- Licenses, insurance, and legal review
- Never invent results, certify costs, guarantee compliance, or submit reports without authorized review.
- Revenue models
- Fixed-fee packages, hourly support, recurring retainers, and clearly scoped add-on services.
- Suggested pricing
- Planning estimate: $30–$60 hourly or $300–$1,500 per reporting cycle.
- Ongoing expenses
- Insurance, software, equipment, training, secure storage, marketing, taxes, and subcontractor support when needed.
- Marketing
- Partner with grant writers, nonprofit accountants, and capacity-building organizations.
- Risks and common mistakes
- Working outside the written scope, weak privacy or record controls, underpricing travel or revisions, and making guarantees.