Our programs
Six programs, and the platform work inside them.
Everything we do is delivered through one of six programs. The service lines describe the subject; the programs describe how the work reaches an organization, who is eligible for it, and how it is paid for. Most organizations touch two or three of them.
| Program | What it is | Share of our effort |
|---|---|---|
| The Academy | Structured courses, cohorts, workshops, and certificate programs for boards, executives, managers, and staff — governance, leadership, fiscal stewardship, compliance, program design, outcomes, and workforce systems. Written learning objectives, real curricula, participant evaluation. Includes the Board & Executive Leadership Institute. | 30% |
| The Assessment | A structured review of governance, leadership, finance, compliance, program quality, workforce systems, data, risk, and sustainability — followed by an educational debrief and a written capacity-improvement plan. The usual front door. | 30% with Implementation Coaching |
| Implementation Coaching | Time-limited, structured support that helps you apply what the assessment found: policy development, systems design, build, documentation, training, and transfer. This is where the fourteen service lines do their work. | Included above |
| The Accelerator | Free or deeply subsidized intensive assistance for small, emerging, and financially constrained organizations, and for organizations serving disadvantaged communities. Awarded on published criteria. | 15% |
| The Open Shelf | Research and public educational resources — toolkits, model policies, templates, practice briefs, benchmarks, webinars, and implementation guides — available without charge or at nominal cost. | 15% |
| Convenings | Conferences, learning communities, and peer exchanges bringing together nonprofit leaders, boards, public agencies, and funders. | 10% |
| The Platform program | Development and enablement of software capability the sector cannot otherwise obtain, delivered inside assessment and coaching engagements. | Within the above |
Publishing how our effort is allocated is deliberate. It is how you can tell what kind of organization this is.
Ways to start
| Offering | Shape | Program rate |
|---|---|---|
| The Capacity Diagnostic | Four to six weeks. Interviews, systems inventory, document review, a prioritized baseline, a sequenced roadmap, and a written recommendation — including a recommendation not to hire us. | $15,000 – $35,000 |
| Readiness Review | Two to four weeks against one standard: accreditation, licensing, a monitoring visit, an insurance renewal, or an audit. | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Focused Sprint | Eight to fourteen weeks in a single domain — governance, finance, workforce, technology, quality, or risk. | $25,000 – $85,000 |
| The Institutional Build | Twelve months, phased, delivered and accepted monthly across multiple domains, ending in a sustainability scorecard. | $250,000 – $750,000 |
| CARES Cohort | Six to ten organizations, four to six months, building the same system together. | $5,000 – $15,000 per organization |
| Sustained Support | Bounded annual support: platform administration, an annual systems review, a policy-library refresh, a defined advisory allowance. | $12,000 – $60,000 per year |
| Open Shelf | Tools, templates, and guides. | Free |
These are standard program rates. Four pathways below them are described on the Access page, and organizations that qualify pay between nothing and eighty percent of the figures above.