Forward-thinking organizations have the opportunity to anticipate and proactively direct their financial future via sustainability planning—a discipline that blends elements of strategic planning with financial analysis and revenue development. Sustainability planning processes vary from short-term interventions to longer-term 3-6 month initiatives involving staff, board members, and stakeholders.
While sustainability planning incorporates many components within the domain of Focused Action, there are several overlaps in the domains of Inspired Thought (financial security promotes creativity and new ideas) and Transformation (objective decision-making frameworks may dissolve sacred cows and open the door for new ventures).
Sustainability planning services include:
- Lifecycle analysis
- Financial modeling and projections
- Revenue diversification strategies
- Packaging of donor opportunities
- Large-scale grant writing
- Frameworks for objective resource allocation
- Sustainability training for staff leadership and board members