About
Coordinated expertise for nonprofits ready to broaden their impact.
WorkStream provides coordinated support, training, and financial services to small and mid-sized nonprofits. Our multifaceted approach helps reduce inefficiencies and increase scalability.
Why WorkStream exists
Operational challenges are interconnected. The support should be too.
Unlike agencies with a single specialty, WorkStream’s dynamic team of expert partners is fluid enough to help nonprofits address a wide range of operational challenges.
WorkStream helps leaders, employees, specialists, and community members work together so organizations can create more impact with the resources available.
Guided by Effective Altruism
Make the largest positive impact possible with the resources available.
WorkStream is guided by the core principle of Effective Altruism: using evidence, thoughtful prioritization, and practical action to do as much good as possible.
Animal advocacy
AI safety
Global health and wellbeing
Long-termism
Nonprofits in our neighborhoods
Our Values
The beliefs behind the work.
Every nonprofit can help change the world
The right systems help mission-driven organizations turn limited resources into greater impact.
Many experts outperform one person working alone
Coordinated knowledge and experience produce stronger solutions than isolated specialties.
Diagnosis comes before solving
Understanding the real cause of an operational challenge is the first step toward overcoming it.
What nonprofit leaders say
Collaborative, practical, and deeply embedded support.
“Deena has been an invaluable partner in keeping CAIS running smoothly during a critical transition period. She stepped in seamlessly and ensured that operations, hiring, and financial processes stayed on track. She played a key role in hiring across multiple areas—including our COO, program manager, communications director, policy lead, and operations associate—helping us build a stronger team. She also handled complex HR challenges with professionalism and care.”
Oliver Zhang
Center for AI Safety
“Deena has a knack for getting to the heart of the matter. She can help you improve how you manage tasks and how you think about your approach as a whole.”
Kat Woods
Nonlinear
“The GRIP Readiness program provided invaluable clarity and strategic direction for our food rescue organization. Participating in April allowed us to re-evaluate our day-to-day operations and evaluate our long-term impact through a fresh lens, and I appreciated Deena's honesty from an outside perspective.
The external perspective and consulting brought by the WorkStream Nonprofit team was transformative and something we still refer to and use today. They identified operational efficiencies and strategic opportunities we had overlooked, equipping our leadership team with actionable frameworks to scale our food redistribution efforts effectively. For any nonprofit looking to strengthen its foundation and expand its mission, the GRIP Readiness program is an exceptional investment.”
Omar Tarabishi
Leftover Love, Inc.
Providers & Partners
A multidisciplinary team for interconnected nonprofit challenges.
WorkStream brings together operations, finance, technology, communications, fundraising, and leadership expertise so nonprofits can address the whole system.
Deena Englander
Founder & CEO, WorkStream Business Systems & WorkStream Nonprofit
Deena leads both WorkStream Business Systems and WorkStream Nonprofit with a bold mission: to empower organizations to...
Marily De Alba Gonzalez
Fundraising + Partnerships
Marily specializes in fundraising, partner engagement, and program management for organizations working toward transformative change. She cultivates strategic partnership...
Penina Adler
Bookkeeping + Technology Systems Implementation
Penina leads WorkStream’s Bookkeeping and Technology Systems Implementation divisions. She delivers comprehensive...
Bess Caplan
Nonprofit Management
Bess brings 17 years of dedicated nonprofit experience. She specializes in organizational management and coordination, grant writing, and grant management. Known for translating...
Isa Tise Walsh
Fractional COO
Isa is a management and development authority specializing in people management, organizational strategy, and change management. They coach leaders and team...
Brooke Sparks
Marketing + Communications
Brooke leads WorkStream’s Marketing and Communications division. She helps mission-driven organizations strengthen their brand presence, engage audiences, and tell their...
Freddy Zwanzger
General Management Consultant
Based in Germany, Freddy brings expertise in organizational strategy and growth, project management, and product management. He is a serial technology entrepreneur who shares...
Jayne Samborn
Communications + Operations
Jayne Samborn is a communications and operations professional with experience supporting nonprofit, public affairs, and higher education organizations through...
Deena Englander
Founder & CEO, WorkStream Business Systems & WorkStream Nonprofit
Deena leads both WorkStream Business Systems and WorkStream Nonprofit with a bold mission: to empower organizations to “cut waste, grow smart, and power up impact by 30% or more.”
In her dual roles, she champions streamlined workflows and automated systems, equipping nonprofits and businesses alike with the operational tools that drive greater efficiency, sustainability, and impact—a mission at the heart of WorkStream’s promise.
Backed by 17 years of expertise in workflow development, data analysis, and business intelligence, Deena delivers strategic insights that help organizations build coordinated support, training, and critical administrative and financial systems—especially for small and mid-sized nonprofits seeking to scale their missions.
As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an active member of the Effective Altruism movement, Deena leads with both precision and purpose—ensuring that every system she builds isn’t just well-designed, but mission-aligned and impact-driven. She believes that a good system and a well trained team build impacts that last through generations.
Marily De Alba Gonzalez
Fundraising + Partnerships
Marily specializes in fundraising, partner engagement, and program management for organizations working toward transformative change. She cultivates strategic partnerships and donor relationships while strengthening organizational capacity through systems thinking and community-centered approaches. Marily helps nonprofits secure sustainable funding, build meaningful stakeholder connections, and advance mission-driven initiatives at the global, national, and local levels.
Penina Adler
Bookkeeping + Technology Systems Implementation
Penina leads our Bookkeeping + Technology Systems Implementation divisions. She specializes in delivering comprehensive financial management services while enhancing business operations through customized CRM implementation. Penina helps organizations maintain accurate financial records, streamline accounting processes, and leverage technology such as CRM systems and project management software to connect customer data with financial insights for more informed decision-making.
Brooke Sparks
Marketing + Communications
Brooke leads our Marketing and Communications division. She helps mission-driven organizations strengthen their brand presence, engage audiences, and tell their stories with clarity and impact. Brooke develops marketing plans that integrate social media, newsletters, on-page SEO, and CRM tools, aligning each organization’s messaging and brand voice to reach the right audiences and inspire meaningful connection.
Freddy Zwanzger
General Management Consultant
Based in Germany, Freddy serves as a general management consultant, with profound expertise in organizational strategy & growth as well as project & product management. He is a serial tech entrepreneur and loves to share his experiences as a hands-on angel investor, board member and mentor. After six years in blockchain technology, he is happy to have found a highly impactful community in Effective Altruism at the start of 2025. He also took the Giving What We Can 10% Pledge and Founders Pledge.
Bess Caplan
Nonprofit Management
Bess is a consultant with Workstream Nonprofit, bringing 17 years of dedicated experience in the nonprofit sector. She specializes in organizational management and coordination, with expertise in grant writing and grant management. Known for her ability to translate vision into action, Bess has a proven track record of launching programs from the ground up and turning ambitious ideas into tangible results. Her behind-the-scenes leadership ensures that organizations run efficiently and that the work that matters most gets done.
Isa Tise Walsh
Fractional COO
Isa is a management and development authority specialising in people management, organisational strategy, and change management. They coach leaders and teams through complexity — building the clarity, structures, and accountability practices that allow mission-driven organisations in the public, private, or third-sectors to operate at their best. Whether working at the strategic or operational level, Isa is focused on making systems and organisations as effective, impactful, and equitable as possible.
Jayne Samborn
Communications + Operations
Isa is a management and development authority specialising in people management, organisational strategy, and change management. They coach leaders and teams through complexity — building the clarity, structures, and accountability practices that allow mission-driven organisations in the public, private, or third-sectors to operate at their best. Whether working at the strategic or operational level, Isa is focused on making systems and organisations as effective, impactful, and equitable as possible.
Board of Directors
Governance and oversight.
Deena Englander
President
Patrick Liu
Board Member
Samantha Kagel
Board Member
Kristyn Berger
Board Member
Jessica Divito
Board Member
Pardhu Namburi
Secretary
Tina Bralley
Treasurer
Careers
Help mission-driven organizations build stronger operations.
Entry-level operations
Junior Ops Associate
Support our client work across operations, finances, and back-office tasks while you learn how nonprofits run from the inside. One week you might manage a calendar, the next you might clean up a donor database or help plan an event. This is a fully remote contractor role, $15–25 per hour based on location, 20-plus hours a week.
What WorkStream is looking for
Strong organization, clear communication, and reliable follow-through, plus the flexibility to jump between different tasks and clients. Nonprofit experience is a plus, not a requirement.
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