The advisory work that keeps a nonprofit sustainable.
Complementary services for the long-run of a nonprofit: practical AI implementation guidance, grant proposal development and portfolio management, and mission-aligned HR leadership. Sits alongside the CFO and accounting practices, or stands on its own.
Three practices, one sustainability thesis.
The grants portfolio funds the mission. The HR function keeps the people. AI, deployed cautiously, gives the small team leverage. Together they buy time back for program work.
Pick the leverage.
Fractional Grant Analyst
Grant proposal development, funding research, and strategic funding planning aligned to your organizational impact.
- Grant proposals
- Funding research
- Sustainability planning
Grants Management & Government Contracting
Federal and state grant portfolio management, grant compliance and reporting, and government contract support.
- Federal and state portfolio management
- Grant compliance and reporting
- Government contracting support
Fractional CHRO
Mission-aligned Chief Human Resources Officer leadership: HR systems, onboarding, payroll, compliance, organizational development.
- HR systems and processes
- Onboarding and payroll
- Organizational development
HRIS & Payroll Implementation
Hands-on implementation of HR information systems and payroll platforms for nonprofits.
- HRIS platform selection
- Payroll setup and configuration
- Staff training and adoption
AI-assisted grants plus a fractional HR seat is a small-team multiplier.
A mid-size nonprofit finance team is often three people trying to be five. AI-assisted grant research narrows the funding-opportunity search from days to hours. A fractional CHRO writes the onboarding and compliance systems so the team stops re-inventing them. Together they buy back the calendar the program team needed.
- Grant proposals drafted faster, with funder-alignment research already done.
- Federal and state grant compliance calendars automated where safe.
- Onboarding, payroll, and HR compliance documented and repeatable.
- AI use kept practical and cautious, never at the expense of judgment or privacy.
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.
Seamless interim Director of Accounting coverage during permanent recruitment. Month-end closes continued without a missed cycle.
Their expertise, efficiency, and calm command of the work immediately gave our staff and board confidence.
Crisis-period finance leadership through complex audit preparation. Day-to-day operations covered without disruption.
Their optimization of our NetSuite environment has significantly enhanced our reporting capabilities.
NetSuite reconfiguration and executive-team financial literacy uplift during a leadership transition.
One Abacus' outside viewpoint and collaboration allowed us to create a more effective budgeting system.
New budgeting system and cash-forecasting cadence delivered and adopted by the finance team.
They quickly mobilized a talented group of professionals who handled everything with expertise and ease.
Day-to-day accounting and audit preparation carried through a critical grants-heavy period.
Their expertise was instrumental as we rebuilt our financial operations from the ground up.
Financial-operations reconstruction alongside an organizational restructuring.