We don’t just work with nonprofits, we run them
We built Cascadia South while running the organizations that needed it. We still hold board positions at Canadian nonprofits, which means we're not guessing at what you need: we're dealing with the same pressures right now.
We've sat on both sides of the table
We built Cascadia South because the organizations we were leading couldn’t find digital support that understood how the sector actually works. Vendors built things, took their fee, and left. Free tools that looked simple in demos fell apart when a volunteer tried to maintain them. The practice we kept wanting didn’t exist, so we built it.
Most digital consultants adapt general expertise to the nonprofit context. We come at it from the other direction: we’re active board members and nonprofit leaders who also build digital systems. When we say we understand what your ED is dealing with, it’s because we’ve been in that meeting.
- When we recommend a tool, we’ve used it in a real nonprofit context
- When we quote a price, it’s because we know what nonprofits can actually pay
- When we talk about funding compliance, we’re talking from the inside
Who you're actually working with
Lance Boer
Lance has spent nearly two decades at the intersection of technology and the nonprofit sector — not as a vendor looking in, but from the inside: brought in to fix a technical problem, asked to stay, and gradually pulled into the sustainability, governance, and funding decisions that keep organizations alive.
He's worked with nonprofits in nearly every capacity — technical implementation, technology strategy, budget rescues, governance and policy, charitable registration, grant writing, program design — brought in when things are going well to help them go better, and when they're going badly to help figure out what can be saved.
- Table of partners, regional health network
- Board member, national health advocacy organization
- Currently building a new community nonprofit from the ground up
Rebecca Dixon Boer
Rebecca's path into the sector began in the classroom. A decade as a public school teacher taught her what it looks like when systems fail people — and what it takes to build something better in the gaps. Literacy advocacy took her from volunteer roles into local and state-level nonprofit leadership.
The pattern has repeated across two countries ever since: she shows up to help, and organizations quickly realize they want more of her. Two decades on, she's seen the full range of what nonprofit involvement looks like, from the volunteer table to the boardroom.
- Serves on multiple nonprofit boards
- Provincial pilot program: disability and return-to-work supports
- Ten years teaching in public schools
How we do this differently
Price for nonprofit reality
We know what your budget looks like because we live inside one. Every recommendation comes with realistic costs attached.
Plain language, always
No jargon, no upselling. We explain what you need and why, then let you decide.
Protect funding first
Before anything else, we make sure your digital systems won't cost you a grant. Compliance and security are never an afterthought.
Long-term partnerships
We don't disappear after handoff. When something needs attention six months later, we're still the people you call.
Let's talk about your challenges
Discovery calls are peer conversations, not sales pitches. No pressure. Just honest advice.