adeo
For not-for-profitsSouth Australia
Sector · Not-for-profit Fixed-fee · Transparent

Board-grade IT oversight without a full-time CIO.

Funder expectations are tightening, director duty doesn't discount for mission, and most NFPs run lean. Adeo is the independent instrument the board IT sub-committee can cite.

Why now Sector pressure points

Why NFPs work with Adeo.

№ 01

Funder reporting has tightened.

Major government and philanthropic grants now require evidence of cyber governance, not a policy statement. Adeo's deliverables are designed to be cited in funder acquittals.

№ 02

Section 180 duty applies.

NFP directors carry the same duty of care as commercial directors. Mission does not discount the obligation.

№ 03

Cyber insurance is harder in the sector.

Carriers treat NFPs as higher-risk than comparably sized commercial SMEs. Evidence of controls changes the outcome at renewal.

№ 04

Lean IT needs external oversight.

Two or three internal staff plus an MSP plus a quarterly IT sub-committee. There is no in-house CIO — Adeo is the function.

№ 05

Client-data sensitivity is enormous.

DV refuges, disability providers, aged-care-adjacent services, youth services. The controls matter, and the evidence has to be on file.

Engagements Fixed-fee, in writing, before work begins

How Adeo works with ceos.

№ 01 · Entry
Quick-Scan
From A$2,400 · five days
№ 02 · Flagship
Baseline Audit
A$7,500 – 15,500
№ 03 · Ongoing
vCIO Retainer
Quoted per engagement
Recurring · Artefact
Adeo Pulse
A$550 – 850 / month

Full engagement details and fees live on the Services page. Every proposal is written in advance; there are no retainers, renewals, or recurring charges without your signature.

First engagement What the brief typically surfaces

What typically surfaces on a first engagement.

Patterns we see in a 40 – 120 staff community-services NFP:

  1. 01Donor and client records in multiple systems that do not reconcile — a data-governance gap more than a technical one.
  2. 02MFA coverage at 60–80%, often with field-worker exceptions that were never documented.
  3. 03Backups scheduled, restore-testing absent — universal across the sector.
  4. 04Legacy on-premises server running a single mission-critical workflow that has not been re-platformed.
  5. 05Vendor markup on resold M365 or client software, typically 20–40% above direct.

Every document Adeo produces for NFP clients is designed to be tabled at a board or sub-committee meeting without reformatting.

ACNC concessionRegistered charities

Fee concession for NFPs.

Adeo offers a ten percent fee reduction for registered Australian charities holding current ACNC registration. Offered at quote stage.

Independence, plainly

Adeo's only source of revenue is the fee your organisation pays us.

That limits what we can earn. It is also the product. No vendor commissions. No MSP referral fees. No resale margin. In either direction.

What we will not do
  • × Run helpdesks, desktop management, or production systems.
  • × Resell software, hardware, or licences.
  • × Take commissions from any vendor, MSP, or insurer.
  • × Brief a board without the engagement sponsor in the room.
Next step

A thirty-minute conversation, at no cost.

Email contact@adeo.au with "NFP enquiry" in the subject line. Reply within one business day.

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