Description of Services

We assess and assist you in upgrading your accounting systems by:

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• Examining your accounting system (Chart of Accounts) Cash/Accrual

• Converting to a new accounting system if necessary

• Setting up a payroll system

• Setting up systems to integrate with a bank or payroll system

• Creating and entering a budget for comparison reports

• Creating additional standard reports for board members

•  Training and supporting your team/bookkeeper (we do not do data entry)

We assist you in creating and implementing a plan for increasing and diversifying revenue.

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• Assist you in identifying available funds and creating a fundraising plan (May include establishing projected budgeted income)

• Identify five new grant prospects /individual and corporate donors

• Assist with the creation of a grant template and/or solicitation letter/email

• Assist in finding a grant writer to solicit funds 

• Create a system for tracking grants/donor solicited and funds received   (May include setting up a CRM)

​We help you determine whether events are a viable option for your agency. 

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• Establish the purpose and goals for events

• Determine ways to increase sources of funding at events

• Form a committee to manage event details - attend meetings

• Promote your event

• Involve board members in your events

• Discuss software you can use to make your event successful

• Connect with celebrities or speakers for events

We support your efforts to have a great board that gathers resources and governs effectively.

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• Based on bylaws and discussion, we determine the number of board members you would like to have. 

• Create a grid to attract members to fill the organization's needs

• Register with agencies that provide board members

• Form Committees led by board members

• Create Board pledge documents with descriptions of board roles and duties

• Determine the minimum amount board members should contribute and solicit

• Create a structure for onboarding members and their terms, elections, and duties for officers

• Create a plan for storing board-related documents - Meeting minutes and agendas, reports, legal documents

• Attend the meeting if required to assist with creating agenda and minutes

• Facilitate board retreat

We guide your board as they have a preliminary Strategic Planning session with some elements of a full strategic planning process such as:

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• Discussion of Vision, Mission, and Core Values. 

• A simple SWOT analysis

• A discussion about Core Competencies - What JIP will be able to achieve in the next two years

• We will review any previous plans and whether goals were accomplished or should be repeated.

• We will examine what is needed in the following categories:  Administration, Fundraising, and Programs, and determine which goals will take priority. 

• We will discuss growth and resilience strategies and attempt to come up with 4 to 6 overarching strategic imperatives (SMART goals)

This is not a "How to Start a Nonprofit" class. There are great classes for that. This is the What, Why, Who, How and When to help you to decide to start a nonprofit -  or if you've already started a nonprofit (churches included), determining if you've asked yourself certain questions. ​

Here are a few of the questions we will review:

• What do you hope to accomplish? What are your goals and objectives?  

• Who is your target population? Why do they need you?

• Who works with you? Do you have a good board or team? Are you burnt out?

• How are you going about it? Do you have a strategic plan?

• When is a good time to start? If you started, do you have a calendar of activities?

Coming soon!!!

SDNC offers assistance with allocating salaries and resources across a number of government and private foundation grants.

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We recommend various tools and solutions to store data about your grants.

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Post-award grants management can help you track, store, and report on grants data to determine management methods and ensure compliance and most of all financial cost monitoring.

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Some government grants require procurement and contracting policies. We discuss creating systems to allocate salaries and plans to build capacity and infrastructure to manage grant requirements.