About
We built this because we kept watching grant managers leave.
Bothy started inside Coach House — a Louisville-based studio working with small-to-mid nonprofits on their operations. Across our client portfolio we kept seeing the same pattern: a development director or grants manager doing extraordinary work, drowning in a patchwork of seven tools, and quietly looking for another job by the time we noticed.
The data backs it up: half of nonprofit fundraisers say they'll leave their current role within two years. Eight in ten employees blame disconnected technology systems for their burnout. The cost of replacing one of them is roughly $50,000. And the people doing this work are usually the only person at the org doing this work.
Most fund development tools are designed for the donor experience or the grantmaker experience. We're designing for the employee experience. The grants manager. The development director. The ED who's also the fundraiser also the program director.
Their workflow is the design center.
Why Bothy
A bothy is a working shelter.
In the Scottish highlands, a bothy is a basic dwelling — usually a single stone-walled room with a roof — left unlocked for hikers, shepherds, and travelers who need shelter between stretches of hard work. It is not the main house. It is not for show. It exists for the person doing the work in the weather.
That's the product. The grants manager working late on a Sunday doesn't need a Salesforce. They need a small, well-built shelter for the work itself — calm, sturdy, exactly the right size, and always there when they need it.
We're built by Coach House — both are working outbuildings, both serve the household's actual labor. The naming is intentional.
What we believe
Software should reduce tools, not add them.
If we ship a feature that adds friction without replacing a heavier process, we've failed. Every new release should let your team delete something — a spreadsheet, a notes doc, a tool, a step.
Sustainability of the org includes sustainability of the people.
Mission impact compounds when the same person stays in the role for 5+ years. We measure ourselves not by how many features we ship but by how long our customers' grants managers stay.
Curated > comprehensive.
10,000 funders in a database is paralysis. 30 funders matched specifically to your org is action. We're a focused workspace, not a generic database.
Honesty about pricing.
All our prices are public. The setup fee covers real human research; the subscription covers real software costs and real support. No quotes, no surprise renewals, no penalty for being small.
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We're onboarding the first 50 paid customers personally. First-50 customers get setup fees waived AND a custom opportunity build at signup.