What We Can Do
Expert Services to Support Your Nonprofit When It Feels Chaotic
Is your nonprofit feeling chaotic? Little Lantern Co. offers comprehensive solutions to bring clarity and structure. From strategic planning to operational support, our services are tailored to help nonprofits thrive without burnout. Choose the partnership level that suits your needs, and let us help you navigate the complexities of nonprofit management effectively. Discover how we can transform your nonprofit's operations today. Choose the services you need, select the level of partnership that fits, and get predictable monthly support that grows with you.
Light the Way Forward
for Your Mission
From steady operations support to strategic consulting and practical DIY tools, Little Lantern Co. helps small and mid-sized nonprofits find clarity, structure, and confidence to thrive without the burnout.
Choose the services you need, select the level of partnership that fits, and get predictable monthly support that grows with you.
Partnership Levels:
Build Your Foundation
Dedicated executive assistant supports to manage your personal schedule, communications, and administrative needs separate from organizational operations.
What’s Included:
Personal calendar and schedule management
Email inbox management and triage
Correspondence drafting and response management
Meeting preparation and follow-up
Travel arrangements and logistics coordination
Personal task and deadline management
Professional communication coordination
Best For: Executive directors who need personal administrative support in addition to (or separate from) organizational operations management.
Lighten the Load
For organizations ready to strengthen their operational foundation with consistent, proactive support in key areas.
What’s Included:Select 2 services from the Operations Services Menu
Dedicated operational partnership
Bi-weekly check-ins
Monthly detailed progress report
Quarterly strategic review
Best For: Growing organizations that need focused support in a few critical operational areas.
Grow
Our flagship offering—comprehensive operational leadership that allows executive directors to focus fully on strategy and mission advancement.
What’s Included:
Select 4 services from the Operations Services Menu
Full operational partnership and strategic support
Weekly strategic check-ins
Comprehensive monthly reporting and analysis
Quarterly strategic planning sessions
Priority response time (within 24 hours)
Best For: Established organizations ready for a true operational partner who functions as an extension of leadership.
Transform
Complete operations leadership for organizations that need comprehensive support across all major operational functions.
What’s Included:
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Select 6 services from the Operations Services Menu
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Full operations director-level service
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Enterprise-level operational strategy and coordination
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Daily operational leadership and support
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Twice-weekly strategic check-ins
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Detailed weekly and monthly reporting with strategic insights
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Quarterly strategic planning and annual organizational review
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Same-day response for urgent operational matters
Best For: Complex organizations with multiple programs, significant operational demands, or rapid growth that require senior-level operations leadership.
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Operations Services Menu
Choose the services your organization needs from our comprehensive menu, then select the tier that matches the number of services you want.
Governance and Board Meeting Support
Prepare board meeting materials, manage board communications, track governance documents, coordinate committee work, and ensure your board has what they need to provide effective oversight and strategic guidance.
Grant Writing and Management
Research funding opportunities, write compelling grant proposals, manage submission deadlines and requirements, track grant reporting obligations, and ensure your organization meets all funder expectations and deliverables.
Donor Relations and Stewardship
Cultivate meaningful donor relationships through campaign tracking, personalized acknowledgments, stewardship reporting, engagement communications, and donor appreciation strategies that ensure supporters feel deeply connected to the impact of their giving. We work within your existing donor relations plan, or if you don't have one yet, we can help you develop a comprehensive strategy (available as a separate one-time project).
Marketing and Communications Support
Manage your organization's voice and visibility through multi-channel coordination including email campaigns, newsletters, social media scheduling, website updates, press releases, and your overall external communications strategy.
Project Management
Keep your initiatives on track—from basic projects to complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives requiring strategic leadership and change management. We provide timeline development, milestone tracking, team coordination, task tracking systems and dashboards, and progress reporting to ensure projects move forward efficiently and stakeholders stay informed.
Program Development and Management
Support the creation of new programs or strengthen existing ones through planning, coordination, outcome tracking, and continuous improvement. We help turn your program vision into operational reality.
Data Tracking Development and Execution
Build systems to collect, organize, and report on the data that matters to your mission. From program outcomes to donor information, we help you track what you need and turn data into actionable insights.
Staff Operations Support
Support the administrative side of people management including HR and onboarding support, policy documentation, performance review tracking, staff accountability dashboards, and operational HR systems. (We are not HR professionals but can support operational HR needs.)
Vendor Support and Liaison
Manage relationships with contractors, suppliers, and service providers. Handle contract tracking, coordinate deliverables, serve as the point of contact, and ensure vendors deliver what your organization needs.
Annual Planning
Facilitate your annual planning process, coordinate goal-setting sessions, document strategic priorities, create workplans, and establish systems to track progress throughout the year.
Volunteer Coordination and Management
Recruit, onboard, schedule, and support your volunteers. Create volunteer roles, manage communications, track hours, and build systems that make volunteers feel valued and effective.
Special Projects
Don't need ongoing support? But need a special project? Check out our special project options below:
Board Development & Support
$2,000 - $15,000
(depending on scope and organization size)
Little Lantern will support your nonprofit with anything from strategic planning, board retreat facilitation, governance overhaul, and much more!
Fundraising Support
$4,000 - $7,000
Complete campaign design from strategy through execution planning, including donor segmentation, communication plan, timeline, materials templates, and success metrics.
New Program Design & Launch Plan
$5,000 - $8,000
Full program development including needs assessment, logic model, outcome measures, budget development, timeline, implementation roadmap, and evaluation framework.
Volunteer Management System Setup
$3,000 - $5,000
Complete volunteer program design including role descriptions, recruitment and retention strategy, training materials, scheduling system, and volunteer management tools.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Documentation
$4,000 - $7,000 (depends on number of processes)
Comprehensive documentation of your organization's key processes including workflows, decision trees, templates, and training materials for operational consistency.
Communications Strategy & Annual Plan
$4,000 - $6,000
12-month strategic communications plan including messaging framework, audience segmentation, channel strategy, content calendar, and success metrics.
Event Planning & Execution
$5,000 - $15,000+
(depending on event size and complexity)
Full event management from concept to wrap-up for galas, conferences, fundraisers, or community events including vendor management, timeline, budget oversight, volunteer coordination, and day-of execution.
What Makes Little Lantern Different
Traditional Consulting
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Hourly billing that increases with inefficiency
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One-size-fits-all service packages
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Recommendations and reports
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Project-based with defined endpoints
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Learning curve with each engagement
Little Lantern Company
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Predictable monthly partnerships aligned with your success
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Customized support—you choose exactly what you need
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Hands-on execution and implementation
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Ongoing strategic partnerships that evolve with your needs
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Deep understanding of your organization and mission
We Don't Charge Hourly
Hourly billing can unintentionally:
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Create uncertainty
You shouldn't have to wonder how much something will cost or worry about the clock running while you explain your needs.
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Limit collaboration
Hourly models can make clients hesitant to ask questions or brainstorm freely, which often leads to better outcomes.
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Penalizes expertise and efficiency
As we've refined our systems and gotten better at what we do, we can deliver the same (or better) results in less time. Hourly billing would incentivize us to work slower, which isn't in anyone's best interest.
Why we don't charge by the hour
At The Little Lantern Co, we believe the value of our work isn't measured in minutes — it's measured in the results we help you achieve and the light we bring to your mission.
We offer flat-rate support packages designed to give you:
Clarity
You know exactly what's included and what it will cost each month.
Consistency
A steady investment that makes budgeting easy.
Commitment
We focus on delivering the agreed results, not filling a time quota.
Freedom
You can communicate openly without worrying about the meter running.
This approach allows us to spend our energy on creating solutions and supporting your mission — not tracking every minute. It also means you get our full expertise, systems, and tools at work for you, without surprise invoices or hidden fees.