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Published rates for defined consulting work and contact-led diagnostic scoping for major mandates. Dawnstar DMS pricing remains illustrative during product development.

Consulting

Project engagements

Engagements are tailored to the operating constraints and decision-making needs of Canadian charities and organizations. Every proposal defines scope, milestones, fees and exclusions in writing.

Focused Consulting Project

$3,500–$5,000

A clearly defined operational or strategic problem, resolved through a contained project.

Included scope and deliverables
  • Discovery interview and problem definition
  • Review of relevant workflows, financial information or organizational materials
  • Prioritized findings and practical recommendations
  • Written action plan with owners, milestones and success measures
  • One recommendations presentation

Excludes substantial implementation, independent audits and third-party software licences.

Comprehensive Assessment

$7,500–$15,000

Cross-functional diagnostic for organizations seeking a clearer view of performance and priorities.

Included scope and deliverables
  • Stakeholder interviews and document review
  • Current-state operating and financial assessment
  • Risk, capability and opportunity register
  • Revenue, expense and operational KPI recommendations
  • Prioritized 90-day roadmap and 12-month direction
  • Executive or board-level findings presentation

The assessment is advisory and does not constitute an assurance engagement.

Strategic Development Mandate

Contact for Project Diagnostic

Translate organizational ambitions into a focused strategy, investment priorities and an execution model.

Included scope and deliverables
  • Strategic context and stakeholder alignment
  • Program or business-line opportunity assessment
  • Strategic choices and trade-offs framework
  • Multi-horizon objectives, milestones and accountability
  • Implementation roadmap with decision gates
  • Executive and board communication pack

Final deliverables and facilitation requirements are defined after diagnostic scoping.

Organizational Transformation

Contact for Project Diagnostic

Two distinct transformation streams, chosen individually or combined according to organizational needs.

Business Structure: scope and deliverables
  • Business model, service architecture and operating structure assessment
  • Governance, accountability, decision rights and role design
  • Process and technology interdependencies
  • Future-state operating model and implementation roadmap
  • Transition plan, adoption measures and leadership reporting
Financial Management: scope and deliverables
  • Revenue and expenditure model review
  • Budgeting, forecasting and management-reporting design
  • Cost allocation, sustainability and scenario analysis
  • Internal controls and financial systems requirements
  • Financial KPI architecture and leadership dashboards
  • Financial transformation implementation plan

Implementation, software selection and specialist professional services are separately scoped where required.

All listed CAD prices are indicative starting ranges, not binding quotes. Transformational and strategic mandates require a project diagnostic.

Contact for a Project Diagnostic

Flexible engagement models

Consulting, advisory and retainers

Defined capacity and deliverables provide continuity without confusing a strategic advisory mandate with an open-ended implementation commitment.

Executive Strategy Consulting

$425/hour

Specialist executive counsel on significant strategic, financial or organizational decisions. Ten-hour minimum commitment.

Typical deliverables
  • Executive decision frameworks and options analysis
  • Critical initiative review and recommendations
  • Stakeholder alignment sessions
  • Board or executive discussion materials
  • Decision log and follow-up priorities

Strategic Advisor

$3,500/month

Up to 10 hours per month. Three-month minimum.

Typical deliverables
  • Monthly strategy and operational reviews
  • Priority and risk register updates
  • Ad hoc advisory sessions within monthly capacity
  • Monthly action and accountability summary

Growth Partner

$7,500/month

Up to 25 hours per month. Six-month minimum.

Typical deliverables
  • Revenue and partnership development roadmap
  • Campaign, pipeline or service-design review
  • Monthly performance and experiment dashboard
  • Stakeholder and team working sessions

Fractional Executive

$12,500/month

Up to 45 hours per month. Six-month minimum.

Typical deliverables
  • Accountable functional leadership mandate and decision rights
  • Operating cadence and executive reporting
  • Team coaching and organizational coordination
  • Priority workstream delivery oversight
  • Quarterly outcomes and transition review

Transformation Partner

Contact for Project Diagnostic

Dedicated executive-level implementation leadership for complex, multi-workstream change.

Typical deliverables
  • Multi-workstream transformation charter and governance
  • Detailed implementation and dependency plan
  • Change-management and adoption program
  • Weekly delivery reviews and executive escalations
  • Benefits realization and performance reporting
  • Transition and internal capability plan

Executive Workshops

From $2,500

Focused half-day workshops, with full-day facilitation available from $4,000.

Typical deliverables
  • Pre-session discovery and agenda alignment
  • Facilitated leadership strategy or working session
  • Decision capture and prioritized next steps
  • Post-session summary and recommendations

Retainers are proposed monthly capacity commitments, generally billed in advance. Exact terms, unused hours, change requests, travel and taxes are specified in the contract.

Donor management software

strategyCreative's Dawnstar DMS pricing

The proposed subscription is based on a charity's reported total revenue on CRA T3010 line 4700, not on donations processed through the platform.

Enter the revenue from the charity's latest publicly available CRA T3010 line 4700. For automatic charity lookup, use the searchable DMS calculator.

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Estimated subscription

Before applicable taxes. Pricing, caps, minimums and subscription terms remain subject to approval. No payments are collected on this site.

Frequently asked questions

Does the DMS fee apply only to donations?

No. The proposed fee is based on total revenue reported on CRA T3010 line 4700, which may include grants, earned revenue and other income.

Does the DMS process donations?

The planned product will integrate compatible third-party payment providers. Their processing fees are separate from the DMS subscription.

Are these consulting prices final?

They are published indicative starting prices. Final fees and deliverables are confirmed through a written proposal.

Can I buy the DMS today?

Not yet. The DMS is in planning and development. Contact us to discuss early access.