Nonprofit technology consulting in Louisville and Southern Indiana

Connected websites, volunteer management, and grant operations for small nonprofits.

I help small nonprofit teams replace disconnected forms, spreadsheets, calendars, and shared folders with one clearer operating foundation. Your website moves people to act. The many hands pilot turns volunteer interest into staffed shifts. Yui is in development as a reviewed grant-operations workspace.

Website developmentVolunteer schedulingGrant research and draftingStaff training
The Domino Affect nonprofit website and staff-managed content system built by mu works

Nonprofit client work

Built for community organizations with different public needs.

For The Domino Affect, I built the brand system and public website, including an admin portal, staff-managed content, staff training, and ownership of the code and data. Their team operates the system after launch.

For The Accountability Foundation, I built a focused public path for its accountability model, intended audiences, and ways to participate or support the work.

Nonprofit technology services

Start with the handoff that needs attention now.

Most nonprofits do not need another isolated tool. They need the website, volunteer process, and grant workflow to stop losing information between people and systems.

01 · Website service

Nonprofit website development

Build a clear, accessible website around the actions people need to take: get help, volunteer, donate, attend, partner, or contact the right person.

Explore nonprofit website design
02 · Pilot program

Volunteer management for small nonprofits

Join the many hands pilot to manage volunteer profiles, availability, qualifications, shifts, check-in, hours, and coverage without rebuilding the schedule through forms, texts, and spreadsheets.

Explore the many hands pilot
03 · In development

Grant management and writing support

Yui is in development as one human-reviewed workspace for grant research, fit reviews, approved facts, drafts, budgets, deadlines, awards, and reports.

Explore Yui development

The tools behind 02 and 03

many hands and Yui, built for small nonprofit teams.

Both are mu works products. many hands is a pilot program and Yui is in development; your team reviews and approves everything either one produces.

In development

Funding operations for small nonprofits

Yui

Keep grant research, drafting, deadlines, and reporting connected.

One human-reviewed workspace for grant opportunities, fit decisions, approved organization facts, program evidence, drafts, budgets, deadlines, awards, and reports. Your team reviews and submits through each funder's own process.

Pilot program

Volunteer management

many hands

many hands make light work.

Volunteer management for organizations that run on volunteers. Coordinate a volunteer pool, fill shifts, track clearances and certifications, and log verified hours at the kiosk.

The connected operating loop

Public action, organized people, and funding evidence should reinforce each other.

The goal is not to force everything into one tool. It is to make each handoff explicit, owned, and easier to operate.

  1. 01

    Attract support

    The website helps people find services, volunteer, donate, attend, partner, or contact the right person.

  2. 02

    Organize people

    The many hands pilot manages volunteer availability, qualifications, opportunities, assignments, check-in, and coverage.

  3. 03

    Fund the mission

    Yui is being developed to connect opportunities, evidence, drafting, budgets, awards, deadlines, and reporting in a reviewed workspace.

Clear operating boundaries

Your team reviews and approves every grant application, budget, and report, then submits through the funder's own process. Yui does not guarantee funding. Donation pages route to the giving platform your organization approves; mu works does not process donations.

The connected package does not replace donor stewardship, nonprofit accounting, payroll, case management, legal counsel, or compliance ownership.

Founder-led implementation

Built, connected, documented, and handed over.

  1. 01

    Map the handoffs

    Identify where public inquiries, volunteer coordination, or grant work waits on a person connecting systems by hand.

  2. 02

    Define the boundaries

    Set the pages, workflows, data import, permissions, ownership, and explicit exclusions before implementation begins.

  3. 03

    Implement and test

    Configure the agreed systems, move current information within scope, test the handoffs, and train the designated owner.

  4. 04

    Launch and stabilize

    Resolve launch issues, confirm the team can operate the system, and document the next recommended workflow.

Local implementation

Nonprofit technology consulting from New Albany to Louisville.

mu works is based in New Albany, Indiana, and primarily serves small nonprofits across Southern Indiana, Louisville, and nearby communities. That local focus makes on-site discovery, staff training, and launch support practical when the work benefits from being in the room.

Remote engagements can be considered when the scope, internal ownership, and implementation model fit.

Jalil Hay, Founder

Frequently asked questions

Practical answers before we discuss scope.

What does nonprofit technology consulting include?
Website strategy and development, volunteer workflow setup, grant workspace configuration, agreed data import, staff training, launch, and stabilization. The exact scope and boundaries are defined before implementation begins.
Does Yui write and submit grants for us?
Yui is in development to support research, fit review, drafting, budgets, deadlines, awards, and reporting. Your team reviews and approves every application and submits through the funder's own process. Funding is never guaranteed.
Does this replace our donor CRM or accounting software?
No. The nonprofit system does not replace donor stewardship, fund accounting, payroll, or participant case management. It connects the public website, volunteer operations, and grant workflow.
Can you import our current spreadsheets and records?
Yes, when the information fits agreed templates and boundaries. Implementation includes a defined import of current information, not unlimited historical reconstruction or data cleanup.
What size nonprofit is the best fit?
The strongest fit is generally a nonprofit with 2 to 15 staff members, recurring volunteers, more than one program or community activity, some grant funding, and a designated internal system owner.
Where does mu works provide nonprofit technology services?
mu works is based in New Albany, Indiana, and primarily serves nonprofits across Southern Indiana, Louisville, and nearby communities. Remote engagements can be considered when the implementation model and organizational ownership fit.

Start here

Tell me what your nonprofit needs next.

Start with the website, volunteer coordination, or grant work that needs attention. I will review what you have and help identify the most practical starting point.

If the fit is wrong, I will say so and point you somewhere better.

Jalil@muworksllc.com
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