Nonprofit Sustaining Strategies

Strategic solutions for nonprofit success

DANA is committed to help Delaware nonprofits sustain their organizations by providing resources and support to help them sustain their mission and thrive in an unsettling environment. Below are resources for a variety of sustaining strategies:

DANA AAA Scenario Planning Toolkit

Background

DANA developed the AAA (Aware, Assess, Act) guide 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: Download this toolkit first. The toolkit will provide guidance on scenario planning processes, questions, and links to the various resources.

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

External Factors

Assessment Resources

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

Strategic Questions When Making Choices

Assess Financial and Operational Risk

Assess Program Viability

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

Contingency Planning Tools

Background

Nonprofits have historically served as partners with the government in delivering federally funded programs. However, unprecedented executive orders, threats of federal funding cuts, and other norm-rattling decisions at the federal government level have made it increasingly difficult for nonprofits to function effectively.

DANA has unpacked the impacts of these federal actions and policy shifts for Delaware nonprofits, outlining how contingency planning could help groups navigate this Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) time.

Below are resources to download for review and use in contingency planning, as well as video of DANA’s “It’s a VUCA World” webinar.