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When Is It Time to Change Your Program?
At non-profit organizations, programs are often developed to meet a need in the community and drive positive change. Over time community demographics and culture may change, along with the needs of the clients. Organizations may find themselves in a position where...
Why Are Financial Goals Important?
Your organization probably has a mission statement and strategies in place for achieving your program goals, but do you also have concrete financial goals? Whether you administer a nonprofit, faith-based organization, or a small business, you have to think about the...
3 Tips to Scale Up Your Social Program
Social programs are often developed to address service-gaps within communities. As the program evolves and retains strong outcomes over time, organizations may look for ways to expand the services. The Wallace Foundation recently produced a report called Strategies to...
Shared Services: How Can Your Organization Maximize Impact While Minimizing Costs?
Many organizations struggle to secure enough funding to have the maximum impact on the goals aligned to their mission. In addition to seeking new funding to support your organization’s goals, you can examine your current expenses to find ways of reducing costs in...
4 Steps to Form an Early Childhood Coalition
You may have heard the term “coalition” and wondered what does that mean. A coalition is simply when a group of people gather to address an issue that is bigger than what one person or organization can solve on their own. In Indiana, about thirty communities (cities,...
NAEYC’s New Strategic Direction
Every year, businesses make the dash to evaluate their strategic plans and refine goals. Nonprofits are no exception. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is leading the charge in creating a completely new and innovative...
Reconnecting Youth To Education And Employment Through Collective Impact
According to the Aspen Forum of Community Solutions, there are 6.7 million youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market. These “opportunity youth” have enormous potential to contribute to the...
Strategic Planning Tips from Alice in Wonderland
If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you get there? Do you remember the conversation that Alice in Wonderland had with the Cheshire Cat? Alice didn't have a clear idea of where she was going or wanted to do. Alice asked the cat, "Would you...
Client Spotlight: United Way of Grant County Receives Strategic Planning Grant
The United Way of Grant County in Marion, Indiana has been chosen to receive an Organizational Effectiveness Grant from the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) and the Ball Brothers Foundation. The grant includes free strategic planning guidance, consulting, training...