Clarifying Mission & Diversifying Funding

A baseline analysis of the internal environment and the outside market forces influencing the growth of the nonprofit was established.

• B|G interviewed members of the leadership team and board to establish a collective understanding of past successes, future aspirations, and ongoing challenges.
• Workshops were facilitated with the leadership team to confirm the top strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) along with the key industry factors.
• Top areas of focus included a pressing need to diversify revenue, increase performance, and develop their people.

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B|G and the non-profit used findings from Insight to develop high level initiatives and scorecards to measure performance.

• B|G facilitated workshops with the leadership team and board to draft key objectives, targets, and initiatives to drive positive change in the organization.
• B|G coached the leadership team to prioritize the most important objectives and initiatives addressing focus areas.
• Initiatives were further scoped to identify project milestones, key objectives, project owners, and mission and financial impact.
• High level initiatives were sequenced to ensure resources were used effectively.

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B|G ensured the non-profit’s strategy was communicated broadly to stakeholders and effectively executed.

• B|G developed a communications plan and supported the leadership team in delivering a “strategic story” shared with internal and external stakeholders.
• Revenue diversification was further pursued through ideation workshops which resulted in community leaders identifying two viable business models for the non-profit to pursue.
• B|G created initial plans to establish a leadership development curriculum.
• B|G provided guidance to the leadership team while they were making crucial decisions to align their revenue accretive activities with their mission.

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The non-profit had a clear understand solve to solve complex challenges which reduced operational risk and solidified the organization’s leadership in the community.

• The non-profit has launched new business models created during planning that has led to diversified revenue streams.
• The non-profit conducts activities that drive their mission forward while also generating revenue to operate their organization.
• New leadership had a clearer understanding in how to measure the performance of their business-as-usual activities while executing high level initiatives.

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