Saving the

world,

whales,

puppies,

one spreadsheet

one cash flow forecast

one financial report

one complicated excel thing

at a time.

Hampton Nonprofit Management is a referral-only boutique consulting firm based in San Diego, CA that provides CFO / COO / Executive Director support and ongoing management services to nonprofit organizations.

We specialize in all the boring things (finance, accounting, HR, operations) that make magic and mission possible. We are in the weeds, in the board rooms, at the fundraising lunches and at the strategic planning retreats. We believe in high touch, deep impact engagements that generate meaningful and tangible results of quality that surprises clients.

Founded in 2019, we have provided excellent service to nearly one hundred organizations and continue to grow.

How we help nonprofit organizations

Interim Management

We provide interim  support to help manage transitions and onboard great long-term talent

Part-time CFO / COO

Add professional muscle at a level that makes sense for your nonprofit

Full-Service Accounting

Or let us take care of everything, from bookkeeping to board reporting

Crisis Management

For when things get complicated, we help navigate financial, legal, and human challenges

PLUS special startup packages to help new nonprofits set up their first accounting and HR systems

What our clients say about us

Mingei International Museum

 

Hampton joined Mingei International Museum as an Interim CFO at a critical time for the organization. We were closed for a major renovation, deep into capital fundraising and financing, and navigating the early days of the COVID pandemic. Hampton was able to quickly provide financial modeling for the capital project and finalize a bridge loan for project costs. He did a deep analysis of payroll expenses which helped support the decision to raise wages for all employees, while also helping us develop COVID-related operational protocols and capture pandemic relief funds. Finally, he played an essential role in helping to vet candidates for the CFO position and providing transition support to the new hire.

Jessica York

Executive Director, Mingei International Museum

 

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Hampton has provided Astra Nova with so much support these past few years! In early 2020, Astra Nova was known as Ad Astra School; it was located on the SpaceX campus and funded by the Musk Foundation; since then we have become an LLC owned by Ad Astra School, an LLC owned by Astra Nova School NPO, and finally an independently funded 501(3)(c). Hampton has been a crucial resource for us amid these many complex transitions. He built the infrastructure we need to run an online school with an international student body and employees working in almost a dozen different states. We’ve benefited tremendously from his wisdom and hard work; we rely on his ability to see the big picture and deal expertly with the nitty-gritty details of running a non-profit organization.

Tara Safronoff

Co-Founder and Associate Head of School, Astra Nova School

 

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Hampton has been an important part of our continuing success at Balboa Art Conservation Center. He joined us as interim CFO / COO in December 2019, originally brought on to manage the transition period after the retirement of a long-time Executive Director. He navigated the organization through COVID-19, secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID related aid to keep the organization operating, and helped reengage our team during the recruitment for our new Executive Director ( me! ). By the time I inherited the organization it was stabilized, organized, and ready to move forward. He and his team continue to support us with clear an meaningful financial reports, budgets and projections, and a better understand our financial health and plan for sustained growth. Evidence of this is a doubling of our operating budget over the last two years due both to stronger earned revenue planning as well finally being able to clearly showcase our strengths to funders and donors. He has deep experience in the local nonprofit scene and brings a commitment to our mission that is unique among consultants. I cannot overstate the value of Hampton’s work at BACC, both before I got there to set the groundwork for the next Executive Director, and since I have been there to guide me through the tools to succeed at my job. A lot is written these days about organizations transitioning into BIPOC leadership and the many ways a board can fail to set this new leader up for success. Bringing Hampton on was the best decision the board could have made to set me up. Keeping him on as my CFO was one of mine.

Leticia Gomez Franco

Executive Director, Balboa Art Conservation Center 

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Hampton was brought in to support our organization during a time of significant change. Because of his executive-level expertise across multiple functions, he was laser focused on tackling items that would bring the most stability and positive impact to the team. He really saved the day for us!

Melissa Peterman

Executive Director, Townspeople

 

California Western School of Law

 
Hampton played a critical role in our transition between CFOs in the fall of 2020. He provided interim services and quickly began adding value to our management team. He helped resolve staffing challenges in the finance department, managed the majority of our annual financial and single audit, cleaned up processes related to federal student aid and extracurricular programs, and his financial modeling led to our decision to forgive nearly $1M in student loans. He was an important part of the hiring process for the new CFO and helped ensure the success of that transition by continuing to support the school for a few additional months.

Cindy Bertrand

CFO, California Western School of Law
Board Member, The San Diego Foundation
 

Tablecloth.io

 

Hampton is one of the most helpful and valuable CFOs in the San Diego nonprofit space. We worked together during the initial set up of tablecloth.io, where he set up our original accounting system and policies. In the years after, I continue to be impressed with how much he has done to benefit the San Diego community by being an expert at what he calls “all the boring stuff”. He is the only person I know who can explain complex finance topics in a way that makes sense to normal people, which provides incredible value to the nonprofits he works with.

Jared Aaker

Co-Founder and CEO ( former ), tablecloth.io

 

The Ecology Center

 
Hampton delivered tenfold, understood our needs immediately, providing examples of how he had tackled similar issues in the past, and was swift to implement solutions.  As we grew, Hampton grew with us, deeply integrated in our growth patterns and associated needs, he continued to provide strategy, guidance, and became the go-to resource for all of our financial planning and infrastructure needs.  Eventually he assisted our larger corporate objectives, meeting the needs of the Board, Capital Campaigns, and land acquisition projects, providing high-level projections, analysis, and financial modeling.I highly recommend Hampton and his services for a variety of Financial and Operational functions, projects, and initiatives

Bret Babos

Director of Operations ( former ), The Ecology Center 

Prison Yoga Project

 

I am not an expert in non-profit financial management. Fortunately, thanks to the support of Hampton and his team, I don’t have to be. I’ve learned so much from them over the past few years, I feel a growing confidence in my ability to make the right decisions to keep our organization financially fit and growing!

Bill Brown

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Prison Yoga Project

 

Harmonium

 

Hampton has served as a Fiscal Consultant for Harmonium over the last several years.  He has been especially helpful during times of fiscal staff transition. He has also supported Harmonium by contributing ideas to enhance and expand our Agency’s strategic direction. Through his established network, he has connected Harmonium with a variety of helpful resources.

Rosa Ana Lozada, L.C.S.W

CEO, Harmonium

 

Other current and former clients

San Diego Natural History Museum

Interim CFO / COO

Museum of Us

Interim CFO / COO

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Consulting CFO

Mainly Mozart

Consulting CFO and Accountant Support

nLorem Foundation

Interim CFO

San Diego County Bar Association

Interim CFO

Outside the Lens

Consulting CFO & Accountant Support

Words Alive

Interim Executive Director

Bread & Salt

Consulting CFO

Building Skills Partnership

Consulting CFO

Your Neighborhood Museum

Consulting CFO

Bloom

Consulting CFO & Accountant Support

California Western School of Law

California Western School of Law

Interim CFO

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Townspeople

Interim Executive Director

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Astra Nova School

Consulting CFO / COO & Accountant Support

For Purpose Law Group

Consulting CFO

San Diego Housing Federation

Consulting CFO & Accountant Support

La Jolla Historical Society

Consulting CFO & Accountant Support

MCASD

Interim CFO

A Reason To Survive

Consulting CFO / COO

Mingei International Museum

Mingei International Museum

Interim CFO

For Purpose Law Group

Consulting CFO

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Balboa Art Conservation Center

Interim Executive Director, Consulting CFO

zero8hundred

Consulting CFO

Freedom Dogs

Interim CFO

Clare Rose Center for Creative Youth Development

Consulting CFO and Accountant Support

Harmonium

Interim and Consulting CFO

Prison Yoga Project

Prison Yoga Project

Consulting CFO

The Ecology Center

The Ecology Center

Consulting CFO / COO

Greater Sacramento Urban League

Consulting CFO

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Consulting CFO

Project Left Behind

Consulting CFO

Fleet Science Center

Interim Controller

California Center for the Arts, Escondido

Consulting CFO

San Diego Audubon Society

Consulting CFO

Centro Cultural de la Raza

Consulting CFO

Our Team

T. Hampton Dohrman

Founder, CFO / COO / Executive Director

Sarah Wright

Sarah Wright

Controller

Alex Cedeno

Controller

Elizabeth O’Brien

Senior Accountant

Natalia Almeida

Accountant

Blanca Gonzalez

Accountant

 

 

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