
Cybersecurity Guide for Nonprofits: Protect Your Data, Donors, and Mission
Essential cybersecurity guide for nonprofits. Learn how to protect donor data from phishing, ransomware, and breaches on a nonprofit budget.
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Essential cybersecurity guide for nonprofits. Learn how to protect donor data from phishing, ransomware, and breaches on a nonprofit budget.

The short answer: For most nonprofits with 10–75 staff, outsourcing IT to a managed services provider costs less, scales faster, and reduces risk compared to hiring a full-time IT employee. Hiring in-house makes sense when your organization needs dedicated on-site support daily or manages highly sensitive infrastructure that requires constant

TL;DR: Scottship Solutions breaks down what nonprofits actually pay for fractional CIO services: monthly retainers run $2,000–$8,000/month, hourly work runs $150–$300/hour, and defined projects run $5,000–$25,000. The right model depends on your size, IT complexity, and how much ongoing strategic leadership you need. This post covers the three pricing structures,