Starter projects
$750–$1,500one-time
One-time fixes. Pick the smallest thing that solves your problem:
- Handbook build or refresh
- I-9 and personnel file cleanup
- Compensation review
- Hiring process build
- Performance system build
Services & pricing
Services & pricing
Everything starts with the Hiring & Compliance Check: a fixed scope and a written report you keep either way. If ongoing help makes sense after that, the options are below. What you see here is what you pay.
Tier 0 · Start here
Hiring & Compliance Check
Two weeks, fixed scope. Here's what we review and what you walk away with:
- Handbook and policy review
- Personnel file and I-9 spot check
- Pay practice and classification review
- Written findings report
- Prioritized fix list, in plain English
Fractional HR retainer
$1,500–$5,000/mo
Most clients invest $3,500–$5,000/mo, less than half the cost of one HR generalist, with senior-level depth and no headcount added.
- Everything in the Starter scope, maintained ongoing
- Handbook maintenance and policy support
- Compliance calendar
- Onboarding and offboarding templates and workflows
- Employee relations support
- Manager coaching
- Monthly check-ins
- Direct access by text or email, with replies within 1 business day
Terms: 3-month minimum, then month-to-month. Cancel with 30 days' notice.
We take on a limited number of retainer clients so you get senior attention, not a ticket queue.
Start with the CheckRetainers follow the diagnostic.
Search
20–25%of first-year salary
Full search for key nonprofit roles. Rigorous pre-screening means you only see qualified, committed candidates. 90-day replacement guarantee.
- Operations
- Finance
- Programs
- Development and fundraising
- Leadership
Nonprofit and mission-driven roles only.
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Multi-State Setup
For nonprofits hiring across state lines: state registration guidance, multi-state posting and handbook compliance, pay practice review. Fixed quote after the Check.
$3,500–$7,500one-time
What's not included, ever
Payroll, benefits brokerage, legal advice.
We refer you to trusted specialists for those. It keeps your liability clean and the scope focused.
Questions
Common ones.
- How long is the contract?
- The Check is one-time, with no contract at all. Retainers are a 3-month minimum, then month-to-month; cancel with 30 days' notice.
- Are you a law firm?
- No. We're experienced HR operators. For employment-law questions, we loop in counsel.
- We're too small for HR help.
- That's exactly who the Check is for. Most problems we find fit in a Starter project.
- How do nonprofits pay for this?
- Many fund HR capacity through capacity-building grants and proper grant cost allocation. We'll scope it so your board and your funders can say yes.
- Do you work outside Toledo?
- Remote-first. Toledo metro is home base; we serve nonprofits across Ohio and Michigan, and nationally on request.