Considero que es esencial adoptar un enfoque estratégico. Por ejemplo, una organización que se dedica a la educación infantil puede desarrollar un plan a largo plazo con objetivos claros, como aumentar la matrícula en un 20% en cinco años. Al implementar un sistema de monitoreo financiero, podrá evaluar regularmente su rendimiento y ajustar las estrategias según sea necesario. Fomentar la colaboración con escuelas locales para compartir recursos y buscar financiamiento conjunto puede ampliar el alcance de sus programas. Además, invertir en la capacitación del personal en gestión financiera y recaudación de fondos fortalecerá la sostenibilidad. Estas acciones garantizarán un crecimiento responsable y el cumplimiento efectivo de su misión.

First and foremost has to be to focus on core salaries and programmes, to ensure that those are protected and you don't have to lay anyone off if a funding decision doesn't come through. There are a couple of other strategies: 1. Try to de-risk by having a retail fundraising approach to counterbalance a funding decision that doesn't come through. It will help you tide over cash flow issues. 2. Communicate proactively with your donors and partners about the risks to expansion when finances are not stable. Donors are more understanding when you are transparent with them. They can help you more when they know the struggles you face. 3. Sequence out the programme growth, so that you can phase hiring decisions and, in turn, budget.

Ask yourself: Can our organization achieve a program expansion without financial stability? Can we achieve financial stability without a program expansion? If you’re honest, it will be apparent that financial stability is essential to a successful program expansion, whereas a program expansion is not essential to and, in fact may be detrimental to your organization’s financial wellbeing and stability. Program expansions require resources over and above an organization’s current financial resources. If you try to expand your programming without an adequate financial base for your legacy programs, you will jeopardize the latter and fail in your expansion efforts.

The challenge of program stability and fundraising is basically identical. Both require correlating funds to outcome, if you fundraise showing a direct correlation between the money taken to impact you're in the top 1% of nonprofits.