Not-for-Profit
Every wasted IT dollar was donated for something else.
NFP boards carry the same technology governance duties as commercial directors, on tighter budgets, with leaner teams, and under more vendor influence, because when there is no internal capability, supplier advice fills the vacuum. One NFP chief executive told our principals, after their first genuinely independent review: 'Reading your report, produced without conflict of interest, I finally understood how biased the advice we'd been getting really was.'
Funded-Dollar Accountability
IT waste in an NFP is not a margin problem; it is a mission problem, and funders increasingly ask.
Board Duties, Volunteer Time
Volunteer directors carry full governance duties over technology with the least time and support to discharge them.
Advice Vacuum
With no internal IT leadership, vendor recommendations become the de facto strategy.
Vulnerable-Community Data
Client and donor data in NFPs is often the most sensitive and the least protected in the economy.
What our reviews keep finding
- Vendor-led arrangements priced well above equivalent commercial rates
- NFP licensing entitlements and discounts going unclaimed
- Governance frameworks scaled to volunteer-board reality
- Security uplift priorities matched to actual budget
Where not-for-profit organisations start
IT Cost Reduction
A forensic, line-by-line audit of your IT spend against market benchmarks, with the specific renegotiation points to recover the difference.
Cyber Risk Review
Independent verification of your actual cyber position, written for your board: quantified, prioritised, and aligned with what regulators and insurers now expect.
MSP Audit
An independent audit of your managed service provider: what you pay versus market, what you get versus the contract, and the renegotiation points to fix the gap.
2x value identified, or you don't pay.
The 4-Week Commercial IT Health Check is fixed fee, non-disruptive, and guaranteed in writing: if we don't identify value worth at least twice our fee, we refund it.