What does nonprofit technology consulting from ETTE cost?

The Virtual CIO is listed at $2,500 per month as an add-on to a managed IT plan, with scope tailored to your organization. Migrations and system selections can also be scoped as fixed-price projects. Nonprofit pricing applies to managed IT, which starts at $125 per user per month remote-only and $150 fully managed.

Do we need ETTE managed IT to hire the Virtual CIO?

No. The role is advisory and works alongside your existing IT support, whether that is ETTE's team, an internal staff member, or another provider. It sets direction, plans budgets, and briefs the board; it does not replace the help desk.

Can you help with grant-funded technology purchases?

Yes. We build the IT budget by funding source so finance can see which items a restricted grant can carry, write the technology sections of proposals and reports in plain language, capture TechSoup, Microsoft, and Google nonprofit offers so grant dollars go further, and assemble the security evidence funders ask for.

Do you consult on AI for nonprofits?

At the leadership level, yes: where AI might help, the risks, the policy your staff need, and the budget implications. Hands-on strategy, pilots, and governed rollout are delivered through ETTE's AI Strategy and Enablement service.

Nonprofit Technology Consulting

Nonprofit technology consulting from a Virtual CIO who reports to your board.

ETTE gives nonprofits a part-time chief information officer: a written technology roadmap, an annual IT budget built around restricted and unrestricted funding, vendor-neutral system selection, and a quarterly briefing your board can act on. Listed at $2,500 per month as an add-on to managed IT, or scoped as a fixed-price project. Washington, DC and nationwide since 2002.

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When You Need It

The questions a help desk cannot answer.

Whether to replace the donor CRM or fix how staff use it. What the three-year technology budget should be and which grants can fund it. Whether the executive director's laptop policy is a security exposure. What to tell the board about AI. These are leadership decisions, and in most nonprofits under 75 staff nobody owns them.

A Virtual CIO owns them, for a fraction of the cost of the hire, and puts the answers in writing so the board, the auditor, and the next executive director can read them.

What Is Included

Nine deliverables, written for a nonprofit.

Technology roadmap tied to your strategic planA written 12 to 36 month plan sequenced to program and funding cycles, so the CRM replacement lands after the campaign, not during it.

IT budget by funding sourceLine items split into what a restricted grant can carry, what belongs in indirect, and what is capital, so finance can place every dollar.

Nonprofit licensing captureTechSoup, Microsoft for Nonprofits, and Google for Nonprofits registered and kept current, with each role on the right tier.

Cloud migration planning and fixed-price deliveryFile server to SharePoint, Google to Microsoft or the reverse, scoped with the failure modes included before anyone commits money.

Vendor-neutral system selectionWritten comparisons for CRM, association management, accounting, and HR platforms with a recommendation and the reasoning, sized to the decision.

Board and finance committee briefingsQuarterly, in plain language: risk, cost, and trend, with the questions a board member should ask answered before they are asked.

Funder and grant technology requirementsData security clauses, evidence requests, and questionnaires handled with a Virtual CISO where the funder wants a named owner.

Right-sized policy and governanceAcceptable use, access, incident response, and AI use policies written for a 30-person organization, not copied from a 3,000-person one.

Staff, fellow, and volunteer lifecycleJoiner, mover, and leaver workflows designed for the way nonprofits actually staff: short fellowships, seasonal volunteers, and contractors.

Proof

Consulting that has moved real nonprofits.

Cloud Migration

2.38 TB and about one million files to SharePoint

A legal nonprofit moved off a legacy file server to SharePoint, OneDrive, and Entra ID in phases, without disrupting an active audit.

Transition

Off the outgoing provider in 17 days

A remote Washington, DC advocacy firm had every device onboarded and security hardened in 17 days, with no disruption to staff.

Modernization

Telecom savings first, then everything else

The nonprofit behind the Women's Memorial modernized in phases: telecom savings funded workstations, Microsoft 365, and Wi-Fi.

Compliance

A DFARS-aligned environment for a DoD contract

A nonprofit migrated to Microsoft 365 off aging servers, then built the compliant infrastructure its federal contract required.

Why Nonprofits Stay

Relationships measured in years.

ETTE has served nonprofits and associations from Washington, DC since 2002. Most clients have stayed for years, and one association relationship has passed the ten-year mark. Consulting compounds the same way: every roadmap, budget, and board briefing builds on the documented record of the last one, so the second year of advice is sharper than the first.

Senior engineers carry CISSP and CISA certifications, support is bilingual in English and Spanish, and the team is Americas-based and documents every environment it touches.

How It Fits

Advisory on your side of the table.

The Virtual CIO is purely advisory. It works alongside your existing support, sets direction, and holds vendors, including ETTE, to the roadmap. Security governance for auditors and funders is the Virtual CISO's job; hands-on AI work belongs to AI Strategy and Enablement. Most nonprofits start with a roadmap and budget engagement and decide on the recurring cadence after the first quarter.

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Common Questions

Nonprofit technology consulting FAQs.

: The Virtual CIO is listed at $2,500 per month as an add-on to a managed IT plan, with scope tailored to your organization. Migrations and system selections can also be scoped as fixed-price projects. Nonprofit pricing applies to managed IT, which starts at $125 per user per month remote-only and $150 fully managed.
: No. The role is advisory and works alongside your existing IT support, whether that is ETTE's team, an internal staff member, or another provider. It sets direction, plans budgets, and briefs the board; it does not replace the help desk.
: Yes. We build the IT budget by funding source so finance can see which items a restricted grant can carry, write the technology sections of proposals and reports in plain language, capture TechSoup, Microsoft, and Google nonprofit offers so grant dollars go further, and assemble the security evidence funders ask for.
: At the leadership level, yes: where AI might help, the risks, the policy your staff need, and the budget implications. Hands-on strategy, pilots, and governed rollout are delivered through ETTE's AI Strategy and Enablement service.

Let's Talk

Bring the board a plan instead of a problem.

Start with a roadmap and budget conversation. You will leave with a written picture of where your technology stands and what the next twelve months should cost.

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