What Humentum does

Humentum is a Washington, DC-headquartered nonprofit support organization (founded 2004 as Mango) that builds capacity for NGOs, nonprofits, and their funders through training, consulting, membership, and sector-standard-setting. The organization serves 1,500+ social good organizations across 30+ countries via four primary offerings: the Solutions Hub annual membership (organization-wide access to 200+ courses, coaching, templates, and a peer forum), individual certification courses (Project DPro with 5,041 enrollees, MEAL DPro with 1,935 enrollees, leadership and governance courses priced $439-$599 per seat), NGO In-House Training for teams of 8+, and a consulting practice covering financial management, risk, governance, strategy, and operational effectiveness. Its technology stack centers on Humentum Learning Services (HLS), a cloud-based LMS with self-directed and live online delivery, and Humentum Connect, a Hivebrite-powered community platform for peer engagement.

Humentum's revenue model combines per-seat course fees, annual organizational membership subscriptions, customized in-house training contracts, and consulting engagements, supplemented by restricted grants from major funders including Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Mastercard Foundation, Oak Foundation, and the UK FCDO. The organization co-developed, alongside CIPFA, the International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS) published October 2025 and housed in the newly created International Non-Profit Reporting Foundation (INPRF)—the first global financial reporting standard for nonprofits. INPAS development engaged 358 organizations across 86 countries and 15,000 individuals over six years. Humentum is led by Co-CEO Chris Proulx and operates with staff and experts in 30+ countries, with major institutional customers including World Vision, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, IRC, Greenpeace, CARE, CHAI, and FHI 360.

Name

Humentum

Legal name

Humentum

Website

https://humentum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Humentum is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that provides training, membership, consulting, and community services to 1,500+ NGOs and nonprofits across 30+ countries, and co-developed INPAS, the world's first global nonprofit accounting standard, with CIPFA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Course Registration Fees: Individual and team training courses sold at fixed price points. Courses like Project DPro ($449), MEAL DPro ($439-$499), and Leadership courses ($539-$599) are sold per seat with member discounts. Group registrations of 8+ qualify for additional discounts.
2. Solutions Hub Membership: Annual membership providing organizations access to tailored coaching, on-demand training, templates, leadership coaching, peer learning forums, and exclusive discounts on courses and in-house training. One price covers entire staff of member organizations.
3. In-House/Organizational Training: Private delivery of any Humentum course to organizations for groups of 10+. Customized scheduling and organization-specific content with dedicated facilitator and project manager. Members receive 10% additional discount on top of organizational training packages.
4. Consulting Services: Strategic consulting engagements covering financial management, cost recovery, funding strategy, risk management, governance, people and culture, strategy, business model, and operational effectiveness. Delivered by global team of expert consultants.
5. Capacity Building (Funder Partnerships): Strategic Funder Support services where Humentum partners with funders to build, strengthen, and sunset partner organizations through capacity building initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Humentum is a global nonprofit support organization that delivers training, consulting, and membership-based capacity building services to NGOs, nonprofits, and their funders. It operates the Solutions Hub membership (one-price access for entire organization staff to 200+ courses, coaching, templates, and peer forums), delivers instructor-led and self-directed certification courses (Project DPro, MEAL DPro, governance, leadership, AI), and provides private in-house team training. The organization also runs a Learning Management System (Humentum Learning Services) and the Humentum Connect community platform, and co-developed the INPAS global nonprofit accounting standard with CIPFA.

Product overview

Humentum is a global nonprofit support organization offering a unified platform of training, membership, and consulting services for NGOs and nonprofits. The core offerings include the Solutions Hub Membership (access to 200+ courses and resources), instructor-led and self-directed training courses (Project DPro, MEAL DPro, leadership courses, AI for Project Managers), NGO In-house Training for team-based learning, Humentum Learning Services (LMS), Humentum Connect community platform, and specialized consulting services. The organization also drives sector initiatives including INPAS (the first global nonprofit accounting standard) and the TIME Transformation Lab. Free resources include templates for logframes, risk registers, AI governance guides, and risk management guides. Courses range from $439-$599 and prepare learners for globally recognized certifications from PM4NGOs.org.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solutions Hub Membership Annual membership platform providing NGOs and nonprofits with organization-wide access to 200+ courses, leadership coaching, templates, peer learning forums, exclusive discounts, and tailored coaching for their entire staff at a single price.
• Project DPro (Project Management for Development Professionals) Live online certification training course covering end-to-end project management for the development sector, preparing learners for the globally recognized Project DPro Foundation Certification Exam administered by PM4NGOs.org.
• MEAL DPro (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) Self-directed certification training course covering logic models, data collection, analysis, and MEAL reporting, preparing learners for the globally recognized MEAL DPro Exam administered by PM4NGOs.org.
• Leading NGO Teams Through Uncertainty 6-week live online leadership course using the proprietary CLEAR Leadership Model to help NGO leaders manage teams through change, restructuring, and uncertainty.
• Building a Foundation in NGO Good Governance 3.5-week governance training course for board members and senior leaders covering governance models, board composition, effectiveness, and dynamics through 7 live webinars.
• AI for Project Managers: A Practical Masterclass 1.5-week online instructor-led masterclass teaching project managers to integrate AI tools and workflows across the full project lifecycle, with a digital badge upon completion.
• NGO In-house Training Private delivery of any Humentum course to organizations with 8+ staff, customized to the organization's schedule, allowing teams to build common language and unified skills together.
• NGO & Nonprofit Consulting Strategic consulting services delivered by a global team of expert consultants covering financial management, cost recovery, funding strategy, risk management, governance, people & culture, strategy, business model, and operational effectiveness for NGOs and funders.
• Strategic Funder Support Capacity building partnership service where Humentum works with funders (foundations, bilateral/multilateral donors) to build, strengthen, and sunset their grantee partner organizations.
• INPAS (International Non-Profit Accounting Standard) The world's first global nonprofit accounting standard, providing a standalone accrual-based financial reporting framework for nonprofits, including guidance on narrative reporting, grant income recognition, and restricted/unrestricted fund presentation. Published October 2025 by the International Non-Profit Reporting Foundation (INPRF).

Quantifiable outcome

• Adoption of INPAS will ease burden of multiple grant reports and audits, streamline due diligence
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers42 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder of the International Non-Profit Reporting Foundation (INPRF) alongside Humentum. Jointly developed the International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS) over six years as the primary output of the IFR4NPO project. CIPFA provides professional public finance expertise while Humentum contributes nonprofit sector knowledge and global NGO network.
• International Non-Profit Reporting Foundation (INPRF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNewly created nonprofit foundation established to develop and promote globally accepted financial reporting standards for nonprofits. Humentum and CIPFA are founding members. INPRF publishes and will oversee future maintenance and development of INPAS.
• PM4NGOscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExam provider partner for Project DPro and MEAL DPro certification exams. Humentum courses prepare learners for PM4NGOs certification exams which are arranged separately online after course completion. Exam costs starting from $30.
• WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as strategic partner and funder logo on Humentum homepage. WINGS promotes and supports philanthropy infrastructure globally.
• EngenderHealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as strategic partner logo on homepage. EngenderHealth partnered with Humentum on TIME Initiative (Transforming INGO Models for Equity) supporting launch and program partnership.
• Catalyst 2030minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as strategic partner logo on homepage. Catalyst 2030 is a global collaboration of social innovators working to achieve the SDGs.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• NetHope: NetHope is a membership consortium of roughly 60 humanitarian and international development organizations focused on technology and capacity building. Humentum and NetHope serve a similar INGO audience with overlapping funder networks and capacity-building services.
• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services: CompassPoint delivers leadership coaching, training, and consulting to U.S. nonprofits. Humentum's Solutions Hub membership, leadership courses, and consulting practice serve a closely overlapping audience of nonprofit leaders with a comparable mix of training and advisory services.
• Candid: Candid (formed from the merger of Foundation Center and GuideStar) provides transparency, research, and learning resources for the nonprofit sector. Humentum's INPAS-driven reporting training and governance curriculum compete with Candid's training offerings for the same nonprofit audience.
• TechSoup: TechSoup provides discounted technology, learning resources, and capacity-building tools to nonprofits globally. Humentum's Humentum Learning Services (LMS) and free resources (e.g., Risk Register, Logframe templates) compete in the same nonprofit capacity-building digital-tooling category.
• Synergos: Synergos is a global nonprofit that builds bridges between donors, governments, and nonprofits to advance equitable development. Synergos's capacity-building and partnership-brokering work closely parallels Humentum's strategic funder support and NGO capacity initiatives.
• InterAction: InterAction is the largest U.S. alliance of international NGOs, providing policy advocacy, training, and resources to its members. Humentum's membership model and INGO capacity-building services overlap with InterAction's member-benefit offerings, often to overlapping NGO customers.
• BoardSource: BoardSource provides governance training, resources, and consulting for nonprofit boards and executives. Humentum's 'Building a Foundation in NGO Good Governance' course overlaps directly with BoardSource's governance training offerings for a similar nonprofit leader audience.

Broad incumbents

• PM4NGOs: PM4NGOs is the certification body whose Project DPro and MEAL DPro exams Humentum's flagship courses feed into. Both organizations serve the same development-sector professional audience with complementary project management training and certification offerings.
• Bridgespan Group: Bridgespan Group is a global strategy consulting firm focused on the social sector. Humentum's consulting practice on strategy, governance, and operational effectiveness overlaps with Bridgespan's nonprofit and philanthropy advisory work, though Bridgespan operates at a different scale and engagement profile.
• FSG: FSG is a global strategy consulting firm for foundations and nonprofits, with deep guidance on strategy, evaluation, and organizational effectiveness. Humentum's consulting practice and partner offerings overlap with FSG's social-sector advisory work, though FSG operates at a broader and higher-touch consulting tier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/humentum_org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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