacy Project Activation
“We specialize in legacy work — from dinner theatre to grassroots redevelopment, we build it from the ground up.”
🎬Featured Project
The Westwood Project: Reviving a Cultural Landmark
We're leading the transformation of the historic Westwood Theatre into a vibrant cultural hub. This flagship redevelopment blends economic development, food, arts, and healing into a shared space for the Five Points & Library Village community.