ABOUT

Grove Advisory Group helps clients to navigate and bring order to otherwise unfamiliar real estate and financial terrain. By combining deep expertise and strategic advisory services with practical guidance, tools, and systems, Grove Advisory Group helps organizations plan, fund, and achieve outcomes that support lasting impact.

Grove Advisory Group provides fractional CFO services, as well as solutions for real estate development, capital financing and long-term portfolio management. With a keen eye for issue spotting and a commitment to problem solving, Grove Advisory Group approaches every engagement with a powerful combination of strategy, diligent execution and partner accountability.

Current and former clients of Grove Advisory Group, and Founder/CEO Sara Batterton, include Lee Montessori Public Charter School, The Charter School Growth Fund, Uncommon Schools, KIPP NYC Public Schools, KIPP Northern California Public Schools, Mundo Verde Public Charter School, DC Prep and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Grove Advisory Group is founded and led by Sara Batterton. Sara’s deep experience and expertise - at the intersection of real estate, finance and strategy - allows her clients to focus on their mission while she manages the intricate details. She is skilled at identifying connections and building solutions to advance her client’s mission and grow sustainably, while also mitigating operational and financial risk. Her expertise includes team assembly, real estate project execution, financial management and resource optimization, as well as designing systems and solutions for operational and portfolio-level efficiency.

Sara’s super powers include strong anticipatory planning and hands on project management. She knows how to ask the questions clients aren't sure they know (or feel comfortable) asking. And together with them, she develops and executes on an agreed upon plan - ensuring that client resources are aligned to their goals and resources, so that they can remain focused on their mission and execute on their leadership goals.