If being reasonable means making adjustments in your organization to conform to the expectations of the world, then your nonprofit should be unreasonable. Your nonprofit must change the world to conform to your ways. [...]
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Being part of a strong network is important to your mission and your sustainability. A well connected nonprofit enjoys broad and strong support. [...] Be careful of success. Many of the struggling organizations we talk to are struggling because they are overly loyal to past success and the tried and true processes that produced the success. [...] Every nonprofit has benchmarks it wants to achieve and ones it must achieve. How do you set the benchmarks? [...] On the surface, government grants appear helpful and even necessary. Look carefully and you will see the risks associate with them. [...] School choice and vouchers are continuing to change the elementary and high school market. Have you thought about how these changes are going to affect your programming? [...] It is time to think about next year’s fees. For most nonprofits, the budget cycle is starting. How much will your fee structure change? [...] For many nonprofits, the fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. That means budgeting will start soon. It also means that creating the funding plan for next year should start now. [...] The loyal and most generous donors are those who are emotionally engaged. Does every communication they receive from you build their emotional ties to the mission and the clients? [...] Every nonprofit has a few great donors. [...] |
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