Shouldered AI / For nonprofit directors and small teams
You be the nonprofit director. We shoulder the rest.
You started this to serve, and now you run a small company too. Shouldered gives your nonprofit a full HQ that thanks donors, tracks grants, schedules volunteers and gets the board report ready, so you can lead the mission.
"We are too small for a development team."
Lydia at the Sales Desk thanks every donor, follows up on pledges, and keeps your donor list warm without a new hire.
"I almost missed a grant deadline again."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk tracks every grant date and report, gathers what you need, and reminds you early.
"The board meeting is next week and nothing is ready."
Matthew at the Finance Desk and Operations prepare the numbers and the board packet for you to review.
"Our volunteers are the heart of this, and scheduling them is chaos."
Barnabas at the People Desk keeps the volunteer roster, sends shifts and reminders, and fills gaps when someone cancels.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for nonprofits.
Thanks donors, follows up on pledges, and reminds lapsed givers with a warm note.
Records gifts, sends receipts, tracks restricted funds, and prepares numbers for your treasurer.
Tracks grant deadlines, filings and renewals, and builds the board packet.
Schedules volunteers, keeps their records, and handles onboarding paperwork.
Writes the newsletter, impact stories and event invitations.
Tracks annual filings and renewals so your status stays in good order, with decisions left to your advisers.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Simon's morning note says last night's event brought in 31 gifts, and every donor has a receipt and a thank you. A grant report is due in three weeks, and the outline is already drafted. Saturday's food drive is fully staffed after two volunteers swapped shifts. You spend the day with a new partner who wants to fund your next program.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with a Hero for each person at $25 a seat, and the Small HQ (up to 5 seats, 80 hours a month) at $750 a month paid for the year, with a $1,000 onboarding fee once.
Grow
As your programs grow, move to Medium for up to 20 seats, at $1,875 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $1,250, first 50 companies only), with $2,000 onboarding once. Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
What does this mean for our staff?
More time for the work they came to do. It takes the admin so your people can spend more time on the mission. Your next hire can be for programs, not paperwork.
Is our donor data safe?
Your private data stays in your own system. Financial and legal decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Do you offer nonprofit pricing?
The standard price is open to nonprofits now, and the first 50 companies get the Founding price for as long as they renew.
What if it does not help?
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
When can we start?
The Hero is available now. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
Hold my place →Your Hero
$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
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