Wellforce
IT support for nonprofits

IT support for nonprofits.
Boutique partnership. Broad enterprise capability.

Managed IT, donor-data discipline, audit-ready compliance, and AI agents purpose-fit for nonprofit organizations of every size. From grassroots to federated. In Washington DC, Raleigh, and the surrounding region.

100+ Organizations served
6 min Avg response time
100% Client satisfaction
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TL;DR In one paragraph

Wellforce provides managed IT support for nonprofits — help desk, cybersecurity, compliance, donor CRM administration, Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant setup, and AI agent deployment — serving organizations of every size in Washington DC, Raleigh NC, and the surrounding region. Boutique partnership pricing ($75–$250 per staff user per month, transparent at /pricing), six-minute average response, audit-ready posture, TechSoup-native procurement. Free 60-second scorecard at /scorecard.

What we see

Where nonprofit IT actually breaks.

The problems that don't show up on a help-desk ticket queue but quietly cost a nonprofit a week of staff time every month.

  • Board reporting takes a week.

    Three systems, two spreadsheets, one staffer pulling it together by hand the night before the meeting. The board reads it on iPads while you patch typos.

  • Donor data hygiene is everyone's second job.

    Duplicate records, misspelled names on acknowledgement letters, lapsed monthly givers still in the active appeal. The CRM drifts quarter by quarter.

  • Grant deliverable tech is held together with hope.

    A Google Sheet, a Dropbox folder, a Slack channel, and a spreadsheet of program metrics that someone re-types at the end of the reporting period.

  • The compliance audit always finds the same five things.

    Encryption, access reviews, vendor risk, backup posture, board-approved policies. The auditor flags it, the team fixes it, and twelve months later the next audit finds it again.

  • Staff turnover is institutional knowledge loss.

    The Director of Operations who knew where every shared drive password lived has left. The new hire is starting from scratch. The IT documentation is two years out of date.

  • Peak season is an IT fire drill.

    Year-end giving, gala night, conference week, grant deadline week. WiFi for 200 guests, a new staffer's laptop two days before the event, the DonorPerfect integration that breaks at exactly the wrong moment.

How we differ

Wellforce vs. a typical MSP.

The differences that show up after onboarding, not in the sales pitch.

Capability Wellforce Typical MSP
Average response time 6 minutes 2–4 hours
Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant setup Included Add-on or referral
TechSoup product fluency Native Inconsistent
Donor CRM administration Built into the partnership Separate vendor
Compliance posture (SOC 2 / HIPAA) Continuous Project-based
AI agent layer AI Practice on top of IT Not offered
Pricing transparency Public bands at /pricing Quote-only
On top of the partnership

AI agents for the work nonprofits actually do.

Donor stewardship, grant prep, board reporting — drafted by an AI agent, reviewed by your staff, sent in your voice.

AI Agent

Donor Engagement Agent

Drafts personalized donor stewardship — first-time gift acknowledgements, monthly-giver renewals, lapsed-donor re-engagement. Pulls from your CRM, drafts in your voice, hands off to staff for review before send.

Typical impact

Replaces 8–12 hours/week of manual outreach

AI Agent

Grant Prep Agent

Reads the RFP, drafts the program narrative, populates the budget template, surfaces the metrics from your program data. Staff stays in the seat — the agent does the first 60% of the work.

Typical impact

Cuts 20+ hours per grant submission

AI Agent

Board Prep Agent

Pulls financials from QuickBooks, program metrics from your project tracker, donor pipeline from your CRM, generates a board-ready executive summary on a quarterly cadence. ED reviews and edits.

Typical impact

Replaces a week of staff prep before each board meeting

Wellforce AI Practice deploys agents on top of the IT Partnership. Pricing scoped per use case; see pricing for ranges, or browse the full agent catalog.

Microsoft Tech for Social Impact

Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant — set up correctly the first time.

Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations receive up to 10 free Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses through the Microsoft nonprofit grant program, plus deeply discounted pricing on additional licenses, Power Platform, Azure credits, and Dynamics 365. The eligibility paperwork is straightforward; the tenant setup, identity migration, security baseline, and staff onboarding is where most nonprofits stall.

Wellforce handles the full setup as part of standard onboarding — eligibility verification, tenant provisioning, conditional access policies, MFA enforcement, mailbox migration from the old platform, SharePoint document libraries, Teams workspaces for distributed staff and volunteers, and a clean offboarding runbook for when a staff member leaves.

  • Up to 10 free Business Premium licenses
  • Discounted pricing on additional users
  • Azure credits for cloud workloads
  • Power Platform for internal tools
  • Dynamics 365 nonprofit pricing
  • Microsoft Teams for distributed staff
  • SharePoint for document control
  • Bookings for board scheduling
Audit-ready

Compliance posture that survives the audit.

The same five findings come up audit after audit at most nonprofits. We close them once and keep them closed.

SOC 2

Type I and Type II readiness

For nonprofits that handle restricted data on behalf of funders, partners, or the federal government. Continuous control monitoring via SecureFrame or Drata; we operate the platform, not just install it.

HIPAA

For health-adjacent nonprofits

Free clinics, behavioral health programs, harm-reduction nonprofits, food-as-medicine programs. Risk assessment, access controls, BAA management, breach response runbook.

Donor privacy

State-by-state compliance

CCPA, NY Charitable Solicitation, the patchwork of 47 state charitable registration regimes. Donor records protected with the same controls Wellforce uses for legal and healthcare clients.

IRS Form 990

Disclosure-ready document control

Document retention, access logging, version control on board minutes, conflict-of-interest acknowledgements. What you tell the IRS matches what your file system says.

Vendor risk

Annual third-party reviews

Your CRM vendor, payment processor, fundraising platform, email tool — each carries risk. Annual review of SOC 2 reports, BAAs where applicable, breach notification clauses, data residency commitments.

Funder requirements

CMMC, FedRAMP, federal grant clauses

For nonprofits with federal contracts or pass-through funding. Contract clauses translated into operational controls; we attend the auditor calls so the ED doesn't have to.

Free in 60 seconds

See how your nonprofit's tech posture scores.

Six categories. A–F grades. PDF in your inbox. No call required. We score what your CRM vendor and your auditor won't.

  • Dark-web exposure for staff and ED accounts
  • Donor data access posture and CRM hygiene
  • Public-facing exposure of fundraising and program apps
  • Email deliverability — bounce risk for donor appeals
  • DNS posture — SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment
  • Encryption + access posture for restricted data
Questions

About IT support for nonprofits

What is managed IT support for nonprofits?

Managed IT support for nonprofits is a partnership where an outside firm handles your day-to-day technology operations — help desk, cybersecurity, network monitoring, software administration, vendor management, and IT strategy — for a predictable monthly fee. The model replaces ad-hoc break-fix support with proactive, accountable coverage. For a nonprofit, the right partner also brings TechSoup product fluency, donor CRM expertise, grant-deliverable tech know-how, and the compliance discipline that funders and auditors will check.

How much does IT support for a nonprofit typically cost?

Industry benchmark for managed IT services in the nonprofit sector is $75–$250 per staff user per month, depending on scope and complexity. Wellforce IT Partnership pricing falls in that band, with Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant pricing applied where eligible (Microsoft offers up to 10 free Business Premium licenses to qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations, which we set up as part of onboarding). Cybersecurity, compliance, and AI agent deployments are scoped separately. Full pricing bands are public at /pricing — no quote-only walls.

Do you support small nonprofits or only large ones?

Both. Wellforce works with grassroots organizations of 3–5 staff and federated nonprofits of 200+ staff. The IT Partnership scales by user count, so a small organization pays for what it uses without losing access to the full stack — vCIO strategy, 24×7 cybersecurity, compliance discipline. The boutique-partnership model is what makes that math work.

How do you handle donor data security and privacy?

Donor data is protected with the same controls Wellforce uses for healthcare and legal clients: encryption at rest and in transit, identity-based access (no shared logins), least-privilege role design, 24×7 SOC monitoring with EDR on every endpoint, phishing simulation training for staff, and access reviews tied to the HR offboarding process. State-specific donor privacy laws (California Consumer Privacy Act, New York Charitable Solicitation Act, etc.) are reviewed as part of the compliance posture.

Can you help us set up Microsoft 365 with the nonprofit grant?

Yes — this is part of standard onboarding. Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations receive up to 10 free Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses through the Microsoft Tech for Social Impact program, plus discounted pricing on additional licenses. Wellforce handles the eligibility verification, tenant setup, identity migration, security baseline, and staff onboarding. We also configure the M365 features most useful for nonprofits: Bookings for board scheduling, Forms for volunteer signups, SharePoint for document control, and Teams for distributed staff.

What's the difference between IT support and managed IT services?

Traditional IT support is reactive: something breaks, you call, a technician fixes it, the meter runs. Managed IT services is proactive: a partner monitors your systems 24×7, prevents most problems before they occur, ships updates and patches on schedule, and bills a flat monthly fee. For a nonprofit, the managed model means predictable IT costs the board can budget, fewer surprise outages during peak season, and a real strategic partner instead of a number you call when something is on fire.

Are you a TechSoup partner?

Yes. TechSoup is the nonprofit technology marketplace — the channel for discounted and donated software from Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, Bitdefender, Norton, and 100+ other vendors. Wellforce uses TechSoup pricing for client procurement wherever applicable, including Microsoft 365 nonprofit grants, Adobe Creative Cloud nonprofit pricing, and Cisco Meraki nonprofit licensing. Knowing the catalog and the eligibility rules is part of the job.

How do AI agents fit into IT support for a nonprofit?

The Wellforce AI Practice deploys AI agents on top of the IT Partnership for specific high-leverage use cases: donor stewardship drafting, grant prep, board reporting, member or beneficiary intake. Agents read from your existing systems (CRM, accounting, project tracker), draft the work product, and hand off to staff for review and send. The model is "AI proposes, humans confirm" — staff stays in the seat, the agent does the routine work. Pricing is per use case; see /ai for the full practice.

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