Case Study: NY Sun Works achieves 20% efficiency boost with Accelo

How Accelo Helped This Educational Innovator Increase Efficiency by 20%

NY Sun Works is a nonprofit that builds hydroponic science labs in urban schools through its Greenhouse Project. As the organization grew to 129+ schools, it faced operational friction—late billing, lost emails and poor handoffs between proposals, invoicing and service delivery—that threatened its ability to scale.

Director of Finance Margarita Rosas led a thorough evaluation and implemented Accelo, integrated with QuickBooks Online, to capture emails, log time and automate invoicing. The centralized system cut manual admin, increased efficiency by 20%, reduced billing to about 30 minutes, improved project visibility and freed staff to focus on strengthening client relationships.

NY Sun Works

Margarita Rosas

Director of Finance and Performance