What brought you here
- 36%
- of nonprofits ended 2024 with an operating deficit, the highest in ten years of the survey
- Nonprofit Finance Fund, State of the Nonprofit Sector
- 9 in 10
- nonprofit leaders are concerned about their own burnout
- Center for Effective Philanthropy, State of Nonprofits
- 2 in 3
- nonprofit boards have no executive succession plan
- BoardSource, Leading with Intent
We’ve all been there: looking for answers on a particular problem, trying to figure out where to begin, what to ask or how much it would cost, all without slowing down mission delivery.
We provide four things.
- 01
Get clear on where you stand
SCORE
Get an honest, objective snapshot of your organization. We gather insights directly from your staff and board to show you what’s working, what’s stuck, and where to focus first.
- 02
Have a trusted peer in your corner
Coaching
Navigating nonprofit leadership shouldn’t feel isolated. We partner with you month-to-month to work through your toughest challenges, remove roadblocks, and determine your next best move.
- 03
Focus on what matters most
Strategic Planning (Rumo)
Turn assessment data into a clear, realistic path forward. We facilitate a focused planning process with your team to align on priorities and define exact action steps.
- 04
Turn plans into daily momentum
Mission Signal
A plan only works if it leads to real progress. We provide the tools and accountability your team needs to assign ownership and track progress, so the wins get celebrated as they happen.
We spent time refining our understanding through decades of experience. You can get an idea of the health assessment by taking the free one.
Take the free Health ScanStraightforward, transparent pricing.
Budget should not be the barrier to getting the guidance your mission needs. Because our coaches are active nonprofit leaders and founders who understand your realities, we structure our pricing to keep high-caliber consulting well within reach.
This is why we started Nonprofit Dugout.
Nonprofit work is vital to our communities, and most of us run into the same roadblocks. Something in the way the organization runs starts to cost the mission, and the people closest to the work feel it first.
Our mission: to help nonprofit organizations do more of what they do best.
Our philosophy: we want to change the way nonprofit consulting is delivered, not from the stands, but in the dugout.
Nonprofit Dugout is a small team of nonprofit leaders who have run organizations like yours, and still do. We know how it feels to carry a mission with too few hands, so we work right beside your team, close enough to see what you see.
Our philosophy and core values
