Experience Without The Full-Time Commitment
Chief Stack provides experienced leaders for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations. We place them from the manager level through chief, on a monthly retainer, for as long as you need them.
What makes this work
They've held the seat
Each placement brings a track record in the same function, at a similar scale.
They lead, not advise
Manager, director and chief level all mean real authority: the team, the budget, the board conversation. Decisions get made, not deferred to a deck.
They know the sector
Grant cycles, board dynamics, restricted funds, program reporting. Mission-driven work has its own constraints, and our leaders have already worked inside them.
You pay for the seat, not the overhead
One monthly retainer, scoped to what the role carries. No search fee, no severance, no benefits load. See what $2,500 buys you →
"I stopped being the only person who knew where everything was. That was the whole point."
Executive Director, immigration organizing organization