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Strategic Planning: The Cornerstone of a Successful Capital Campaign

Capital Campaign Pro

When organizations embark on a capital campaign, they often think about big goals, major donors, and tangible outcomes, like new facilities or increased endowment funds. But at the heart of most successful campaigns is something less flashy but equally essential: a strong strategic plan.

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Simplifying nonprofit strategic planning for beginners 

Get Fully Funded

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. But without a clear idea of where you’re going, all that activity may not actually move you forward toward your goals. What a waste of time!

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How to Align Your Grant Proposals with Your Organization’s Strategic Goals in 2025

Just Write Grants

To stand out in the competitive grant landscape of 2025, aligning your proposals with your organizations strategic goals is not just advisableits essential. Revisit and Refine Your Strategic Plan Your organizations strategic plan serves as a roadmap for its activities and initiatives.

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Strategic Planning for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Define your nonprofit's mission and your goals through a strategic plan! Show others how you'll achieve this with our tips, tricks and template.

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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

Candid

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. It sounds straightforward, yet many nonprofit organizations struggle with the strategic planning process, especially when not knowing why, where, or how to start.

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What’s Your People’s Strategic Plan? Why Nonprofit Leaders Should Invest in Talent and Culture

NonProfit PRO

What nonprofit leaders need is a "people’s strategic plan," a clear and consistent framework and set of measurable actions to invest in their people and culture. Just like organizations have a strategic plan to achieve financial and programmatic goals, they need a roadmap to invest in talent development, too.

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Gaining Leadership Approval for Major Technology Investments: A Practical Guide for Nonprofit CFOs

Blackbaud

Your ultimate goal is to channel as many resources as possible toward your mission. Link Technology Investments to the Organization’s Strategic Plan and Objectives To make a strong business case for any technology investment, you need to ensure that the proposal benefits not only the finance team but the organization as a whole.

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