Helping good organizations do good work. Summerhall's resource-conscious support helps leaders worry less about the numbers and focus on the mission.

Get your time back.You didn't join a nonprofit to spend all your time in QuickBooks. Streamline, modernize, and error-proof your finance function so that you can focus on what you’re passionate about.
Teach-to-fish, not catch-a-fish.We believe in building your capacity—then getting out of the way. With best-practice experience across multiple sectors, hands-on instruction, and a wealth of off-the-shelf resources, we’ll leave your team with the tools they need and the know-how to use them.
Resource-conscious solutions. We’ve worked with finance teams of all sizes (from “has its own org chart” to “whatever free time the COO has”) and we’ll show you how automation, scripting, and bespoke process redesign can help you do more - and better - with less. Get in touch!

ABOUT US

underconstruction as they say.

LET US HELP YOU WITH

Outsourced accounting & CFO functions

You didn't join a nonprofit to spend all your time in QuickBooks. Streamline, modernize, and error-proof your finance function so that you can focus on what you’re passionate about.

Financial system migration support

We've supported transitions from selection to go-live on all below systems & can provide:

Accounting process optimization

Whatever your resources, we'll help you make the most of them.

Excel, spreadsheet, and database training

Might sound basic, but we think spreadsheet fluency is the number-one way for finance professionals to build self-sufficiency, automate their error-checking and learn to efficiently build custom solutions & tools.

Grant management infrastructure

Every funder is different, but that doesn't mean you need to start from scratch on every grant. We’ll help you spend less time on grant maintenance and more time on grant outcomes by designing systems that anticipate & accommodate them all.

Audit, 990, and Form PC readiness

Year-end always comes sooner - and lasts longer - than you expect. We can help assemble and cross-reference your audit PBCs to reduce the additional workload on your existing teams - plus, we can give you a head-start on next year's audit by adjusting your day-to-day processes to anticipate the PBCs.

SYSTEMS & SECTORS

SYSTEM EXPERTISE

  • QuickBooks (QBD & QBO)*
  • Sage Intacct*
  • NetSuite*
  • SalesForce & Certinia*
  • AP: Bill.com, Concur, Beanworks, ClickTime
  • OpenSource: GNUCash, WaveApps
*includes implementations/migrations

NONPROFIT SECTORS WE'VE WORKED WITH

  • Indigenous and environmental rights
  • Youth services & mentorship
  • Immigrant advocacy and support
  • Oral history
  • Education technology
  • Arts & community empowerment
  • Housing & human services
  • Storytelling therapy & mental health