Fundability · Measured

Decision intelligence for the people who move nonprofits forward.

A new category of structured analysis — built for nonprofits who want to know what funders see, partners who deliver diagnostics, and funders who need more than a 990.

Practitioner-reviewed  ·  Evidence-based  ·  Delivered in 48 hours or 5–8 days

The Problem

Your 990 has been saying something for years. Most organizations haven't heard it.

A funder scanning sixty applications doesn't read your materials. They scan for signals. Within ninety seconds they have formed an opinion about your revenue trend, your donor concentration, your governance structure, your reserves, and whether your board could survive the loss of your CEO.

That opinion drives the next decision. And nobody around you is paid to tell you what it is — not your auditor, not your grant writer, not your consultant, and certainly not the funder who passed.

Are your numbers calm, or are they anxious? Calm numbers grow at modest, defensible rates. Anxious numbers always need explaining.
If a single funder is 40% of your revenue, you are not a nonprofit — you are that funder's program in nonprofit clothing.
Your website says you serve 12,000 people. Your program budget implies about 2,400. Nobody has asked you to defend them together.
Does your board look like it could survive the loss of your CEO? If the answer is no, that is a fundability problem — regardless of how good the CEO is.
The Gap We Fill

Between public ratings and expensive consulting, the readiness question went unanswered.

Charity Navigator tells the world whether you are trustworthy. A six-figure strategic engagement tells you how to grow. Neither answers the question a funder is actually asking: Is this organization ready to receive and deploy capital? NAS is the decision layer that does.

Your Auditor
Certifies compliance with accounting standards. Not paid to tell you that your numbers look weak to a funder.
Your Grant Writer
Makes your application persuasive. Not paid to tell you the underlying organization isn't yet credible.
Your Consultant
Delivers a strategic plan or capital campaign roadmap. Not usually paid to say you are not fundable yet.
Your Funders
Know exactly what they think of you. Won't tell you — it's legally fraught, time-expensive, and rarely productive.
Who It's For

One diagnostic framework. Three decision lenses.

The same rigorous analysis — structured for the decision each reader actually needs to make.

Fundability, Measured

"A 62 out of 100 is not a failing grade. It is a map. Most of what looks unfundable is fixable by people who already work in the building."

We did not invent a score. We named a gap. The sector kept reaching for the word fundability and not finding it — because nobody had made it a measurable thing. NAS exists to make it measurable, in a form a board can read in fifteen minutes, a consultant can hand to a client, and a funder can use as a pre-grant diligence check.

— Founders, Nonprofit Advisory Studio
Products

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Snapshot · 48 hours
SignalPoint™ Report

Five-dimension fundability snapshot with scores, key findings, and immediate action items. Delivered in approximately 48 hours. The fastest way to know what you are looking at.

  • 5-dimension readiness score with band (Red / Yellow / Green)
  • Key findings and action items per dimension
  • EIN auto-fetch from IRS / ProPublica for 990 data
  • Available for nonprofits, partners, and funders
$150 per report · Free for approved nonprofits using org email domain*
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* First SignalPoint™ free for approved nonprofit accounts using the organization's own email domain. Personal-email accounts pay $150.
** Membership at $1,500/quarter auto-renews until cancelled. Includes 18 SignalPoint™ credits per quarter (no rollover — unused credits forfeit at each renewal) and preferred VantageEdge™ pricing at $1,750.

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The organizations that know what their 990 is saying are the ones that compound.

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Process

From application to delivered report in as few as 48 hours.

01
Apply for access
Tell us your role — nonprofit, partner, or funder. We review applications to ensure NAS is the right fit. No payment required at signup.
02
Submit your order
Provide the organization's name and EIN. We auto-fetch 990 data from IRS records. Upload financials or program materials for deeper analysis.
03
Receive your assessment
A practitioner reviews every AI-extracted data point before scoring. SignalPoint™ delivers in 48 hours. VantageEdge™ in 5–8 business days.