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DFL × Dopple

18-month engineering engagement — milestones, proposals, specs & design docs.

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Milestones
18 mo
Duration
$882K
Retainer Total
6.00%
Equity

Counter-proposal v2 · $49,000/mo retainer · Updated June 8, 2026

📋 Statement of Work v2 — June 8

SOW documents updated with Josh's feedback, expanded donor portal scope, and revised terms

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Original Template

Lisa's SOW template — all blanks, DFL fills in numbers

Google Drive ↗
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Filled-In SOW

v2

Milestone-based pricing · M4 $240K (v1.2) · 6% equity · 90-day cancel

Google Drive ↗
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Counter-Proposal

v2

$49K/mo retainer × 18 mo = $882K · 6% equity · Josh's notes incorporated

Google Drive ↗
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Filled SOW — Branded PDF

v2

DFL-branded PDF with all v2 numbers

↓ PDF
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Counter-Proposal — Branded PDF

v2

$49K/mo retainer model with structural improvements

↓ PDF

📝 Josh's Negotiation Notes New

Key positions from Josh's review — all incorporated into v2 documents

💰 Retainer: $49,000/mo × 18 = $882,000. Early completion of milestones does not reduce or terminate the retainer.
📊 Equity: 6.00% fully diluted — monthly vesting, no cliff, 100% acceleration on termination without cause.
🚫 No UA Gate: DFL is a dev shop. We build analytics, retention tools, and conversion infra — not user acquisition campaigns. M2 reframed accordingly.
🔧 Live Ops: 10 hours/week dedicated to production support, bug fixes, and polish for the entire 18-month contract.
📋 New Features = New SOW: Any additional features beyond documented scope require a new Statement of Work with separate funding.
🛡️ Cancellation: 90 days' written notice + $49K cancellation fee + 100% equity acceleration if Client terminates without cause.
🔑 Contractor Tools: DFL retains pre-existing tools with a licensing fee arrangement (replaces royalty-free license). Separate agreement.
⏱️ Early Delivery: If milestones are completed ahead of schedule, the retainer continues at full rate. Protection from early delivery gap.
1

Stabilization & GTM Prep

$80,000 Months 1–3

Homepage rebuild, analytics instrumentation, email flows, DNS stabilization

Landing Page Mocks

LIVE
Figma Homepage

Dopple Homepage — Role Selector

Figma sandbox homepage with role cards (Parents, Donor, Service Providers, Investors), feature sections, and linked product routes. No preview chrome.

homepage linked sandbox figma 2699:143
NEW
Dopple v9 Proposed

Dopple Homepage — Claude Draft

Lisa's proposed landing page redesign. Self-contained HTML with inline styles — forest/teal palette, grant matching hero, "How It Works" flow.

single-page static HTML needs integration
⚠️ Integration Work Required

Beyond "just hosting an HTML file"

  • Component extraction — break monolithic HTML into React/Next.js components for the existing codebase
  • Backend integration — connect CTAs to registration API, eligibility check endpoints, Stripe checkout
  • Auth flows — wire sign-up/login to existing Firebase auth + Dopple user service
  • Asset optimization — replace inline base64 images with CDN-hosted, compressed assets; lazy loading
  • Responsive QA — test across breakpoints, fix mobile nav, touch interactions
  • Analytics — instrument GA4, Clarity heatmaps, conversion funnels for each CTA
  • SEO & meta — structured data, OG tags, sitemap, canonical URLs
  • A/B testing infra — split test this vs current vs enhanced variants
  • Content management — stats, copy, and eligibility criteria need CMS or config-driven updates
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) — color contrast, keyboard nav, screen reader labels, focus management
  • Performance — eliminate render-blocking inline CSS (~55KB), implement code splitting
Technical

Site Audit & Fixes

Technical audit of thedopple.com — broken subdomains, UX issues, open APIs, and recommended fixes.

security DNS UX fixes

Documents

🎨

Dopple Design Bible

Brand guidelines, color palettes, visual standards

↓ PDF
🖼️

Full Figma Designs (74 pages)

All screens — consumer platform, onboarding, checkout, landing variants, donor portal

Google Drive ↗
2

Platform Analytics & Retention Tooling

$100,000 Day 30–365 Reframed

Analytics dashboards, conversion funnels, onboarding optimization, A/B testing infrastructure, retention metrics

📌 Per Josh: DFL is a dev shop that focuses on development, not user acquisition. This milestone was reframed from "User Acquisition & Growth" to analytics/retention tooling. DFL builds the infrastructure; Dopple handles marketing campaigns and UA strategy.

What DFL Builds

•Analytics dashboards
•Conversion funnel tracking
•Onboarding optimization
•A/B testing infrastructure
•Retention metrics & alerts
•User behavior analytics
Research

Competitive Intelligence Report

15-page analysis: Starlight deep dive, Findhelp, Single Stop, Propel, gamification case studies, feature matrix, and strategic recommendations.

Strategy

Gamification Strategy

Donor leaderboards, loot box mechanics, earned economy — applying DFL's social gaming expertise to Dopple.

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Competitive Report PDF

15 pages — Starlight, Findhelp, gamification case studies

↓ PDF
3

Live Operations & Maintenance

$7,600/mo All 18 Months Updated

10 hours/week dedicated to production support, bug fixes, performance optimization across all deployed systems.

What's Included — 10 hrs/week

• Bug fixes & hotfixes
• Uptime monitoring
• Security patches
• Dependency updates
• Database maintenance
• Integration monitoring

Per Josh: 10 hrs/week for the entire 18-month contract. Hours do not roll over. In the counter-proposal, this is folded into the $49K/mo retainer.

10 hrs × $175/hr = $7,600/mo ×18 months = $136,800 total
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The Family Capital Foundation — Donor Portal

$240,000 Day 120–270 3× Scope Increase

Full FCF portal per v1.2 spec — 10 pages, Stripe + Chariot/DAFpay, checkout integration, Pacific Clinics partner portal, automated reporting

⚠️ Major scope increase (v1.0 → v1.2): Original spec was ~20 lines (3 pages, basic auth, $110K). Spec v1.2 is a full product: 10 pages, 2 payment integrations (Stripe + Chariot/DAFpay), checkout round-up/tip on dopple.com, Pacific Clinics partner portal with HIPAA considerations, automated quarterly/annual reporting, "Let Dopple Allocate" AI feature. Estimate revised to $240K.

Design Prototypes

NEW — v1.2
FCF 10 Pages

FCF Site — Complete Prototype

Lisa's 10-page interactive prototype for The Family Capital Foundation. Dark green/cream palette, Playfair Display + DM Sans, all pages navigable.

homepage dashboard onboarding allocation impact partner portal
v1.0
Original Linked

Donor Portal — Original Sandbox (v1.0)

Auth, allocation preferences, and impact dashboard as separate routes. Superseded by v1.2 FCF spec.

3 routes superseded

v1.2 Spec Breakdown — 10 Pages

Click to expand full scope

📄 10 Pages

  • Homepage (hero, stats, cause categories)
  • Donor Dashboard (portfolio, impact metrics)
  • 5-Step Onboarding Flow
  • Allocation Settings (cause chips, geography)
  • Impact Page (real-time metrics)
  • For Donors (FAQs, testimonials)
  • About Page
  • Contact Page
  • Partner Portal (Pacific Clinics)
  • Statements (quarterly/annual)

💳 4 Capital Intake Channels

  • Round-up at checkout — dopple.com integration
  • Tip at checkout — $3/$5/$10 options
  • Individual donors — $1K–$50K portal
  • DAF/Foundation — $50K+ via Chariot/DAFpay

🔧 Key Integrations

  • Stripe (payments)
  • Chariot/DAFpay (Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, BNY Mellon)
  • Pacific Clinics partner dashboard
  • "Let Dopple Allocate" AI feature
  • Automated PDF reports & tax statements

⚠️ HIPAA / 42 CFR Part 2 Consideration

Pacific Clinics partner portal shows clinical outcomes data. Requires HIPAA/42 CFR Part 2 compliance review before handling any protected health information.

Documents

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Donor Portal Spec v1.2

New

Full FCF spec — 10 pages, 4 intake channels, Pacific Clinics

↓ DOCX
🎨

FCF Site Design Spec

New

10-page design spec — tokens, copy decisions, launch checklist

↓ PDF
📝

Donor Portal Spec v1.0 (superseded)

Original requirements — 3 pages, basic auth, $110K

↓ DOCX
📊

Donor Pitch Deck

11-page deck — founder story, giving tiers ($1K–$50K+)

↓ PDF
🖼️

Figma Designs — Donor Screens

Pages 64–72: DCG homepage, sign-up, allocations, dashboard

Google Drive ↗
5+6

Grant Intelligence & AI Matching

$260,000 Day 270–420

Full 4-stage AI pipeline: Discovery → Scoring → Partner Matching → Application Drafting. Merged M5 (Grants Engine) + M6 (AI Matching Logic).

⚠️ Major scope escalation: Lisa's Grant Intelligence spec reveals this is far larger than the original SOW suggests. Original estimate was ~$75K — revised to $200K–$300K based on the spec. The counter-proposal prices this at $360K (9 months × $40K/mo).

AI Pipeline Architecture

1

Discovery

Aggregate grants from Instrumentl, Grants.gov, SAM.gov, Candid

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2

Scoring

AI reads & scores grants against org profile, priorities, and capacity

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3

Partner Match

Match grants to nonprofit partners based on eligibility & alignment

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4

Drafting

AI drafts grant applications with RAG-powered content generation

Full Spec Breakdown

4 build phases spanning 7+ months — click to expand

Phase 1 — Foundation (6–8 weeks)

  • Grant database schema & ingestion pipeline
  • 5+ API integrations (Instrumentl, Grants.gov, SAM.gov, Candid, Dopple Platform)
  • Basic search & filtering interface

Phase 2 — AI Scoring (4–6 weeks)

  • AI grant reading & comprehension engine
  • Multi-factor scoring model (eligibility, alignment, capacity, funding history)
  • Score explanation & confidence visualization

Phase 3 — Partner Matching (4–6 weeks)

  • Nonprofit partner profile system
  • AI matching logic (overlaps with M6 scope)
  • Recommendation engine with match quality scores

Phase 4 — Application Drafting (6–8 weeks)

  • RAG pipeline for org-specific content generation
  • Inline document editor with AI suggestions
  • Review & approval workflow
  • 4 dashboard views (Discovery, Pipeline, Analytics, Settings)

⚠️ Key Concerns

  • API costs — Instrumentl, AI model inference, SAM.gov polling are ongoing Dopple operating expenses
  • Dopple Platform API — spec assumes an API that may not exist yet; adds dependency
  • Quality targets — 85% relevance accuracy for AI scoring is aggressive for v1
  • Prototype → Production gap — spec reads like a prototype plan; production hardening adds 40-60%

Documents

📝

Grant Intelligence System Spec

Lisa's full spec — 4-stage AI pipeline, 4 build phases, API integrations

↓ DOCX
7

Future Features — New SOW Required

$175/hr As Needed Updated

Any features beyond documented scope require a new Statement of Work with separate funding.

📌 Per Josh: "Any additional new features would be a new SoW with new funding." This is no longer a change-order process — it's a clean break requiring a new contract with new budgeting.

New SOW Process

1
Dopple submits feature request with requirements
2
DFL provides scope document with hour estimate & timeline
3
New SOW drafted with separate funding & terms
4
Written approval from both parties before work begins
5
Invoiced at $175/hr upon completion & acceptance (minimum 20-hour blocks)

📂 Project Documentation

Technical specs, data models, and project planning — open folder in Google Drive ↗

📐

01 — Tech Stack & Architecture

Full subdomain map, frontend/backend stack, third-party integrations

🗄️

02 — Data Model & API Reference

API endpoints, entity schemas, full catalog inventory with counts

🗺️

03 — Collaboration Roadmap

4 pillars status, key people, action map, DFL value prop, phasing

🐛

04 — Issues, Bugs & Tech Debt

Critical issues, dead subdomains, open API, UX problems, security notes

🏃

05 — Hardening Sprint

Track 1 (workspace), Track 2 (landing page), access request templates, deliverables checklist

Archived / Superseded Mocks

Earlier explorations kept for reference. Active Figma homepage is under Milestone 1; donor portal mock is under Milestone 4.

ARCHIVED
Mock B Enhanced

DFL Enhanced Proposal

Superseded by the Figma site preview. Starlight-style testimonials and social proof on legacy Webflow base.

📋 v2 Change Log

All changes from the June 7–8 weekend update

→Retainer: $40K/mo → $49K/mo ($720K → $882K total) — accounts for expanded donor portal v1.2 scope
→Equity: 3.5% → 6.00% fully diluted (per Josh)
→Cancellation: 30 days → 90 days' notice + $49K fee (per Josh)
→M2 reframed: "User Acquisition & Growth" → "Platform Analytics & Retention Tooling" — DFL is not responsible for UA
→M3 updated: Explicit 10 hrs/week at $175/hr = $7,600/mo (was vague 5–10%)
→M4 expanded: $110K → $240K — donor portal v1.2 is 3× original scope (10 pages, Stripe + Chariot, HIPAA)
→IP: Contractor Tools licensing fee replaces royalty-free license (per Josh's comment)
→New features: Now require a new SOW with separate funding (was change-order process)
→Early delivery protection: Retainer honored regardless of delivery pace
→New docs added: Donor Portal Spec v1.2, FCF Site Prototype (10 pages), FCF Design Spec PDF

Quick Links

🏠 Figma Homepage 💚 Donor Portal 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents Landing 📋 Registry Flow 📐 Sandbox Specs 🌐 thedopple.com 📋 Registry (reg.thedopple.com) 📁 Google Drive Folder 💻 GitHub Repo

Deep Forest Labs × Dopple — Confidential · v2 Updated June 8, 2026