From deficit to surplus, with a plan your board understands
Five-year financial models and board training for nonprofits, especially those that depend on government contracts.
TurnAround Executive Coaching
Helps you diagnose the exact costs and revenue bleeding cash
Works with you to triage this year
Sets up with you a five-year financial model for health
Teaches your board and CFO to use them
You get a plan that cuts the deficit in year one and reaches surplus within five years, plus the skills to manage it yourselves
Triage deficit to surplus
Within 90 days, your board approves a financial model with a plan to reduce the deficit in year one and plan a surplus within five years. This includes organizations that rely on underfunded government contracts. We meet monthly for the first three months to track every action against it.
What we Promise
A financial health protocol your board and CFO can learn
After three board sessions, included with every model, your board can read the warning signs on its Board View and explain what each one means. Your CFO can update the model and build next year's budget without us.
Accountable targets for diversifying funding Together we set targets, such as no single funder above 40% of revenue. Your board sees progress against them every quarter.
How to Start
Request your 990 Diagnostic. We need only your organization's name. Your 990s are public.
2. Review the findings with us. In one hour, we walk your CEO or CFO through the warning signs and what they mean.
3. Choose your model. Most organizations start with Essentials and add to it as they grow.
Every model build is a fixed fee, so it fits easily into a capacity-building grant request.
Every model includes three board training sessions and three months of follow-up.
Models and Fees
990 Diagnostic
Fee $1,500
Five years of your public 990 filings analyzed, a findings memo and a one-hour debrief. The full fee counts toward a model.
Essentials model
Fee $10,000
Five-year forecast, three financial statements, cash outlook, budget vs. actual and a Board View with warning signs. Three Board training sessions, 5 biweekly coaching sessions for your CEO or CFO, and model upkeep
Standard model
Fee $18,000
Everything in Essentials, plus a CEO dashboard, 6 additional coaching sessions, program break-even, staffing plan, debt tracking, stress tests and three scenarios
Full model
Fee $28,000
Everything in Standard, plus valuation, capital projects, endowment planning and peer comparisons, 4 additional coaching sessions for CEO or CFO and 4 quarterly reviews with Board Finance Committee.
If the fee is a barrier for your organization, tell us your budget. We reserve a few reduced-fee engagements each year.
Our Guarantee
The model: we revise it until your Finance Committee accepts it.
Coaching: the first month is a risk-free trial. Quarterly invoice at beginning of 2nd month. If you leave dissatisfied later, we refund the last quarter's fees
Ronald D. Tompkins, Ph.D. · or Email
Facing Change? You Don’t Have to Go It Alone
Leading a nonprofit through change is hard, especially when the budget won’t balance. Getting started isn’t the real challenge. Building an organization that lasts is. I know this firsthand. My first company closed because I didn’t have a trusted advisor to challenge my assumptions and guide my decisions.
I turned that lesson into success. With the support of an experienced coach, I founded a nonprofit in New York City that grew to $6 million in revenue and 125 staff on a strong financial foundation. Now I help nonprofit leaders build that same foundation, whether they’re growing fast in Phnom Penh or steering through funding uncertainty in the United States.
With my coaching, a Washington, DC after-school program reached a surplus and steadily paid down a $3 million deficit.
I supported a Venezuelan NGO as they assembled grants from several countries for leadership training.
Why work with me
I’ve done the job.
I’ve launched and led organizations, and I learned what works, and what doesn’t, along the way.I teach the method, not just the answer.
I teach financial modeling as Visiting Lecturer, National University of Management, Phnom Penh Your board and CFO learn to read the numbers themselves.I know where the warning signs hide.
I wrote a book on using the IRS Form 990 for financial decisions, and I advise a New York nonprofit’s Finance Committee.I work in two very different settings.
I understand the challenges of both emerging and mature markets.
Ready to put your nonprofit on a plan for health?
Start with a 990 Diagnostic, or book a free discovery call below to see whether we’re a fit.
About TurnAround Coaching
Credentials
Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership;
MBA with a Finance Concentration
Earned the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) credential, 2019
Certificate, Advanced Three Statement Modeling, Financial Modeling Institute
Advanced studies at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Creative Leadership
Earned Business Coaching Certification, Scaling Up
Visiting Lecturer, National University of Management, Phnom Penh
Certified Finance Planning and Analysis Professional, Corporate Finance Institute
Ready to put your nonprofit on a paln for health?
Start with a 990 Diagnostic, or book a free discovery call below to see whether we’re a fit.
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