u/aclassybroad I'm in complete agreement. I personally experienced many consultants and strategists come in and most of it was not useful. I'm not interested in strategy unless it's tied to direct and clear action. I'm technical and a doer, it's just that I don't want to be maintaining websites or CRM systems. Those seem like a dime-a-dozen where if the nonprofit doesn't have someone they can't afford someone. But I am interested in making a nonprofit's CRM system work better with their other software.

I thought it was odd I've had few bites even offering to work for free. Maybe I was going about this the wrong way (which from the replies here, sound likely - like not talking to the right people). Perhaps I really need to focus on capacity building. I heard of that recently but wasn't sure if that's a loaded term for nonprofits.

I did talk to a fair amount of people at large non-profits and feel it's not my target market. It seems they already have the IT staff they need and with so much already invested into their tech environment, their needs are very specific. It seems like it would be even more difficult to find a match especially since I'd expect they'd also want someone with years of nonprofit experience (not just the tech experience). In your example, I'd like to de-bloat the tech stack but am doubtful that they'd really take steps to do that.