Fixed-fee audits

Start with a diagnostic, not a retainer.

Three fixed-price products with defined scope, timeframe and deliverables. Each one answers a specific question your board or commissioning body is already asking — and each credits in full against a follow-on engagement.

01

Service & Operational Improvement Audit

Fixed fee $4,800 + GST

Typical duration 2–3 weeks

Best for

NFPs and councils feeling operational strain, rising demand, or staff burnout.

Deep-dive workflow review, capacity assessment, and bottleneck identification.

Fragmented workflows burn out frontline staff and erode service quality. This audit maps where the friction lives — and what to fix first.

What's included

  • End-to-end workflow mapping across key program pathways
  • Capacity and workload assessment against service demand
  • Bottleneck and duplication identification
  • Administrative overhead and reporting-friction analysis
  • Prioritised process-redesign recommendations
  • Written report plus a 60-minute findings workshop

What you walk away with

A ranked, costed action list that removes friction and frees frontline capacity immediately.

02

Grant & Project Readiness Review

Fixed fee $5,800 + GST

Typical duration 2–3 weeks

Best for

Organisations preparing a submission, tender or business case that has to stand up to commissioning body scrutiny.

Framework alignment, risk matrices, budget verification, and establishment case setup.

Most unsuccessful applications fail on evidence, budget logic or alignment — not on merit. Late or messy acquittals then put the next round at risk.

What's included

  • Review of your last 3–5 applications (successful and unsuccessful)
  • Commissioning-body alignment and eligibility gap analysis
  • Risk matrix and budget-narrative verification
  • Acquittal and compliance health check against commissioning body agreements
  • Investment-ready business case setup
  • Written report plus a 60-minute findings workshop

What you walk away with

A ranked action list and pipeline you can act on immediately — plus a reusable case-for-support core.

03

Service Design & Launch Readiness Review

Fixed fee $7,200 + GST

Typical duration 3–4 weeks

Best for

Organisations commissioning a new service, facility rollout or program expansion.

Operational blueprinting, client pathway mapping, and facility launch planning.

Taking a community service from concept to a fully operational environment requires a balance of empathy and operational rigor. Launching without a blueprint risks delays, cost overruns and service gaps.

What's included

  • Client journey and clinical/program pathway mapping
  • Operational model and staffing-structure blueprint
  • Facility readiness and launch-critical-path planning
  • Systems and reporting setup checklist
  • Risk and dependency register for go-live
  • Written report plus a 60-minute findings workshop

What you walk away with

A launch-ready operational blueprint your team can execute against — with confidence in the go-live sequence.

04

SROI & Sustainable Revenue Assessment

Fixed fee $9,800 + GST

Typical duration 3–5 weeks

Best for

Mid-sized and large NFPs, peak bodies and councils reporting to commissioning bodies on impact and sustainability.

Economic impact baseline, revenue gap analysis, and long-term business modeling.

Organisations commit to impact reporting, then discover their outcomes data can't support a defensible SROI or evaluation — and that their revenue mix won't sustain the program long-term.

What's included

  • Theory-of-change and outcomes-framework review
  • Economic impact baseline and SROI feasibility scan
  • Revenue gap analysis across commercial, philanthropic and government streams
  • Long-term business modeling and cost-benefit analysis
  • Gap analysis against commissioning body and government evaluation expectations
  • Readiness rating and scoped path to a full SROI or evaluation

What you walk away with

Certainty about what you can credibly claim now, a costed path to the evidence you need next, and a view of revenue sustainability.

Partnerships

Proven leadership across health, human services & regional development

NFP Projects brings hands-on expertise derived from working alongside Australia's leading community organisations, local councils, and government bodies. Having delivered major regional co-design projects, multi-site mental health facility rollouts, and social enterprise transformations, our work is backed by structured frameworks and proven outcomes.

  • Queensland Government partner logo
  • Queensland University of Technology partner logo
  • Brisbane City Council partner logo
  • City of Gold Coast partner logo
  • Central Highlands Regional Council partner logo
  • Toowoomba Region partner logo
  • Blacktown City Council partner logo
  • headspace National partner logo
  • Northey Street City Farm partner logo
  • Neami National partner logo
  • Stride Mental Health partner logo
  • Footprints Community partner logo
  • Help Enterprises partner logo
  • Rio Tinto partner logo
  • BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) partner logo
“The team bring a rare mix of deep empathy and rigorous operational discipline. Their leadership in rolling out our two new Medicare Mental Health Centres across Logan and Redlands didn't just give us a strategy on paper — it gave our board a clear, deliverable roadmap that transformed our community outcomes.”
— Executive Manager OperationsFootprints Community
“Navigating complex regional dynamics while staying true to community needs is tough. The team stepped in with immediate operational clarity for our Thursday Island creative engagement programs during Mental Health Week, helping us deliver impactful outcomes and strengthen local connections.”
— CEOStride Mental Health
“The level of insight and execution brought to our community arts programs and the Central Highlands Multicultural Festival was exceptional. They bridge the gap between community expectations and event management requirements better than anyone else in the sector.”
— Executive DirectorCentral Highlands Development Corporation

How a fixed-fee audit works.

01

Scoping call

30 minutes to confirm the right product and any organisation-specific inclusions.

02

Fixed proposal

One page: scope, fee, timeline, deliverables. No hourly surprises.

03

Evidence & interviews

We work from your documents and short conversations — minimal load on your team.

04

Report & workshop

Board-ready findings, prioritised actions, and a live session to work through them.

Your audit fee credits against the work that follows.

If you engage us for delivery within 90 days, 100% of the audit fee is applied to that engagement.

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