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About Nonprofit Nav

Nonprofit Nav is a national nonprofit consulting company that serves a variety of organizations, from grassroots movements to national and international foundations, associations, and charities. Our services include strategic planning, communication audits, change management, governance consulting, and more. 

We have a small but mighty team that operates remotely, travels frequently, and tackles everything with ambition and humor.

Nonprofit Nav Current Openings

Project Support Specialist | Full-Time, Salaried, Remote

This position is exclusive to residents of Northwest Michigan

Nonprofit Nav is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented professional to join our team as a Project Support Specialist. In this role, you’ll help power the behind-the-scenes work that allows nonprofits and foundations to strengthen their strategy, governance, and impact. From preparing polished reports and presentations to coordinating projects, supporting research, and helping manage client communications, this position plays an essential role in keeping consulting engagements running smoothly and on schedule.

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Research Assistant | Part-Time/Hourly + Commission, Remote

This position is exclusive to residents of West Michigan. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. 

The research assistant role is designed to support consulting projects by designing and executing complex research projects, including stakeholder research, landscape analyses, environmental scans, and other forms of market research. The right individual for this role will have a high degree of tenacity, a strong work-ethic, and a desire to raise the bar for nonprofit consulting. Those interested in joining the team must have demonstrated experience in the following areas: 

  • Research processes, including focus groups, surveys, and other assessment tools
  • Fund Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • 501c3 and 501c6 Organizational Structures/Design
  • Preparation of reports that make complex information easy to understand

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How to Apply

Interested candidates can send their resumes, including employment references (2-3), to info@nonprofitnav.com

Nonprofit Nav Values

Relevancy

It’s difficult to provide guidance to the sector when you’re no longer in it. Our team engages in board service, volunteerism, and contract leadership to keep our relevance.

Simplicity

Trending lingo, the latest theories, and strategic fads are lost on us. We use what works and what can be easily understood by our clients. Everything else is for scholars. We’re practitioners.

Raising the Bar

We don’t just aim to set the bar; we attempt to raise it with every engagement. We are competing with ourselves.

Always Learning

We have something to learn from each person we interact with – especially our clients. The things we have figured out may need to be refigured tomorrow. It’s ok, we’re committed to always learning.

Demonstrated Confidence (Not Declared)

Our introductions will never take the air out of the room. Our confidence is demonstrated by our intellect, belief in our systems, and familiarity with the sector. We don’t feel the need to declare it.

It’s Not About Us

We believe our gifts are being stewarded for a greater purpose. God and our clients get the glory. We get the honor of supporting their work.

Nonprofit Nav Diversity Statement

Nonprofit Nav believes all individuals have the power to create positive change in the world, and no one group or individual is more or less powerful or valuable in this regard. We believe that the greatest innovations arise from collaborations where there is diversity, acceptance, and equity. We are an equal-opportunity employer. 

Katie Appold, MPA

Katie Appold is a nonprofit and association strategist with a track record of helping mission-driven organizations grow, govern well, and lead with intention. As founder and principal consultant of Nonprofit Nav, she partners with nonprofits, associations, and public entities across the country to strengthen boards, sharpen strategy, and build the organizational capacity needed to deliver lasting impact. Her career includes executive leadership roles across human services, foundations, and professional associations. In her first Executive Director role, she grew annual organizational revenue by 300% and secured the top national affordable housing grant through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. She later helped launch Do More Good, a nonprofit professional development platform that merged with Nonprofit Hub to become one of North America's largest free resources for nonprofit leaders. Katie's consulting work spans governance design, strategic planning, board development, capital campaigns, and organizational change. Her clients range from grassroots organizations to national trade associations and international foundations, and her vision has shaped projects touching human services infrastructure, healthcare innovation, housing access, educational programming, and trade association reinvention. Outside of her consulting practice, Katie serves as an adjunct professor of nonprofit leadership at Cornerstone University and contributes her expertise through board and committee service with regional and national organizations. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Leadership, and has earned a Certificate of Nonprofit Board Education from BoardSource and a Working Genius Facilitator Certification.