Our work

Our own product, running Ambition Angels

BloomOS

One operating system a small nonprofit actually runs on: money, programs, fundraising, and the week, in one place.

The situation

Ambition Angels is the youth career-exposure nonprofit Remi runs. Like most small nonprofits it had a donor list in one tool, a budget in another, program records in a third, and the real state of things in one person's head.

What we found

Running it taught us which systems hold under a five-person team and which ones look good in a deck and die in March. So we built the one we needed, then made it the product.

What we built

01Home: the cockpit. Cash runway, goal and forecast, strategy health, the day's agenda, and the moves only the director can make
02Fundraising: donors and funders, pipeline, grants, and campaigns, worked on a weekly rhythm
03Finance: snapshot, transactions, budget, forecast, and the reports a board reads
04Programs: people, intake, cohorts, attendance, partners, and content
05Impact: outcomes, KPIs, analytics, and funder reporting
06Organization: strategy, team, board, and compliance
07Work and Inbox: the plan-and-close rhythm, tasks, projects, meetings, documents, and messages

What the team uses

The BloomOS command center: cash runway, goal and forecast, strategy health, the day's agenda, and partner follow-ups

The artifacts

Donor pipelineStructure shown
Identified
Qualified
Cultivation
Ask scheduled
Committed
Stewardship
Impact frameworkStructure shown
01Program logicWhat changes, and how
02OutcomesThe change worth naming
03IndicatorsHow you know
04CollectionWho gathers it, and when
05Reporting rhythmWhat a funder reads, and how often

How it runs now

Staff open one system in the morning. The pipeline, the budget, the programs, and the week live in the same place, and the board sees the same numbers the staff do.

The result

A small nonprofit running on one operating system instead of six tools and a spreadsheet, and the product we now install for other organizations.

Who led what

RemiProduct, platform build, and the operator's view
KendraProgram, outcomes, and the impact module

Disclosure

BloomOS is built by Sobo Consulting. Ambition Angels, the organization shown running on it, is a nonprofit Remi founded and runs. This is our own venture, not an arm's-length client engagement.

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