Most not-for-profits are making six-figure technology decisions with nobody in the room whose job is technology. Not because they are careless — because a full-time CIO costs more than most of their programmes. We fill that seat for as long as you need it and not a day longer.
Technology & AI Health Check
A structured review of your systems, vendors, risks and priorities, with a prioritized roadmap written for leadership.
Fixed fee. Optional board-ready deck, $1,500.
You probably recognise at least one of these.
…and nobody can answer confidently.
…and nobody knows whether the vendor is still worth it.
…and it has been quietly accumulating workarounds ever since.
…and want a second opinion before you sign.
…and you cannot currently answer the questions.
…and nobody can tell you where to start.
Fixed fee
A structured review of your systems, vendors, risks and priorities — with a prioritized roadmap written for leadership, not for IT.
Ongoing
Senior technology judgement on an ongoing basis — strategy, vendor oversight, governance and board reporting, without the full-time hire.
Fixed fee
An honest picture of your real exposure — written for leadership, without jargon or unnecessary alarm.
Workshop
Facilitated workshops for teams facing a complex service or technology decision that regular meetings are not resolving.
Advisory
Practical guidance on Microsoft Copilot, automation, AI governance, privacy and responsible adoption — including where AI should not be used.
Regulators, associations, charities, foundations and public-sector organizations — modernization programmes, cloud migrations, CRM and case management systems, cybersecurity oversight, vendor management and executive reporting. Several of those projects received external recognition, including Microsoft Impact Awards.
What you are dealing with, and whether we are any use to you. Free, and genuinely no obligation.
So the board approves a number, not an hourly rate with an open end.
Conversations with your people, a look at the actual systems, and honest questions.
Written so a board can read it. If it needs a translator, it has failed.
Now, next, later — realistic against your actual capacity and budget.
Or we stay on a retainer if that is genuinely useful. Both are fine.
We could pretend this is pure altruism. It is not. Sitting inside dozens of small organizations every year is the best product research available — the third time we see the same gap in the same kind of charity, that is a product rather than a coincidence. Donors exists because of what we kept seeing. So does Members.
It also funds the product development, which is why we can price software at $50 a month without taking outside investment that would eventually demand we raise it.
What that does not mean is that every engagement ends in a sale. The advice is vendor-neutral, we hold no product affiliations, and the most common recommendation we make is to spend less, not more.
See the productsThe health check is $3,500 fixed, and that is deliberately the entry point rather than a retainer. If that is still out of reach, say so on the call — sometimes the useful version of this is one honest conversation, and we do not charge for that.
Not unless it is genuinely the right answer, and we will tell you plainly when it is not. We hold no vendor affiliations and take no referral commissions.
Yes, routinely. Part of the value is being independent of them — we can assess whether they are delivering without our own contract being at stake.
Then that is what you should buy. We would rather do one useful piece of work than manufacture an ongoing engagement.
Yes. The board-ready deck is a $1,500 add-on to the health check, and presenting it is included.
Restricted funds, grant reporting, volunteer boards, staff who do four jobs, and a fiscal year that governs everything — yes. That is most of what we have worked in.
Start with the conversation. We will tell you which, or that none of them do.
