by Funding For Good | Nov 1, 2022 | Development/Fundraising, Strategic Planning
Donors are increasingly asking nonprofits to share their metrics and evaluation strategies. And with good reason. Whether we’re donors, volunteers, board members or staff, we all want to know our contributions are making a difference. Yet most nonprofits are already...
by Funding For Good | Oct 7, 2022 | Strategic Planning
If you happened to read the New York Times’ exposé about Providence, a major national nonprofit hospital network, you were likely as shocked and disappointed as we were. The gist: despite a mission to serve the “poor and vulnerable,” in 2018 the Providence hospital...
by Funding For Good | Jul 5, 2022 | Board Development, Strategic Planning
“Our biggest problem is that our board isn’t active!” Nonprofit leaders report that a handful of board members consistently do all the work. In fact, “Only 33 percent of nonprofits report that their board members are actively involved in...
by Funding For Good | Jan 25, 2022 | Strategic Planning
MISSION DRIFT. Those two words describe what happens when leaders lose focus and allow the organization to move away from its intended purpose. Mission drift, also called “mission creep,” is like an ocean’s undercurrent that shifts, pushes, and...
by Funding For Good | Jun 29, 2021 | Strategic Planning
Have you completed a strategic planning process only to realize something (or everything) was not working? Are you preparing to engage in a strategic planning process for the first time and fear it could be a waste of time or money? If so, today’s topic will help you...