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Nonprofits Thrive
Focus on your mission. Accomplish your goals. Leave the details to us.
We offer various management and administrative services to nonprofit organizations leaving staff free to fulfill their agency's mission, vision, and goals.

If you’re interested in learning more about our services, email us at or call us at 888.707.2TDP

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Startup
Have an idea for a nonprofit but no idea where to start? That’s where we excel.
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Accounting
Our accounting services are exclusive to non-profits and are provided by skilled & experienced accountants & bookkeepers.
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Human Resources
Led by a Chief Human Resources Officer, our full-service HR department can assist you with everything from crafting position descriptions to acting as a neutral 3rd party for conflict resolution.
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Mergers & Strategic Alliances
When two or more non-profit organizations want to partner, they can achieve better outcomes and promote their missions more efficiently.
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Donor Management
Are you tasked with handling contributions made to your organization?
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Consulting
Looking for a more a la carte approach? The Difference Principle provides a bevy of consulting options to assist you in determining the needs of your non-profit.
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Employer of Record
Does the size of your non-profit make negotiating benefits or processing payroll difficult and time-consuming?
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Our Network
We empower our network partners to focus on achieving their goals and enhancing their communities.
JusticePoint specializes in providing a broad array of programming to local criminal justice systems including pretrial screening/assessment, diversion, treatment court, and pretrial and municipal court supervision and case management. JusticePoint utilizes a variety of actuarial risk assessment tools to identify the unique criminogenic risk and need areas of each individual and targets interventions to reducing that risk. JusticePoint's programs create measurable reductions in justice system expense while increasing public safety.
Sirona Recovery, Inc. serves individuals residing in Milwaukee, Dodge, Fond Du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha Counties seeking support and resources for their recovery, including access to treatment near their home, education and prevention, and assistance with finding a safe place to live.
Justice Initiatives Institute (JII) is a non-partisan research and policy entity dedicated to the promotion of evidence-informed policies, practices, and programs in the criminal justice system. JII is the only policy institute in Wisconsin that is solely dedicated to the criminal justice system.
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Who We Are
The Difference Principle Network operates under one primary objective – to provide evidence-backed management and administrative services to nonprofit organizations.
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Recent News
Nonprofits may need to spend about one-third of their budget on overhead to thrive – contradicting a rule of thumb for donors
Nonprofits that spend more on information technology, facilities, equipment, staff training, program development and fundraising tend to be more successful than those that scrimp on these"overhead expenses.“ But many donors are reluctant to support groups that spend heavily on those priorities because they associate high overhead costs with wasted money and bad management.
Hala Altamimi
September 19, 2022
NPOs Added $1.4 Trillion To U.S. Economy
Nonprofits contributed $1.4 trillion to the nation’s economy during the first quarter of 2022, with growth in the gross value added by nonprofits exceeding the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 1%.
The NonProfit Times
July 5, 2022
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