No one cares about the budget more than nonprofits. Every dollar spent trying to find a piece of data, or hour spent entering receipts manually, is resources taken away from your mission. That's why it's critical to be as efficient and effective as possible. Not using the most modern tools available is taking money away from the cause you care about.
That's why I'm not here to sell you anything new. I don't want you to get new software if you don't need it. I want to help you use the resources you already have.
Everything I do is designed for organizations that want to spend less time wrestling with tech and more time on the mission that got them into this work in the first place.
Book a free discovery callEfficiency is the goal, data and AI are just the highest-leverage tools for getting there right now.
Data can be an incredible tool for nonprofits. It can streamline your fundraising efforts, it can demonstrate the efficacy of your org's work, and it should be the foundation of truth that your organization rests upon. It's also worthless unless it's easy to use. Your databases should be clean, organized, and centralized, and they should make it easy for you to leverage your data. If that doesn't sound like your org, I can help.
It's okay to be a little freaked out by AI. It's complicated and technical and can seem like a lot to even try to integrate into your org. It's also an extremely powerful tool for making people better at their jobs, and a nonprofit that isn't using it is leaving money on the table, money that should be going toward the cause you care about. I'm here to demystify it where it needs to be demystified, and implement it for you when understanding it isn't worth your time. If you'd like a more effective org without having to dive into the weeds of AI, reach out.
Your data probably lives in five different Google Sheets, has no unified protocol for updating and refreshing it, and is really hard to utilize. I find all of it, combine it, remove duplicates, check it for accuracy and completeness, and assemble it in one place. Data is worthless if it isn't easy to use. I make that possible.
Deliverable: One database. Clean, correct, and easy to use. Less time spent hunting for information, less money spent maintaining broken systems, less frustration for whoever has to use it.A lighter-touch version of the overhaul, for teams whose systems mostly work but have gotten messy. I go through your existing database and clean it: deleting old, out-of-date information, filling in gaps, or asking whether particular pieces of data are worth the time they take to collect. I improve the existing system without making structural changes.
Deliverable: A database that feels better to use, without disrupting how your team already works.I sit down with your team one on one and talk through how they actually use data day to day. I learn what's frustrating, what's slow, what they've given up on. Then I look at your systems, in the context of your mission, to figure out where they're falling short and where they could be doing more.
Deliverable: A report on how your organization uses data, where the gaps are, and where the opportunities are, including a presentation walking through 3–5 concrete ideas for how your systems could better support your work.The audit above, followed through to execution. I do the audit, present the findings, and refine the ideas together with you. Then I build it, whether that's migrating to a better-fit platform, building dashboards that make your data legible at a glance, or setting up a search tool that lets you query your own database in plain language.
Deliverable: A database that actually supports your team, resting on systems that make it effortless to use.A tool that periodically searches for grants and funding opportunities matched to your organization, and presents them to you in a format you can digest easily. If you want, we can also set up a workflow where, once you approve an opportunity, it kicks off the grant-writing process automatically. Why spend so much of your week on something that doesn't further your cause?
Deliverable: A system that surfaces (and optionally starts applying to) new funding opportunities.I sit down with someone (this can be you or your employee) and we talk about their workflow, how they spend their time, and what tedious things they do that they wish they didn't have to. I make suggestions on how they can use AI to make themselves a more efficient and effective employee, and we work together to implement those suggestions.
Deliverable: A team member who's better at their job, faster at getting their responsibilities done, and wastes less of their day on tasks that don't maximize the use of their expertise.A day or half-day session with a group of employees on how AI can be leveraged to make them more effective. This includes a lesson on AI tools and how they're used, a Q&A session, and a hands-on tutorial. It's personalized to your org and the group's specific needs.
Deliverable: A team that's comfortable with AI, understands its limits, and feels confident using it.This one is simple. You tell me the most annoying part of your day, and I automate it. Hate entering receipts? I can make it so all you have to do is take a picture. Hate approving hours? I can make it happen automatically. Hate checking your emails? I can have one report delivered daily with everything you need to know and nothing you don't.
Deliverable: More hours in your day for the work you actually want to be doing.Everything above, combined. We work with every member of your team to improve how they use data and AI day to day, build automated workflows for the tasks that waste everyone's time, and rebuild your databases so your data finally works for you instead of against you. I optimize your organization's use of the latest tools so you can be confident your team is operating as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Deliverable: An organization running on modern tools, with time, money, and energy redirected away from what you hate doing and toward the mission that drives you.I'm Valerie. I help nonprofits get their time back. Clean data, sensible AI, and automating the annoying stuff you shouldn't be doing by hand. That's the whole job. I keep it personal on purpose: you work with me directly, start to finish, and I only recommend things you actually need. No jargon, no upsell, no pressure.
A free 30-minute call, no pitch deck. Bring your messiest spreadsheet and your most annoying weekly task.
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