Services

Financial leadership, purpose-built for nonprofits.

Four practices covering CFO and COO seats, senior finance team roles, accounting operations, and the AI, grants, and HR work that keeps a nonprofit sustainable.

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Four practices

Pick the seniority you need. Skip the salary line.

Every practice can be scoped as interim, project-based, or ongoing fractional. Cross-practice engagements are common, from a Fractional CFO plus an ERP cleanup to a Senior Finance Director plus a grants portfolio review.

Fractional CFO & COO

Executive-level finance and operations leadership. Board reporting, audit prep, cash management, and mission-aligned strategy.

  • Fractional CFO
  • Fractional COO
  • Executive & Board Collaboration
See Fractional CFO & COO

Senior Finance Team

Directors and Controllers who run day-to-day finance, lead accounting staff, and cover interim vacancies.

  • Senior Finance Director & Controller
  • Financial Operations & Reporting
  • Interim & Transitional Support
See Senior Finance Team

Accounting Optimization

Day-to-day accounting, written findings assessments, ERP optimization, and budget and cash forecasting rebuilds.

  • Accounting Services
  • Accounting System Assessment
  • Accounting System Optimization
  • Budget & Cash Forecasting
See Accounting Optimization

AI, Grant Writing & HR

Fractional grant analysts, federal and state grant portfolio management, mission-aligned CHRO leadership, and HRIS rollout.

  • Fractional Grant Analyst
  • Grants Management & Government Contracting
  • Fractional CHRO
  • HRIS & Payroll Implementation
See AI, Grants & HR
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The stack we speak

Six major ERPs. All of them, all the way in.

We do not steer you toward the platform we know best. We walk into the platform you already own, tune it, and hand your team a system they actually want to use.

NetSuiteSage IntacctBlackbaud Financial EdgeMIPMicrosoft Dynamics 365QuickBooks Online
How we engage

Four steps from first call to steady partnership.

1

Free consultation

A 30-minute call with Lorin to diagnose the real question.

2

Discovery & scoping

A written scope with hours, outcomes, and a start date.

3

Fractional engagement

We take the seat. Month-end closes, board packets ship, systems tighten.

4

Ongoing partnership

Scale up, scale down, or hand off to the permanent hire we helped you find.

Common questions

Before you book.

Anywhere from three months for an interim CFO covering a search to a multi-year fractional relationship. Scoping happens after the free consultation, so we can size hours to what your board actually needs.
For most nonprofits under thirty million in revenue, yes. You are paying for the seniority you need, at the fraction of hours you need it, without benefits, recruiting cost, or the risk of a mis-hire.
We focus on nonprofits. If your organization is a 501(c)(3) or (c)(6) and the finance question is real, book the consultation. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit or refer you on.
NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Blackbaud Financial Edge, MIP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and QuickBooks Online. All hands-on, including workflow, integrations, and dashboarding.
Yes. Board packets and audit-committee presentations are part of most CFO engagements. Executives tell us the calm at the microphone matters as much as the numbers on the page.
Client voices

Six named nonprofit leaders on the work.

Each proposal is paired with the specific engagement outcome it followed, so you can see the shape of the work, not just the sentiment.

Marjorie's calm confidence and friendly demeanor provided us with stability during our transition.
Outcome

Seamless interim Director of Accounting coverage during permanent recruitment. Month-end closes continued without a missed cycle.

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Allyson Tutor
CFO, San Diego Food Bank
Their expertise, efficiency, and calm command of the work immediately gave our staff and board confidence.
Outcome

Crisis-period finance leadership through complex audit preparation. Day-to-day operations covered without disruption.

AA
Adele Adkins
Managing Director, Laguna Playhouse
Their optimization of our NetSuite environment has significantly enhanced our reporting capabilities.
Outcome

NetSuite reconfiguration and executive-team financial literacy uplift during a leadership transition.

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Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman
President, Philadelphia Zoo
One Abacus' outside viewpoint and collaboration allowed us to create a more effective budgeting system.
Outcome

New budgeting system and cash-forecasting cadence delivered and adopted by the finance team.

IM
Ingrid M. Nyholm-Lange
COO, American Swedish Institute
They quickly mobilized a talented group of professionals who handled everything with expertise and ease.
Outcome

Day-to-day accounting and audit preparation carried through a critical grants-heavy period.

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Brenda Simmons
CEO, Institute for Public Strategies
Their expertise was instrumental as we rebuilt our financial operations from the ground up.
Outcome

Financial-operations reconstruction alongside an organizational restructuring.

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Kelly Ricker
COO, Global Technology Industry Association

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