Strategy & planning
Strategic, organisational and operational planning for charities and NFPs. Clear priorities, better decisions and plans your team can actually use.
Not-for-profit consultants
Helping Good Organisations Work Better
Practical help for charities and not-for-profits, so more of your time goes to the mission.
Organisations supported35+
Years in the sector17+
Based in AustraliaBrisbane
Humanitarian HubFood security phase
- Minimal
- Crisis
- Emergency
Data sources17OCHA, IPC, ACLED and more
Severity scale5IPC phases
Live data in our Hub from
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IPC
IOM DTM
ACAPS
GDACS
ReliefWeb
JRCSomething isn't working. Let's fix it.
Start with what's getting in the way.
We've done this work too
We've worked inside charities and humanitarian organisations.
Programmes and partners
Run programmes with partners and donors.
Compliance and reporting
Met board, funder and regulator demands.
Fundraising and teams
Raised funds and built teams.
Systems
Worked with systems that got in the way.
How we help
From the boardroom to programme delivery, with technology where it helps.
Governance & compliance
We help charities and NFPs strengthen governance and meet their compliance obligations, from board support and policies to ACNC, risk and due diligence.
Operations & organisational strengthening
Improve processes, workflows, roles, documentation and team capability so your charity or NGO can work more simply and effectively.
Programmes & humanitarian projects
Practical support for planning, managing, monitoring and strengthening humanitarian programmes and projects, from design and partners to M&E and reporting.
Fundraising & communications
Build stronger fundraising, donor engagement, campaigns and communications around the mission your charity or NFP is working to achieve.
Digital, systems & AI
Choose, improve or build technology around how your organisation works, from CRMs and reporting systems to automation, practical AI and custom software.
Practical help, without unnecessary complexity
Collaborative, practical and built around your team.
- 01
Understand
We listen first and find what's getting in the way.
- 02
Work alongside you
We build with the people who do the work.
- 03
Make it practical
Something your team can actually use.
- 04
Leave you stronger
The skills and tools stay with you.
Technology when it helps
We find the simplest fix, whether people, process or technology.
A clearer policy
Sometimes the fix is on paper.
A better process
Clearer steps and responsibilities.
The right training
Confidence with the tools you have.
Systems and AI
CRM, reporting, automation and AI.
We build tools too
When the sector needs a better tool, we build it.
New · Live data tool
One map. Every crisis. Real humanitarian data.
Food security, conflict and needs for every country, on one map. Live from the sources you already trust.
- IPC food-security phases
- Conflict events
- Price shocks
Ideas you can put into practice
Practical guides for charities, not-for-profits and NGOs.
Tools & Data
Humanitarian Hub. One Map for Live Conflict, Hunger and Displacement Data
A free map-first workspace that brings live humanitarian country data into one screen, plus five practical ways NGO teams can use it this week.
6 min read
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Technology
What Claude's Nonprofit Case Studies Actually Tell Australian NGOs
A practical read of the Claude for nonprofits case studies for Australian NGOs, sorted into drafting, analysis and beneficiary-facing work, with governance notes and a first thirty days.
4 min read
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Technology
JotForm for Nonprofits, How Synergaid Helped NGOs Go Paperless
How Synergaid helped an international NGO replace paper-based field reporting with JotForm, covering offline collection, GPS verification, conditional logic, training, and the measurable impact on donor reporting and audit findings.
5 min read
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Common questions
Not-for-profits, charities, NGOs and humanitarian organisations of every size.
No. We are a consultancy first, and use technology only where it helps.
Consulting projects typically start within two weeks. Our free tools are usable immediately.
No. We design for non-technical teams and leave simple handover guides.
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