Strategic Planning
Charting a New Course for Youth Engagement
A blueprint for how using strategic inquiry can help your nonprofit better understand your community’s needs and provide key insights with the potential to help you innovate and better serve those who count on you.
Is Your Nonprofit’s Mission Obsolete — Or Just Ready for a New Direction?
Measuring the dual bottom lines of sustainability and impact can help you determine if the time has come for your nonprofit to conclude your mission — or pivot to a new one.
The MONGO Dilemma: To Collaborate or Not?
Many nonprofits overlook the opportunity to partner with existing organizations in favor of creating their own programs and solutions.
From Crisis to Clarity: Five Steps to Demystify Succession Planning
A sudden leadership transition can leave a nonprofit scrambling to survive. Don’t leave your mission to chance — plan for the future today.
The Expanded Matrix Map: Leveraging Your Triple Bottom Line for Fundraising
In today’s changing world, adding organizational values into the Matrix Map is crucial for nonprofits to demonstrate the impact of funding.
Can You Hear Us Now? Using Feedback to Create Community-Centered Services
Getting feedback from those that you serve — and not assuming you know what they need — can help your nonprofit serve your community.
From Startup to Success: Guiding Nonprofits with Six Core Principles of Improvement
Six core principles, drawn from STEM education, can help new nonprofits assemble a diverse team, raise funds successfully, and learn to use the gathered resources for strategic growth.
A Beginner’s Guide to Filing a Form 990 for Your Nonprofit Organization
For nonprofit organizations, filing a Form 990 can be overwhelming and confusing, especially if it’s your first time. In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about filing a Form 990, including six steps to take before, during, and after transmitting your form to the IRS.
How U.S.-based Nonprofits Can Deliver Disaster Relief Abroad: A Tigrayan Case Study
How to deliver on-the-ground relief to internally displaced persons including formation of a nonprofit, fundraising, partnerships, and more.
How to Implement Strategic Inquiry at Your Nonprofit in 5 Steps
Five steps nonprofits can take to implement strategic inquiry including building board support, listening to community, research, broadening networks, and sharing the journey.