Same plan. Without the six months.
Most of a strategic plan is collecting and organizing what people already said. We automate that part. The judgment stays with people.
A typical engagement
6 mo
to a board-ready plan
$30–50K
typical fee
- Interviews scheduled around twenty busy calendars
- One or two drafts, late in the process
- Quotes pulled by hand
With NeoStrat
2 wk
to a board-ready plan
Fixed
fee, no hourly billing
- Ten minutes each, on their phone, whenever they have it
- As many drafts as it takes, each with what changed and why
- Every quote checked against the recording
Typical figures reflect what we've seen inside a nonprofit strategy firm. Yours may differ.
Why a plan, why now
The sector is under pressure. Boards that know their priorities decide faster when funding moves.
1 in 3
nonprofits had government funding disrupted in early 2025
52%
have three months of cash or less
36%
ended 2024 in deficit, a ten-year high
4 in 10
boards have no approved written strategic plan
Questions boards ask us
Do our stakeholders need to be tech-savvy?+
No. They open a link on their phone, tap a button, and talk. If they'd rather type, they can. Board members in their seventies have done it without help.
Who sees the recordings?+
Your strategist, and no one else. In the documents, quotes are attributed by role, never by name. Recordings are used for your plan only and never used to train AI models.
What if the AI gets it wrong?+
Then you tell it. Every section has a place to say what rings true and what doesn't. The next version answers every comment, including the ones we push back on, with reasons. Nothing is final until you approve it.
Is a human involved?+
Yes, throughout. A strategist runs the engagement, reads every comment, leads two live sessions, and decides what to share with you. The AI drafts; people decide.
Can we use our own questions or framework?+
Yes. The interview questions are editable per organization and per role. If your board already uses a planning framework, we build the plan in that shape.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT?+
Structure and evidence. Your stakeholders are interviewed one by one, every quote is traced to a real answer, disagreements are surfaced instead of smoothed over, and a strategist stays accountable for the result.
Four founders, one inside view
One of us has worked inside a nonprofit strategy firm; two of us build the platform.
Cooper Tenney
CEO · Stanford
Product at an early AI startup. Builds the platform.
Alex Golden
Yale
Nonprofit strategy firm. Leads engagements.
Wilson Wendt
UChicago
Technical co-founder.
Charlie Zwibelman
UChicago
Growth and outreach.
Running a plan this year?
Twenty minutes to see if a pilot fits. No deck, no pressure.