In an emergency room, triage decides what gets treated first. Organizations work the same way. Pick the description that sounds most like yours right now:
A struggling nonprofit is rarely simply a money problem. It's usually a board that can't approve, data nobody trusts, or a strategy no one agreed to. We read all nine vitals of your organization, then provide an action plan to address root causes. The true issue is almost never where the symptom shows up. Start with a free readiness snapshot.
Whether staff and board describe the work the same way, and whether the plan on the shelf matches the one being used.
Executive bandwidth, decision authority, succession exposure, and whether past recommendations actually got implemented.
Engaged members versus listed members, committee structure that functions, and a clear line between board and staff work.
Real available hours, open roles, turnover, and whether the skills exist to sustain new work after a consultant leaves.
Reserves in months, funder concentration, audit status, and any revenue cliff sitting in the next eighteen months.
Pipeline, donor and funder cultivation, win rate on proposals, and which government streams you already qualify for.
Where program and donor data lives, who can reach it, and whether procedures are written down or held in people's heads.
Registrations current, reporting obligations met on time, and documentation that holds up when a funder audits it.
How the last big change went, where resistance will come from, and how disagreement gets handled when it surfaces.
Each vital is scored 1–5 · Three are gating — leadership, staff capacity, and financial health
Every engagement is led directly by both co-founders. No junior staff, no handoffs.
A full read on all nine vitals, with findings you can hand to your board without translation.
A plan built on what the assessment found, sized to the capacity you actually have.
Recruitment, role clarity, and facilitation that turns a listed board into a working one.
Direct support for EDs and senior staff carrying more than the org chart admits.
Government research on SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and state portals through compliant submission — plus the donor side.
Registrations, audit-ready documentation, and templates your team runs after we're gone.
Six questions, under a minute. One short meeting. We'll send back a report on which of the nine vitals look strongest, which look at risk, and what we'd fix first.
Last step: pick a time below. Your written snapshot follows within five business days of the call.
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A community organizer since 1991, Polly has consulted for 350+ organizations across labor, political campaigns, and nonprofit capacity building. She builds grassroots fundraising and donor strategy from the ground up.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
With 17+ years in the sector, Kafele specializes in institutional fundraising, grant writing, and strategic planning. B.S., Seton Hall University; M.S., The New School; post-Master's certificate in organizational leadership.