Our Purpose

Delivering the right thing, at the right time

ReSolutLy (Resilient Solutions Laboratory) is a nonprofit think tank that uses anticipatory intelligence to create and share frameworks for social impact solutions — frameworks that address root causes, account for cultural factors, and build resilience — with the organizations working hardest to create change.

The Problem

Good intentions need better intelligence

Intelligence analysis typically focuses on security issues — but it's just as valuable in a humanitarian and social impact context. Traditional intelligence work, built around tracking actors and threats, can't provide everything aid organizations need to create meaningful, long-term social impact. Anticipatory intelligence — a systems-thinking, multidisciplinary approach — is the tool aid organizations need to design local solutions that address root causes and build resilience in the communities they serve.

Utah alone is home to more than 10,000 registered nonprofits, with over 200 new ones formed in 2024.¹ Using anticipatory intelligence, ReSolutLy gives these organizations — and others like them around the world — what they need to ask the right questions, tackle the right problems, and put their resources where they'll matter most.

1. Utah Nonprofits Association, 2025 Nonprofit Sector Report.

How We Work

Our theory of change

From what we bring to the table to the change it creates — here's how a ReSolutLy engagement moves through the system.

Resources

Skill at collaborating across disciplines
Research skills and resources
A systems-thinking approach to problem solving
Ethnography and strategic culture analysis expertise
A focus on resilience, not just the problem at hand

Activities

Research from multiple disciplinary perspectives
Working in diverse, cross-functional teams
Cultural analysis, including ethnographic field research
Identifying root causes of the problem set
Designing frameworks for resilience and self-reliance
Building contact networks who can help implement solutions

Outputs

Comprehensive, culturally informed intelligence reports that identify root causes
Systems maps showing how different parts of a problem connect
Contact networks of individuals and organizations, with an emphasis on local solutions
Resilience analyses of the systems and communities involved
Policy recommendations

Outcomes

Aid organizations have confidence they're addressing the root problem
Resources go where their impact will be most deeply and lastingly felt
Access to an unbiased source of intelligence focused on systems and solutions
Clients start implementation with a ready-made network of people

Impact

Givers and receivers of aid become collaborators, not benefactors and beneficiaries
Aid solutions are culturally informed and address root causes, not just symptoms
Clients know good ideas will translate into meaningful solutions
Communities become more resilient and self-sufficient
Recent graduates get a foothold in the field

Looking Ahead

What this looks like in ten years

Research, grounded on the ground

On-the-ground research and ethnography is a standard part of every cultural and systems analysis we conduct, with each report focused on a specific geographic area.

Built for implementation

Every report includes contacts for subject-matter experts who can help implement the proposed solutions, with an emphasis on local businesses and organizations.

Sustained by diverse funding

The work is funded through a mix of grants, donations, and commissioned research — built to last well beyond any single funding source.

A global clientele

Our clients span the world — governments, individual decision-makers, government agencies, nonprofits, NGOs, and international organizations.

Investing in the next generation

ReSolutLy offers jobs to recent graduates, giving them a platform to transform their research and ideas into actual change.