BoardForge — Board Management for Nonprofits
Built by a nonprofit Board Chair · Free for mission-driven boards

Turn Your Board Into an Active Network.

Jordan, your AI Chief of Staff for nonprofit boards — meeting intelligence, action tracking, and member activation in one place. Free for nonprofits.

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Most boards meet quarterly. Impact shouldn't.

Sharon Klardie, Founder
Founder Story

"I got tired of watching great strategic plans sit on a shelf between board meetings."

Sharon Klardie has spent 25 years in the nonprofit sector and chaired four boards. BoardForge is what she wished existed every time a brilliant idea died in the silence between quarterly meetings.

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Most nonprofit boards aren't lacking talent — they're lacking activation.

There's no simple system to answer:

Who can help?Who can connect?Who can move this forward?

So opportunities stall — and impact slows.

The Connection Engine

Three things BoardForge does

BoardForge activates the people around the table — surfacing opportunities, prompting the right asks, and turning passive participation into meaningful contribution.

Built for speed, simplicity, and real-world board dynamics.

Strategy Tracking

Keep your strategic plan alive. Track goals, surface what needs attention, and make sure your board's commitments don't disappear between meetings.

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Powered by the Connection Engine

Move beyond updates and discussions — activate your board through targeted asks, introductions, and real follow-through.

Board Engagement

Events, action items, ideas, and RSVP tracking. Everything your board needs to stay active and accountable without another email chain.

AI-Powered

Meet Jordan, Your Chief of Staff

Jordan is always watching the big picture — surfacing what needs your attention before you even ask. Missed RSVPs, overdue tasks, meetings without agendas — Jordan handles it so you don't have to dig.

  • Proactive nudges on your dashboard — no clicking required
  • Weekly briefings personalized to your role and responsibilities
  • Conversational chat — ask anything about your board
  • Smart meeting prep that pulls together everything you need
Jordan

Jordan

Chief of Staff

Good morning! I noticed 3 members haven't RSVPed for the Q2 Board Meeting yet. Want me to flag that for the Chair?
What's on my plate this week?
You've got 2 overdue tasks and the Finance Committee report is due Friday. I've pulled together your prep notes — want me to walk through them?
What's on my plate?
Weekly Briefing
Overdue Tasks

How It Works

From setup to an active board in three simple steps.

Step 01

Explore your board's potential

Tell BoardForge about your nonprofit, your mission, and your current board. Takes about 2 minutes.

Step 02

Surface connections and opportunities

BoardForge generates a tailored board workspace with engagement opportunities, connection asks, and workflows ready to go.

Step 03

Turn conversations into action

Members respond to asks, RSVP to opportunities, share ideas, and track their real contributions.

Building in Public

Help Shape This

BoardForge is being built in the open. We're working with early users to refine what actually helps boards move faster and have more impact.

Independent Product Valuation

What Would This Cost to Build?

We ran BoardForge through Price My App, an independent app valuation tool. Here's what it found.

US Agency

$180k – $482k

Full-service delivery, 9–22 weeks

US Freelancer

$76k – $214k

Solo dev, 20–52 weeks

Offshore Team

$27k – $114k

Lower rate, 15–37 weeks

Estimated Build Hours

693 – 1,298

Raw engineering hours

Vibe Coding Savings

$63k – $289k

Built with Replit Agent

Complexity Score

68 / 100

High confidence rating

Estimates provided by Price My App · View full report

Be Part of the First Wave

We're bringing in a small group of nonprofit leaders to test and shape BoardForge. If you want to help define what this becomes — we'd love to have you.