Nonprofit Operations Starter
Make everyday work serve your mission.
Connected workbooks, guides and editable templates for carrying your mission into everyday work.
$79 USD onceDownloadable XLSX, DOCX and PDF files
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See how your mission, commitments, resources and learning connect to the work.
Start Here guide. PDF excerpt. View full excerpt (opens a new tab)
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Seed Portrait: People and purpose connects to SOP Purpose and Actions Notes; Opportunities and commitments to Actions and Decisions; Resources and capacity to People, Budget, Cash, Calendar and Grants; Evidence and learning to record locations, reporting responsibilities and review tasks.
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Start with an editable agenda. Add the meeting details, then shape the decisions your board needs to make.
Board Agenda Template. native Google Docs excerpt. View full excerpt (opens a new tab)
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Actual blank Board Agenda Template with editable fields for date, time, location, meeting type, notice date, packet date, chair and minute taker, followed by quorum and conflict checks.
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Keep your Seed Portrait in view during the weekly review. Choose an existing action on Start Here to bring its owner, due date and status into the Dashboard.
Operations Hub. Native Google Sheets excerpt. Fictional planning example. View full excerpt (opens a new tab)
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Fictional Riverbend Seed Portrait: People and purpose, Opportunities and commitments, Resources and capacity, and Evidence and learning. The notes connect dependable access to mentoring with transport options, capacity and family feedback. The team chose ACT-002, Get three quotes for the van. Owner Luis Reyes, due October 5, 2026, In progress. The weekly headline remains 9 need attention, 1 due soon, 0 handled.
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One useful task is enough to begin.
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Save the download and keep an untouched original. Make a working copy for your organization.
Choose your first job
Draft a board agenda, write a recurring procedure or prepare a grant report.
Make one useful record
Add your details, agree the next action and set a date to return.
See the first-use guide. Use Excel and Word, or import into Google Sheets and Docs. A Google account is required for Google apps.
Everything in one download
Twelve files your organization keeps.
Excel
Operations Hub
Excel
Filled example
PDF
Open First
PDF
Start Here guide
PDF
30-Day Roadmap
Word and PDF
Board Meeting Kit
Word
Agenda template
Word
Minutes template
Word
SOP template and examples
Excel and Word files, with Google Sheets and Docs conversion instructions. Use your own software or Google account. Review page breaks after editing.
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- 14-day first-purchase guarantee. One per organization. See refund terms.
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Do I need new software?
No. Excel or Google Sheets for the workbook, Word or Google Docs for the templates.
I am the only staff person. Will this work for me?
Yes. Every routine works for a team of one, and every row asks for a backup so the work does not depend on you forever.
Do I have to set everything up first?
No. Allow about 15 to 20 minutes for your first session. Save your copy, choose one job, and create one useful record. Finish the remaining setup as you go.
Does Seeds see our data?
No. The files run on your computer or in your own Google account. Nothing in them sends information to us.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No. Federal dates come from the government pages we checked, with the date we checked them. State and funder rules arrive as prompts for you to confirm.
How does this support our mission priorities?
Your Seed Portrait connects the people, communities or mission interests you serve with your priorities, resources and commitments. Use the Starter to assign work, retain decision records and review what needs to change. Distinguish what you agreed to do, what you delivered and who could access it, people's experience, meaningful change and what you learned. These records help staff coordinate, boards exercise oversight and funders understand progress and limits.
Make everyday work serve your mission.
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