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Facilitation plays a critical role for networks at every stage of their development, and as a result, consultant fees to hire facilitators are a common component of a network’s cost. Consultants frequently play the role of convening designer, process facilitator, logistical coordinator, and the network coordinator. A consultant in this role is ideally chosen at the start and remains with the group. But consultants can also be brought in to provide technical depth that supports a network’s specific activities. That can include topical research, training, strategy development, measurement design and data collection, political advocacy, communications, leadership development / coaching, and other specialized projects. Towards the end of a funding cycle, it can include fundraising strategy. A funder is not only well-positioned to pay for consultants but also to help a network decide when a backbone role must be played by a consultant rather than a participant.