Rooted in Place. Driven by Impact.
At Wild Rose Education, we bridge place-based field science, youth civic leadership, and culturally responsive evaluation across the Intermountain West. We equip educators, young leaders, grant teams, and regional organizations with the tools to observe deeply, act locally, and measure what matters.
The Public Benefit Corporation Advantage
Wild Rose Education is organized as an independent Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). That legal structure is intentional—it allows us to prioritize community resilience, place-based literacy, and equitable action over corporate overhead and institutional bureaucracy.
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Agile & Nimble: No 30% institutional overhead, no bureaucratic delays. Your grant dollars go directly to field impact, program design, and evaluation.
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Mission-Aligned Autonomy: As a PBC, our legal mandate is public good, ensuring our consulting retainers and youth programs stay anchored in community equity, transparency, and place-based values.
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Proven Senior Leadership: You work directly with Sarah Johnson—bringing 20+ years of senior field science, youth civics, and evaluation expertise directly to your project team.
What We Offer
Culturally Responsive & Equitable Evaluation
Turning Complex Community Data into Actionable Impact Stories
We partner with regional non-profits, foundations, and watershed conservancies to design meaningful evaluation frameworks, conduct respectful community fieldwork, and produce visual impact reports that funders trust.
Independent, Grounded, and Built for Impact
"I’m Sarah Johnson—founder of Wild Rose Education. Over two decades in environmental science, polar education, and program evaluation, I’ve learned that lasting change happens when people feel deeply connected to the places where they are.
Operating as a Public Benefit Corporation, WRE delivers hands-on field education, guides youth civic leadership, and provides rigorous evaluation consulting and applied monitoring and evaluation (MEL) for non-profits and community-engaged grant teams—always centering equity, community voice, and real-world results.
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