Public Sector & Nonprofit

Hold public money. Satisfy a board. Survive an audit.

ToyBox builds the operational infrastructure that lets mission-driven organizations do all three at once. Twenty years across budgets from $300,000 to $24 million.

King County SCS
Small Contractor & Supplier certified — a scoring factor on King County solicitations, not a footnote.
WA Dept. of Commerce
Three concurrent state appointments in a single fiscal year, including grant evaluator and advisory roles.
She reads the proposals
Katoya evaluates public grant proposals for the State of Washington. She knows what a reviewer looks for because she is one.
What we do

Eight services, three jobs.

Most organizations arrive with one of three problems: the money is at risk, the organization has no one steering it, or the community it serves isn't actually in the room. Everything below sits under one of those.

01  ·  Win and hold public money

Government Contracting & Grant Compliance

For organizations holding — or going after — public money.

2 CFR 200 and Uniform Guidance compliance, indirect cost rate development, contract pricing, reporting systems, proposal and RFP response.

Behind it: Three concurrent Washington State Department of Commerce appointments in one fiscal year — CFVIP grant evaluator (#S26-34555-104), Seattle-King Local Advisory Team member advising a $7M violence-prevention portfolio under RCW 43.79.567, and reentry grant evaluator. $148,560 in dual-government contracting on the BELOVED Campaign across the City of Seattle and King County.

Nonprofit Finance & Fiscal Infrastructure

For organizations whose books, budget and board reporting don't yet agree.

Chart of accounts, restricted fund tracking, cash flow, budget architecture, board-readable reporting, QuickBooks configuration and cleanup.

Behind it: A full financial operating system built for a small nonprofit — three-scenario cash flow, $149K in restricted funds mapped, an indirect cost rate negotiated at 39.35%, and government contract pricing across six contracts. QuickBooks Online Certified User. Built client by client, never from a template.
02  ·  Lead the organization

Fractional & Interim Executive Leadership

For organizations between executives, or too small for a full-time COO and too complex without one.

Operational leadership at a fraction of the cost, including executive transitions — succession planning, search design, and the interim structure that holds while the seat is empty.

Behind it: Chief Operating Officer of a $12M public-safety and health nonprofit — 80+ staff across 14 departments — rebuilding six departments concurrently through a post-embezzlement crisis. Interim finance, operations and HR leadership on contract.

Governance & Board Development

For boards that meet, but don't yet govern.

Committee charters, conflict of interest policy and disclosure process, bylaws review, board skills matrix, financial responsibility and expense approval matrices, decision frameworks.

Behind it: Board service across four organizations, including Governance Chair and Interim Treasurer roles. The Charter Matrix applies Carver's Policy Governance (Carver, J., 1990, Boards That Make a Difference).

HR & People Operations

For organizations where HR has been someone's second job too long.

Handbook, classification, payroll, full-cycle recruiting, onboarding and offboarding runbooks, compliance audit preparation.

Behind it: HR infrastructure for 80+ staff across 14 departments, independently confirmed by a third-party Archbright audit in September 2024.
03  ·  Reach the community

Community Engagement & Outreach

For agencies and organizations that need real participation, not a comment box.

Facilitated sessions, outreach design and delivery, stakeholder coordination, engagement reporting.

Behind it: Community facilitator for the City of Bellevue's affordable housing strategy. Community Led Safety Workgroup facilitation for King County Public Health and Zero Youth Detention, contract #7448. Golden Hour Unboxed, delivered for the City of Bellevue's Cross-Cultural Center Without Walls.

Communications & Campaigns

For agencies and organizations that need a message to actually land.

Public awareness campaign design and production, stakeholder and constituent communications, channel strategy, email and social infrastructure, campaign measurement.

Engagement is two-way — getting people into the room. Communications is the message going out. Most RFPs ask for both; they are not the same work.

Behind it: Project manager and creative director of a dual-government-funded public awareness campaign coordinating 50+ creative workers across the City of Seattle and King County. Full campaign build for Golden Hour Unboxed — email programme, four-channel social, press outreach and sponsor materials.

Training & Capacity Building

For funders building the capacity of the organizations they fund — and for organizations building their own.

Curriculum design, workshop delivery, technical assistance, train-the-trainer.

Behind it: Peer-selected workshop presenter, Washington State Nonprofit Conference 2026. YMCA Cultural Lenses course trainer; YUSA Global Leadership certification. A 14-framework curriculum spine.
Contracting profile

Registered for the work, on both sides of the house.

ToyBox Consulting & Management, LLC is a Washington limited liability company. Capability is presented as what the bench can do rather than as a roster of names — for solicitations requiring named key personnel and resumes, those are supplied with the proposal.

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Before we even talk

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If the money is at risk, or the seat is empty,

Let's find out what it actually needs.

A discovery call is a conversation, not a pitch. Scope and price come after the problem is clear — never before.

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