Planning and Budgeting for Uncertain Times
Over the past 10 months, many nonprofits have been confronted with a series of shocks. These include cuts associated with federal retrenchment, threats of more costly, indeterminate delays in payments, and compliance demands that have been arduous at best. All of this has created further competition in private giving and general turbulence in the revenue landscape that renders standard forms of planning difficult.
Webinar
Risk-Sensitive Nonprofit Planning: New Tools for These Times
To respond to this still-changing environment, nonprofits need new planning approaches. This webinar will provide the framework and practical applications for how your organization can plan rapidly yet rigorously in today’s environment.
Download the slides for this presentation.
Transcript: Coming soon!
Original Articles
Financial Risk Assessment: A 3-Level Model for Nonprofits in 2025
As many nonprofit organizations continue to navigate uncertainty, there is an immediate need for leaders to assess their risks and consider how they may respond to likely scenarios. This risk assessment model is designed to guide nonprofit board of directors and management staff on the work they need to do to organize their financial planning over the next six months to a year. Read the article here.
The Power of Nonprofit Repositioning: An Alternative to Scenario Planning
Writing for the National Council of Nonprofits, Steve Zimmerman argues that given the level of uncertainty and the multiplicity of external threats nonprofits are experiencing, scenario planning is a bad fit — and proposes a better path through scenario positioning. Read the article here.
Tools
CAA Tools
These tools are in use by the Community Action Partnership, which is a network of community based safety net organizations across the US. They generally have government funding as their base. These remarkably practical tools are in use within that set of organizations, and they have agreed to share them with us.
Bright Spots
Interview with Liz. (Coming soon!)
Other Tools
Coming soon!
