The 10 moves nonprofit leaders are making to navigate this moment
Funding is shifting, federal policy keeps changing under your feet, and boards and funders want more proof of impact than ever, all while your team is stretched thin.
Strategy
Financial Sustainability
Earned revenue is not a financial sustainability strategy
It is one lever, and often a good one. But treating earned revenue as the answer to financial fragility is how organizations end up busier, not stronger. Here is how to think about it inside the bigger picture.
Financial Sustainability
What financial sustainability actually means for a nonprofit
It is not about being rich, and it is not about any single revenue source. Here is a definition you can actually build toward, and the five signs you are getting there.
Strategic Planning
A board’s role in strategic planning
Too much involvement and you are meddling; too little and you are rubber-stamping. Here is how board members can show up well, and why it shapes whether the plan succeeds.
Earned Revenue
When should a nonprofit pursue earned revenue?
The upside is obvious and the costs are hidden. Three good reasons to go for it, three reasons to move cautiously, and how to tell which applies to you.