ABT Guardian for Pregnancy Resource Centers. Microsoft 365, managed by your Tier 1 CSP. Secured by Guardian MxDR.
Free your staff to focus on clients. Lock down donor data and patient records. Keep your board, your examiners, and your state regulators satisfied. One Guardian Plan, layered on the Microsoft 365 nonprofit pricing your center already qualifies for.
Working with ABT, Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Sacramento consolidated their Microsoft 365 management under Guardian, secured donor and patient data, and freed staff time previously lost to IT troubleshooting. ABT manages their Microsoft 365 tenant as their Tier 1 Cloud Solution Provider.
The Guardian Plan operating model, applied to your pregnancy resource center
Guardian is the product ABT sells. Microsoft 365 is the platform Guardian runs on. The arc reads productivity first, security second, governance third, in that order, because that is what your staff and your board need in that order.
ABT manages your Microsoft 365 tenant end to end. Licensing, user provisioning, Microsoft Teams setup, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Online. You focus on clients; ABT handles the tenant. Optional Microsoft 365 Copilot Business for staff who want AI-assisted drafting in Outlook and Word, meeting recap in Teams, and a chat assistant grounded in your SharePoint content.
- Tier 1 CSP partner of record
- Single bill, predictable monthly cost
- Microsoft 365 Copilot available at nonprofit pricing
Guardian MxDR is ABT's 24/7 managed detection and response service. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 stops phishing and malware. Microsoft Defender for Business protects staff laptops. Microsoft Sentinel feeds Guardian MxDR with the patterns that PRC-targeting attackers actually use. Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access blocks sign-in attempts from outside your staff's expected device and location.
- Donor data and PHI on the same security baseline
- Real-time response to ransomware and data theft
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps monitoring
Microsoft Purview keeps 12 months of audit logs ready for HIPAA, state Medical Board, or examiner requests. Microsoft Intune manages staff laptops and tablets so a personal device cannot wander off with PHI. Guardian Plan generates a monthly Microsoft Secure Score health report your board can review, sign, and file as Form 990 oversight evidence.
- State medical records retention mapped via Purview
- Form 990 fiduciary alignment built in
- Microsoft 365 admin center oversight on every change
Four compliance pressures Guardian Plan handles for you
A pregnancy resource center sits at the intersection of healthcare, nonprofit fundraising, faith-based mission, and state-by-state medical oversight. Generic managed IT misses this. Guardian Plan was built for it.
If your center offers ultrasound, STI testing, gynecology, or prenatal care, you handle Protected Health Information. Guardian Plan deploys Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Purview audit, and the Microsoft Business Associate Agreement, then keeps the configuration in place as your team changes. HIPAA audit-ready, not "we will get you ready when the auditor calls."
Every state has its own retention rule on top of HIPAA. California requires 7 years past the last visit. Texas, 10 years for minors. Guardian Plan configures Microsoft Purview retention policies to your state's rule, applies sensitivity labels to clinical documents at creation, and produces an audit-ready report when a state regulator asks.
Donor names, gift histories, and planned giving plans live alongside patient data. A misconfigured Microsoft SharePoint permission can leak both. Guardian Plan segregates donor data from PHI using Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels and Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access. Fundraising platforms (Bloomerang, DonorPerfect, Virtuous, Network for Good) integrate through scoped enterprise applications, not full-tenant grants.
As a 501(c)(3), your board carries personal fiduciary duty. IRS Form 990 Schedule J asks officers to attest to oversight of material operational risks, including data security. Guardian Plan produces a monthly Microsoft 365 security report board members can review, sign, and file as documented evidence of due diligence. Most boards we work with adopt this as a standard agenda item.
Microsoft nonprofit pricing under Guardian Plan
Pregnancy resource centers are 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Microsoft offers granted and discounted nonprofit licensing that most generic IT vendors never apply. Guardian Plan stacks on top of whichever Microsoft licensing fits your roles. We help you qualify for the nonprofit tier if you are not already on it.
Microsoft 365 licensing is what you pay Microsoft (or get free via the nonprofit grant). Guardian Plan is what you pay ABT to manage, secure, and govern the tenant on top of that licensing. We size both together so your center gets the right protection without paying for capabilities you do not use.
Granted free by Microsoft to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations for paid staff and unpaid executive leadership. Includes web and mobile Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft OneDrive. No desktop Office apps. (Source: Microsoft 2026 nonprofit pricing.)
Discounted nonprofit pricing (75% off the $22 commercial price) for staff who need desktop Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, plus Microsoft Defender for Business endpoint protection, Microsoft Intune device management, and Microsoft Entra ID P1 Conditional Access. (Source: Microsoft 2026 nonprofit pricing.)
Layered on top of whichever Microsoft licensing makes sense for your center. Four tiers customer-facing: Guardian Essentials (hardening included with the license), Guardian Core, Guardian Pro, and Guardian Advanced (full Productivity Insights). Choice depends on your headcount and security needs.
Microsoft grants are restricted to paid staff and executive leadership, not volunteers. Volunteers who need full access use the discounted Business Standard or Business Premium nonprofit license. Centers that operate primarily with web Outlook and Teams can serve most of their staff on the Business Basic grant. Guardian Plan applies to every user in the tenant either way.
Guardian Plan is discounted significantly for 501(c)(3) pregnancy resource centers
The reason is the same one Microsoft uses to discount Microsoft 365 for nonprofits. Your mission serves communities, not shareholders, and your IT spend should reflect that. Most generic MSPs charge pregnancy resource centers the same commercial rate they charge a community bank. ABT does not.
What stays consistent at every tier is the principle: per-user pricing, only what each role actually needs. Volunteers, paid staff, executive directors, medical managers, and development directors each get the Guardian Plan tier that fits their job — not a flat-rate package that overcharges your front-office volunteers and underprotects your medical records.
The exact discount depends on which Guardian tier fits your operation. Guardian Essentials handles managed Microsoft 365 tenant administration. Guardian Core layers in Microsoft Defender for Business and Microsoft Sentinel monitoring through Guardian MxDR. Guardian Pro adds advanced governance and Microsoft Purview retention mapping for state medical records rules. Guardian Advanced delivers the full Productivity Insights stack with monthly board-ready reporting.
We quote the exact monthly cost in your 20-minute consultation, after the free tenant audit confirms your 501(c)(3) eligibility and right-sizes the Guardian tier for your headcount. No surprise hourly billing. No flat-rate overpayment.
What this looks like for a 15-paid, 50-volunteer center
Every center is different. The actual quote is built around your role mix, your medical services, and the Guardian Plan tier that fits your headcount. The math below illustrates how nonprofit licensing layers under Guardian Plan in a typical engagement.
What you pay Microsoft is mostly grant. What you pay ABT depends on the Guardian Plan tier your center needs. ABT quotes the actual total in the 20-minute consultation after the free tenant audit. No surprise hourly billing.
What does your tenant look like right now?
Most centers we talk to do not know their Microsoft Secure Score. It takes 5 minutes, no obligation. You get a one-page report you can show your board, and we follow up only if you want us to.
Productivity, security, and governance, in that order
Microsoft 365 gives your center the productivity foundation. Guardian Plan is what keeps the productivity safe and the auditors satisfied. The same three layers, summarized for your board.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available to eligible nonprofits at $25.50 per user per month, a 15% discount off the commercial $30 list. AI-assisted drafting in Outlook and Word, meeting recap in Teams, chat grounded in your Microsoft SharePoint content. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is included at no extra cost on eligible Microsoft 365 plans.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 catches phishing and malware. Microsoft Defender for Business protects staff laptops. Microsoft Sentinel feeds Guardian MxDR, ABT's 24/7 managed detection and response service, watching for the patterns PRC-targeting attackers use: donor data exfiltration, donor list ransomware, fake gift receipts.
Microsoft Purview keeps 12 months of audit logs ready for HIPAA review or state Medical Board requests. Microsoft Intune enforces device compliance so a personal phone cannot access PHI without enrollment. One Guardian Plan report goes to your board each month, signed off by ABT.
Six steps. No surprise hours. No "we will get back to you."
From the first conversation to the day Guardian MxDR is watching your tenant, here is the path most pregnancy resource centers walk with ABT.
Take the assessment online. No login required. You get a one-page report on your current Microsoft 365 posture, the gaps that matter most, and a sense of where your center sits relative to other 501(c)(3) ministries.
No slides, no pressure. A diagnostic conversation about what your center actually does, your current IT setup, what is working and what is not, and which Guardian Plan tier likely fits. If ABT is not the right fit, your ABT consultant will tell you.
ABT inspects your current Microsoft 365 setup (or your current Google Workspace, GoDaddy, hosted Exchange, or whatever you are on today), inventories every license, identifies where you are over or under-licensed, confirms 501(c)(3) eligibility for Microsoft nonprofit pricing, and flags any configuration that puts your BAA at risk. No cost. Roughly one week.
A written plan that lays out exactly which Microsoft licenses move where, when, and at what nonprofit price. The proposal includes the Guardian Plan tier ABT recommends (Essentials, Core, Pro, or Advanced) and the monthly total. No surprise hourly billing. The proposal is yours to share with your board treasurer.
ABT does the migration outside of clinic hours so your client appointments and ultrasound schedule are not disrupted. We coordinate with your fundraising platform vendor, your phone system vendor, and your medical records vendor so nothing else breaks.
24/7 detection and response through Guardian MxDR. Monthly Microsoft Secure Score health report for your board. Quarterly tenant reviews to keep licensing right-sized as your team changes. Direct line to ABT for anything that comes up.
"Working with ABT, Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Sacramento consolidated their Microsoft 365 management under Guardian, secured donor data, and freed staff time previously spent on IT troubleshooting."
Alternatives Pregnancy Center, Sacramento, California. Licensed California medical clinic. Ultrasound, STI testing, gynecology, prenatal care, Abortion Pill Reversal protocol. ABT-managed Microsoft 365 tenant under Guardian Plan since 2024.
Frequently asked questions from pregnancy resource centers
20 minutes,
no slides, no pressure.
A confidential conversation with ABT. Our team has spent the last two years working with pregnancy resource centers on Microsoft 365, HIPAA, Guardian Plan, and donor-data security. If ABT is not the right fit for your center, we will tell you. If we are, you walk away with a clear path.
