Resources

When Your CAA’s Upcoming Fiscal Year Is Uncertain: A Guide for Community Action Agency Boards

Operating in uncertainty is inevitable, but intentional good governance, engagement, and appropriate planning can help boards be ready no matter what the future holds.

Navigating Uncertainty: Scenario Planning Tools

This set of tools can help you navigate strategic and financial shifts due to external and internal circumstances. Scenario Identification helps clarify realistic strategic options available to an organization, while the Financial Model Template provides a framework to run the numbers and choose a path.

Community Action Network Scenario Planning Toolkit

An NCAP toolkit for assisting nonprofits and their boards in scenario planning.

Financial Risk Assessment: A 3-Level Model for Nonprofits in 2025

A risk assessment model to guide nonprofit boards and management in organizing financial plans for the next 6–12 months.

A Playbook for Nonprofits Facing Revenue Adversity in 2026

This playbook is designed to help nonprofit leaders and boards make sound decisions amid revenue disruption and uncertainty.