Administrative Assessment

Let’s make sure your nonprofit has the administrative strength and resilience it needs to thrive!

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How does it work?

An administrative assessment will help you:

  • Get to the root of your pain points

  • Identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in your financial systems, policies and procedures, basic technology, and other core administrative functions

  • Plan next steps to create the robust administrative support your nonprofit needs so it can focus on mission

FAQs

How long does an assessment take?

An administrative assessment will typically take 3-5 months.

What’s the payoff?

First you have the financial payoff: most assessments will pay for themselves in terms of direct financial savings and improvements productivity.

Organizations also benefit from:

  • Clarity around the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to their financial and other administrative functions

  • A roadmap identifying low lying fruit (projects to prioritize to get the fastest and easiest benefit)

  • Specific recommendations to respond to identified needs and opportunities

  • Guidance around staffing models

What kind of activities does it include?

We will review your financial records, basic technology, administrative policies, and other relevant documentation.

We also will engage with you, your staff, and your key stakeholders in a variety of ways including surveys and 1:1 interviews.

At the end of the engagement, you will receive a thorough report including specific recommendations you can take immediate action on. We will also do a live (Zoom) presentation of the report.

Can I see more detail?

Click here for a sample timeline of key activities.

Click here for a sample index and summary of a final report.