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Fractional CFO • Grant Strategy • Financial Planning
Financial leadership that helps good organizations move forward.
Necaly Resource Strategies gives nonprofits, small businesses, and small governmental entities executive-level financial guidance—without the cost or complexity of a full-time CFO.
Focused, practical engagements
Human-reviewed work
Indianapolis-based, remotely available
Strategic Finance
Clear decisions
Financial visibility
From reporting to direction
Built for action
CapacityStrengthen the systems
MomentumMake better decisions
More than bookkeeping. More practical than a full-time executive hire.
Strategic finance built around the decisions in front of you.
What We Do
Finance should help lead the organization—not simply describe what already happened.
Necaly focuses on the planning, analysis, funding, and reporting work that turns financial information into better decisions.
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Fractional CFO Leadership
Senior-level financial guidance sized to the needs of your organization.
- Budget development and cash-flow forecasting
- Financial modeling and scenario planning
- Board and leadership reporting
- Decision support for growth, funding, and operations
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Grant Strategy & Funding Readiness
Grant support connected to the budgets, systems, and reporting capacity required to manage an award well.
- Opportunity alignment and funding research
- Proposal narratives and grant budgets
- Financial attachments and readiness review
- Grant calendars and sustainable funding strategy
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Practical AI Workflow Improvement
Thoughtful use of proven AI tools to reduce repetitive administrative work while keeping people in control.
- Workflow and bottleneck assessment
- Finance, reporting, and documentation support
- Human-reviewed automation design
- Scoped implementation after discovery
Who We Serve
Built for organizations with meaningful work—and limited executive bandwidth.
Nonprofits
Organizations pursuing grants, capital campaigns, stronger board reporting, or more durable financial systems.
Discuss your funding goalsSmall Governmental Entities
Towns, townships, authorities, and community-focused entities that need funding alignment, budgeting, and implementation capacity.
Discuss your prioritiesSmall Businesses
Founder-led companies with momentum that need clearer cash-flow planning, reporting, and decision support.
Discuss your next stageMission-Driven Startups
Teams preparing for institutional funding, lender conversations, board expectations, or a more disciplined operating model.
Discuss your financial storyWhy Necaly
Experience at the intersection of finance, public service, and mission.
Financial services taught founder Shawn Denney how capital, planning, and risk fit together. Public service and nonprofit leadership showed him how often capable organizations are held back by financial infrastructure that has not kept pace with their mission.
“The goal is not to add another layer of reporting. It is to give leaders the financial clarity to pursue opportunities, manage risk, and move with confidence.”Start a conversation
Cross-sector perspective
Current and prior leadership
Co-Founder & CFO, ColfaxAI
Financial modeling, budget planning, board materials, and capital strategy for an Indianapolis AI/ML company.
Public-Sector Finance Leadership
Former City Council Finance Chair, with experience in budgeting, public funding, and community priorities.
Nonprofit Board & Finance Service
Hands-on perspective from nonprofit finance, governance, community development, and foundation work.
Institutional Financial Services
Prior experience with J.P. Morgan Chase and Smith Barney supporting long-term planning and financial decision-making.
How It Works
A focused engagement, built around the problem that matters now.
No oversized consulting process. No generic package forced onto your organization.
Understand
We begin with a practical conversation about your goals, current financial pressure points, and what success should look like.
Focus
You receive a clear scope with the objective, deliverables, timing, responsibilities, and fee—so the work is easy to evaluate.
Build
Necaly develops the analysis, plan, model, grant package, or reporting structure—with disciplined review before anything is delivered.
Move Forward
We turn the immediate deliverable into next steps, stronger internal capacity, and an ongoing relationship only when it adds value.
A Better Financial Function
Your organization may not need a full-time CFO. It still deserves thoughtful financial leadership.
Common Questions
Designed to be clear from the beginning.
Is Necaly a bookkeeping or accounting firm?
Necaly focuses on strategic financial leadership: planning, forecasting, modeling, reporting, funding strategy, and decision support. We can work alongside your bookkeeper, accountant, or tax professional rather than replacing them.
Can we start with one project?
Yes. Many relationships begin with a focused project such as a grant-readiness review, financial model, board reporting package, budget, or cash-flow forecast. Ongoing support is considered only when it makes practical sense.
Are grant fees based on the amount awarded?
No. Grant services are priced based on the work, complexity, and scope—not as a percentage of an award. Funding decisions remain with the grantmaker and cannot be guaranteed.
Do you work only in Indianapolis?
Necaly is based in the Indianapolis area and works with organizations locally and remotely. The initial conversation will determine whether the engagement can be handled effectively across distance.
Start a Conversation
What financial decision is your organization trying to make?
Share a little about the opportunity, pressure point, or project in front of you. The first conversation is simply about whether there is a practical fit.