About ICNU

Inspiring Churches to New Understanding.

Fractional CFO and back-office support for churches, nonprofits, and small businesses. Relationship-driven. Practically delivered.

What ICNU Is

The financial support your organization needs without the full-time hire you cannot afford.

ICNU provides fractional CFO and back-office support on a subscription basis. For a flat monthly rate, organizations get access to someone who knows their numbers, stays responsive, and shows up like a colleague rather than a vendor.

The model is built around the reality of how churches, nonprofits, and small businesses actually operate: lean teams, tight budgets, and leaders who are already carrying more than they should be. The subscription tiers reflect that. The relationships we build reflect that even more.

ICNU is led by Delton de Armas, a financial professional with thirty years of experience across corporate, ministry, and nonprofit settings, and the author of five published books including The Backoffice Blueprint and Mo-Mentum Principles.

What ICNU stands for

Inspiring Churches to New Understanding

What we do

Fractional CFO and back-office support

How we work

Monthly subscription, flat retainer, no meter running

Where we work

Based in Ocala, FL. Serving organizations nationwide.

From the Founder

This work started in a church. It grew because the need was everywhere.

I started ICNU with the intention of serving churches. My father and my brother are both pastors. I went to seminary. I have sat in more elder meetings, budget conversations, and hard pastoral moments than most people outside of ministry ever see. Serving the church felt like the most natural thing I could do with thirty years of financial experience.

But the need kept showing up in other rooms. Nonprofit executive directors navigating grant compliance and board reporting with no financial support. Small business owners making decisions with their gut because the numbers were not helping. Leaders in every setting carrying more than they should be carrying alone.

So ICNU grew. Not away from the church, but alongside it. The conviction that leaders should not have to manage the back office alone does not stop at the church door. It applies to anyone running an organization in service of something larger than themselves.

I am also the Executive Director of Qavah Ministries, a 501(c)(3) my wife Pam and I co-founded to mobilize churches to care for families of the incarcerated. That work keeps me close to the nonprofit world in a way that is personal, not just professional. And it is part of why I built ICNU's nonprofit model around conversations with real executive directors about what they actually needed, not what I assumed.

If any of this resonates, the best next step is a conversation. Tell me about your organization and what you are carrying. We will figure out together whether ICNU is the right fit.

Delton de Armas

Founder and Principal, ICNU  ·  Senior Managing Consultant

Full profile and speaking →

From the Founder

This work started in a church. It grew because the need was everywhere.

I started ICNU with the intention of serving churches. My father and my brother are both pastors. I went to seminary. I have sat in more elder meetings, budget conversations, and hard pastoral moments than most people outside of ministry ever see. Serving the church felt like the most natural thing I could do with thirty years of financial experience.

But the need kept showing up in other rooms. Nonprofit executive directors navigating grant compliance and board reporting with no financial support. Small business owners making decisions with their gut because the numbers were not helping. Leaders in every setting carrying more than they should be carrying alone.

So ICNU grew. Not away from the church, but alongside it. The conviction that leaders should not have to manage the back office alone does not stop at the church door. It applies to anyone running an organization in service of something larger than themselves.

I am also the Executive Director of Qavah Ministries, a 501(c)(3) my wife Pam and I co-founded to mobilize churches to care for families of the incarcerated. That work keeps me close to the nonprofit world in a way that is personal, not just professional. And it is part of why I built ICNU's nonprofit model around conversations with real executive directors about what they actually needed, not what I assumed.

If any of this resonates, the best next step is a conversation. Tell me about your organization and what you are carrying. We will figure out together whether ICNU is the right fit.

Delton de Armas

Founder and Principal, ICNU  ·  Senior Managing Consultant

Full profile and speaking →

Published Books

The thinking behind the work.

Delton de Armas is the author of five published books. Three are directly relevant to what ICNU does every day.

For Church and Nonprofit Leaders

The Backoffice Blueprint

Co-authored with Adam J. Moffitt. A five-pillar framework for nonprofit and church leaders who need financial systems that hold. The framework behind every ICNU engagement.

Learn more →

For Small Business Owners

Mo-Mentum Principles

A business parable on cash flow and financial momentum. Written for owners who never had anyone explain the numbers in plain language. The conviction behind ICNU's small business lane.

Learn more →

The Story Behind the Work

Thrive: From the Inside Out

A memoir of 47 months in federal prison. The experience that reshaped everything about how Delton understands leadership, trust, and what it means to serve.

Learn more →

View the full catalog at deltondearmas.com/books

Who We Serve

Three audiences. One conviction.

The conviction is the same regardless of who is in the room: leaders should not have to carry the back office alone. The work looks different depending on the organization. The commitment does not.

Churches

You were called to shepherd, not to manage the back office.

Financial oversight, elder reporting, payroll compliance, and systems that hold up over time. Built for pastors and church administrators who need a knowledgeable partner in the background.

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Nonprofits

Stewarding donated resources requires more than a bookkeeper.

Grant-ready financials, board reporting, restricted fund tracking, and compliance support. Built for executive directors who understand that financial integrity is inseparable from organizational credibility.

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Small Businesses

You built something real. The numbers should help you lead it.

Clean books, cash flow clarity, and a financial perspective in the room when it matters. Built for owners who are moving fast and need someone keeping pace with them, not just keeping score.

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Published Books

The thinking behind the work.

Delton de Armas is the author of five published books. Three are directly relevant to what ICNU does every day.

For Church and Nonprofit Leaders

The Backoffice Blueprint

Co-authored with Adam J. Moffitt. A five-pillar framework for nonprofit and church leaders who need financial systems that hold. The framework behind every ICNU engagement.

Learn more →

For Small Business Owners

Mo-Mentum Principles

A business parable on cash flow and financial momentum. Written for owners who never had anyone explain the numbers in plain language. The conviction behind ICNU's small business lane.

Learn more →

The Story Behind the Work

Thrive: From the Inside Out

A memoir of 47 months in federal prison. The experience that reshaped everything about how Delton understands leadership, trust, and what it means to serve.

Learn more →

View the full catalog at deltondearmas.com/books

How We Work

Subscription-based. Relationship-driven. No surprises.

01

Flat monthly retainer

No meter running. No invoice surprises. A predictable monthly rate that reflects the scope of your engagement, confirmed before anything is finalized.

02

Three tiers, one framework

Nearby, Alongside, and At the Table. Each tier builds on the one before it. You start where you are and move up when you are ready.

03

Direct access, fast response

When you reach out, you hear back. Not a ticket. Not silence. A person who knows your organization and has a useful response.

The Framework Behind ICNU

The systems ICNU brings to every engagement are built on the Five-Pillar Framework in The Backoffice Blueprint, co-authored by Delton de Armas and Adam J. Moffitt. If you want to understand how we think about financial operations before your first conversation, that is the place to start.

Not sure where to start?

The intake form takes five minutes and helps us confirm the right fit before anything is finalized. Or reach out directly and we will figure it out together.