The growth partner for nonprofits

We build whatyour missionneeds next.

We help nonprofits raise more, grow the mission, and get more done with the team you already have.

  • Story + Brand
  • Design + Technology
  • Marketing + Fundraising
  • Data
  • AI

The challenge

So much is changing all at once.

And what got you here might not get you there.

AI is changing how work gets done and how teams operate. The organizations that thrive next will have a plan, and a path to build it.

Then

Grow by adding

More people, more process, more cost.

Now

Add the missing layer

Connect your tools and give people time back.

Not sure where to start? You're in good company.

  • 92%of nonprofits use AI
  • 7%see real value from it
  • 8%have a roadmap for it

Sources: 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report, Virtuous and Fundraising.AI. NTEN and The Bridgespan Group, 2026.

Where we come in

You don't have to work it out alone.

Your mission is unique, and the world needs it. You deserve a partner who knows this new ground and walks it with you.

The missing seat is also a missing layer.

It connects your leaders, your team, and your tools, and keeps the work moving.

Organizations that handle this well have someone who is

  • Senior enough to decide.
  • Technical enough to build.
  • Close enough to the mission to know what matters.

In most nonprofits, that seat is open. We fill it.

With a full team behind us. It starts with a free call about your mission and your next step.

Why NPB

We have sat in your seat.

And we know what it takes to move a mission forward.

Proven expertise

Leading companies and years inside nonprofit tech.

Connected by AI

Five disciplines in one team, with AI underneath.

Made for mission

Built for nonprofits, ministries, and their people.

More for the mission

Time and money back, and generosity that grows.

Built on the tools you already use

  • Virtuous
  • Blackbaud
  • Fundraise Up
  • GoFundMe Pro
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • And more

What we do

One team for the work that moves a mission.

Story, design and technology, marketing and fundraising, and data, in the same hands, with AI connecting all of it. Here's where it shows up.

OperateSave time and money

What if everyone on your team got hours back every week?

ReachReach the right supporters

What if every supporter felt part of the story?

GiveRaise more

What if your monthly donors grew every single month?

KeepKeep more of it

How we work

Your path from here to there.

  1. Talk

    A free 20-minute call.

    Where you are, what you wish were true, and a clear next step.

  2. Plan

    A roadmap for the year.

    Proven frameworks to name the outcome, find what's in the way, and put the work in order.

  3. Build

    Solutions, shipped fast.

    Tactical solutions like a website, recurring giving program, or AI workflow. Shipped fast, at a fraction of traditional cost.

  4. Partner

    A partner at your table.

    Beside your team or embedded in it, for a fraction of the cost of hiring each seat.

Every step is priced to your size, and you'll know the price before anything starts. See how we work

Who you'll work with

Senior people, in the room.

You work directly with people who have built for leading companies and from inside nonprofit technology.

Jason VanLue

Founding Partner and Lead

Twenty years in product and design. Six years leading product and design at a fundraising platform used by more than 2,000 nonprofits.

20+
years in product & design
2,000+
nonprofits served

Jay Owen

Founder, Business Builders

Founded Business Builders in 1999 and leads it today. Author of Building a Business That Lasts.

26+
years serving missions
1999
founded Business Builders
Jason has a rare gift. He can sit in a room full of competing priorities, technical constraints, and half‑formed ideas, and walk out with a clear picture of what actually matters and how to build it.
Nathan Chappell, Chief AI Officer, bestselling author, founder of Fundraising.AI
  • Chris Webster
  • Brandon Lowe
  • Stacy Powell
  • Natalie Schneider
  • Autumn Haga
  • Jackie Hilleman
  • Jared Andre

Plus a full operating bench across all five disciplines.

A unified team of senior operators to free you up for the work that only you can do.

  • StoryBrand Certified
  • HubSpot Platinum Partner
  • Inc. 5000, twice
  • Serving missions since 1999

Our team has built for

  • Google
  • Cisco
  • Dropbox
  • Pluralsight
  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
  • University of Central Florida
  • Tulane University
  • All Pro Dad

Questions nonprofit leaders ask.

Straight answers on what we build, what it costs, AI, and who does the work.

Ask something else

Start with a conversation.

What got you here might not get you there. Tell us about the mission and where you want it to go. Twenty minutes, free, with a few ideas and a clear next step.

What we'll cover

  • Your missionWhere you are, what's working, and what's in the way.
  • What you wish were trueA year from now, in your words.
  • What to do nextA few ideas you can use either way, and a suggested next step.
Jason VanLue, founding partner and lead at Nonprofit Builders

You'll talk with Jason VanLueFormer VP of Product and Design at Virtuous

Prefer to start on your own? The Self-Guided Blueprint helps you name one outcome for next year.

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