Strategic Initiatives that Align People, Systems, and Purpose.
Transmuting pressure to purpose as you deliver results in increasingly complex environments—fragmented partnerships, competing priorities, and limited capacity don’t have to stall your strongest initiatives.
As an embedded executive strategic partner, we thrive within opportunities to help leaders translate vision into aligned strategy, partnership pathways, and measurable execution across systems.
About Us
House of Clai Ventures, LLC is a Strategic Initiatives and Executive Advisory firm partnering with municipalities, mission-driven organizations, and leadership teams to design and implement initiatives that require alignment across people, systems, and community impact.
Grounded in early child-hood and human resources expertise, equity-informed practice, and real-world execution, we partner with foundations, nonprofits, and mission-aligned institutions to translate vision into durable systems, programs, and outcomes—particularly where leadership, and generational impact intersect to improve service delivery, and build sustainable structures that hold up over time.
Our work translates vision into action—without losing sight of the humans responsible for carrying it forward.
Our VISION
To steward systems, stories, and strategies that enable individuals, families, and institutions to build meaningful legacy and live fulfilled, purpose-aligned lives.
Our MISSION
House of Clai Ventures partners with mission-driven organizations and complex systems to design, implement, and scale strategic initiatives—while The Fulfilled Life Collective and Clai Legacy Co. democratize access to tools, education, and community for personal and generational transformation.
Our Services
Strategic Planning & Execution
We design and lead complex initiatives from vision through implementation. Our work turns strategy into clear, executable plans that produce measurable, scalable, lasting impact.
Cross-sector collaboration
We align nonprofits, foundations, and education and family-focused organizations around shared goals. Acting as a strategic integrator, we reduce fragmentation and strengthen collective outcomes.
Individual Coaching
Helping you clarify your vision (taking fuzzy ideas and helping to make them clear), by offering a method to connect you to the tools and resources needed to make an impact now.
Contractor Services
House of Clai Ventures provides short-term, project-based strategic support for organizations requiring focused expertise to advance high-priority initiatives. We support state and county agencies, contracted partners, and funded initiatives requiring planning, coordination, and implementation support.
Our Services
Strategic Planning
We design and lead complex initiatives from vision through implementation. Our work turns strategy into clear, executable plans that produce measurable, scalable, lasting impact.
Cross-sector Collaboration
We align nonprofits, foundations, and education and family-focused organizations around shared goals. Acting as a strategic integrator, we reduce fragmentation and strengthen collective outcomes.
Contracting
House of Clai Ventures provides short-term, project-based strategic support for organizations requiring focused expertise to advance high-priority initiatives. We support state and county agencies, contracted partners, and funded initiatives requiring planning, coordination, and implementation support.
Individual Coaching
Helping you clarify your vision (taking fuzzy ideas and helping to make them clear), by offering a method to connect you to the tools and resources needed to make an impact now.
Meet the Team
Thomas Claiborn IV
Thomas is a strategic director and community impact leader with a proven track record of guiding mission-driven organizations through complex challenges and transformative growth. With deep expertise in strategic planning, cross-sector collaboration, and program design, Thomas helps leaders translate vision into sustainable systems that strengthen communities and drive measurable outcomes. His work is characterized by a commitment to values-aligned solutions, operational clarity, and inclusive leadership—bridging strategy and lived impact across nonprofits, foundations, and community ecosystems.
Principal Co-Founder, Strategic Director
Candace Claiborn,
Candace helps vision-driven leaders and organizations turn big ideas into clear, actionable plans. She listens deeply to your goals, organizes your programs, products, and services, and creates easy-to-follow roadmaps and visual frameworks that make execution and growth feel achievable. With thoughtful guidance and strategic insight, Candace challenges and expands your vision while supporting you every step of the way.
Principal Co-Founder & Strategy Architect
Testiomonials
“Thomas’ mentorship is holistic. I’ve been able to establish a better understanding of my career and identity. I’ve learned how to work through adversity. I’m able to advocate and better vocalize my desires because of the confidence I have gained in my self-worth and the work that I am able to do.”
Chris J.
“Thomas is a master visionary coach and an artist at what he does. He is gifted with insight and what I could not see: the vision in seed form. After every coaching session, I left with greater insight about myself, the steps needed to continue to nourish the vision, and the confidence that I could do great things. My vision is no longer in seed form. It’s now a nonprofit organization.”
Darlene J.
“Thomas built a level of trust with me that allowed me to open up on my personal challenges and past baggage. Thomas has been mentoring me for more than 13 years and I’ve gained a greater sense of self-worth and self-confidence as a father, husband, and man.”
Alex B.
"What is Essential is invisible to the eye."
