Perhaps the biggest shift an NPO can make is moving from “How do we get through this year?” to “What organisation do we need to become to still be here in 10 years?”
That changes how you recruit. It changes how you budget. It changes how you work with communities. It changes how you measure impact. It changes how you engage donors.
And ultimately, it changes how you think about your organisation.
Over the next two months we are going to explore what a sustainable NPO looks like, focusing on the following five areas:
- People– staffing + leadership/succession
- Finance– funding + financial resilience
- Governance– governance + accountability/strategy
- Resources– community + environmental/physical resources
- Organisational resilience– systems + adaptability/partnerships
Sustainability isn’t just “How do we raise more money?”. It’s “How do we strengthen the whole organisation so that it can continue serving people?”
Sustainability isn’t a project. It is a way of building an organisation.
Follow EM Solutions as we go deeper into what sustainability can look like for your organisation.