How I Help

Five problems break most nonprofits. I build the fix for each one.

Find the bottleneck that sounds like your week. Each one below shows what it looks like, how I work it, and the tools that go with it. When you are ready, we talk it through on a call.

Growth and Scaling Compliance and Audits Staff Capacity Governance Crisis Readiness
01
Growth and Scaling

What works at three sites breaks at fifteen.

Your programs grew faster than your systems. Every new site reinvents the wheel, quality drifts as you add locations, and you are the bottleneck for every decision. Growth starts to feel like a risk instead of a win.

What it looks like
  • Each new site opens a little differently than the last.
  • Nothing moves forward without you in the room.
  • You are chasing the next grant with no model to spend it well.
How I help

I build the replication model, the site launch playbook, and the SOPs and KPIs that let a new location open the same way every time and run without you standing over it. I scaled a single pilot to 300 active sites across 13 counties. I build the version of that your team can actually run.

02
Compliance and Audits

One finding can cost you the funding the mission runs on.

CACFP, SFSP, federal reviews. The rules live in one person's head, the documentation is scattered, and your partner agencies are all a little different. You find out about a gap when the monitor does, not before.

What it looks like
  • You scramble for paperwork the week before a review.
  • One staffer is the only one who knows the rules.
  • Partner sites apply the standards inconsistently.
How I help

I build the compliance systems, the documentation, and the monitoring calendar, then train your network so the standard is the same everywhere. I hold a 100% audit record on federal programs and have audited and supported more than 500 partner nonprofits. You stop bracing for the review and start passing it clean.

03
Staff Capacity

Your team is stretched thin and the knowledge lives in people's heads.

One person is a single point of failure. There is no real onboarding, burnout is climbing, and every time someone walks out the door the system walks out with them. You need more output without more headcount.

What it looks like
  • A key process stops cold when one person is out.
  • New hires learn by guesswork instead of a system.
  • The team is doing more every quarter with the same hands.
How I help

I map the work to a capacity matrix, build cross training and onboarding so no one is a single point of failure, and put AI to work on the repeatable tasks so a lean team gets its time back for the work that matters. The goal is a structure that holds when people move on.

04
Governance

Your board needs real visibility, not a scramble the week before the meeting.

Board reports come together at the last minute and look different every time. There are no clear numbers the board can track, the ED carries all of it, and governance starts to feel like theater instead of oversight.

What it looks like
  • Every board packet is built from scratch under deadline.
  • The board cannot see how the organization is actually doing.
  • The ED is the only source of truth in the room.
How I help

I build the board reporting template, the dashboard, and the reporting cadence, then connect them to the operational numbers underneath. The board gets a clear, consistent view they can govern from, and the ED stops carrying it all alone.

05
Crisis Readiness

Disasters do not wait for a plan.

There is no continuity plan, emergency operations get improvised on the worst day, and no one is sure who is in command. When the storm hits or the funding shifts, you either operate or you stall. Readiness is built long before the day you need it.

What it looks like
  • No written plan for the day operations have to change overnight.
  • No clear command structure when every minute counts.
  • A single funding shock would leave you exposed.
How I help

I build the disaster response operations, the continuity plan, and the command structure, then pressure test them with a readiness scorecard. I directed emergency food operations for more than 2,000 families per event during COVID with zero compliance failures. I build that level of readiness into your organization before the next event.

Three engagements. One operator.

Every engagement is month to month with no long term contract, or a fixed scope one time option. Not sure which fits? That is what the call is for.

Approx. 10 hours per month
Essentials
$3,000 / month
or $4,500 one time

For organizations starting operational modernization. Build the foundation before scaling.

  • Monthly ops strategy session
  • Program growth advisory
  • Email and Slack access
  • SOP and systems review
  • Claude setup and governance guardrails
  • Staff onboarding workflow templates
  • Board and report automation baseline
Your team works faster, with structure, accountability, and clearer ownership.
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Most Popular
Approx. 20 hours per month
Embedded COO
$5,500 / month
or $7,000 one time

Fractional COO leadership embedded directly into your operations, systems, and department workflows.

  • Weekly leadership team presence
  • Program design and scaling support
  • SOP development and implementation
  • Salesforce CRM and data dashboards
  • Staff capacity building
  • Department specific AI workflow design
  • Compliance calendar automation
  • KPI and reporting structures
Operations function more effectively, consistently, and independently across your teams.
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Approx. 40 hours per month
Organizational Rescue
$8,500 / month
or $10,000 one time

Rapid operational stabilization for organizations under compliance risk, staffing disruption, or operational breakdown.

  • Immediate operational assessment
  • Compliance stabilization and risk triage
  • Workflow triage and infrastructure redesign
  • AI driven documentation recovery
  • Staff retraining and ownership reset
  • Post audit recovery and sustainability planning
  • Recovery roadmap development
You regain operational control, documentation clarity, and leadership confidence.
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Not sure which one is breaking?

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