Background

This guide was developed to help Delaware nonprofits understand their current risks and opportunities in light of a dynamic and fluid funding and regulatory environment. The resources include templates, checklists, financial modeling resources, and articles to help inform possible future actions. Please note that more resources will become available as we understand more fully the future funding landscape. New resources will be highlighted as they become available.

• DANA AAA Scenario Planning Toolkit

Awareness Resources

These resources ground the nonprofit board and leadership on the current status of the organization in light of the changing climate, and to identify which external factors will greatly impact clients, programs, and operations.

Mission Drivers

• Scenario Planning Awareness Checklist
• Simple Budget and Cash Flow Template
• BDO Liquidity Calculator
• How to Excel at Excel (video)
• Data Management in Excel (video)

External Factors

• Understanding External Factors Worksheet
• National Council Tracker on Executive Order

Assessment Resources

Tools and questions to evaluate impacts to programs, operations, and funding based on high impact external factors.

Assess Financial and Operational Risk

• Map Factors to Mission Drivers
• Financial Risk Assessment Checklist
• DANA Multi-Year Cash Flow Projection Tool
  • Guidance on DANA Multi-Year Cash Flow Projection Tool
• DANA MNA Scenario Modeling Tool
  • Guidance on using Scenario Planning Model

Assess Program Viability

• Program and Capacity Assessment Checklist
• MacMillan Matrix
• Partner Evaluation Checklist

Action Resources

The AAA Scenario Planning Resource Toolkit offers a range of resources and articles to guide you in the next steps. Below is a resource when outlining the action plan for whatever future course you select.

• Action Implementation Plan

Materials available through the Standards of Excellence Institute

• Mission & Planning – Members only
• Sustainability – Members only
• Strategic Partnerships – Members only

Articles and Publication

• Organizing In The Age of Urgency – Empowering Leadership Within The Organization, McKinsey & Co.
• An Event or An Era? Resources for Social Sector Decision-Making in the Context of COVID-19, Deloitte

On-Demand Training

• Nonprofit Skills™: Strategic Planning for Board Members

Resources and Tools

• The Nonprofit Sustainability Mindset Templates by Steve Zimmerman and Jeanne Bell
• Building the Capacity to Innovate – A guide for nonprofits
• Building Your New Normal Toolkit for Nonprofits DANA – DANA & Montana Association of Nonprofits
• Scenario Planning Tool – DANA & Montana Association of Nonprofits
• Planning for Outcomes: Questions to Ask Outcomes-Based Planning Guide

Webinars

• Radical Thinking – Seeing Through New Lenses – WEBINAR

On-Demand Training

• Nonprofit Skills™: Public-Facing Communication for Board Members

• Financial Budgeting and Reporting – Members only
• Internal Controls – Members only

Cash Flow Tools

• Guidance on DANA Cash Flow tool
• Recorded Webinar Overview of How to Use DANA’s Cash Flow Tool
• Simple Budget and Cash Flow template

Scenario Planning

• Scenario Modeling – Power Point Presentation, DANA & Montana Nonprofit Association

On-Demand Training

• Budgeting in a Nonprofit Organization
• How to Read a Nonprofit Financial Statement
• Inc. Magazine: Building Financial Literacy
• Nonprofit Skills™: Financial Oversight for Board Members
• QuickBooks® Online Basics

• Share Delaware – A Database of Delaware Nonprofits
• Delaware Popular Projections