Strategic Planning
Strategies Beyond Grantmaking


Strategic Planning

Driving Strategic Planning: A Nonprofit Executive’s GuideBoardSource
A comprehensive guide to strategic planning. Available for purchase.

Step-by-Step: Strategic Planning
BoardSource
This kit provides tools to lead you successfully through each step of the strategic planning process with board and staff. Available for purchase.

Presenting: Strategic Planning — Choosing the Right Method for Your Nonprofit Organization
BoardSource
The resource offers various tools to help an organization determine if it is ready for a strategic planning process, and to select the right planning method for the organization. Available for purchase.

Strategies Beyond Grantmaking

Philanthropy in Action: Achieving Impact Without Giving Cash
Council on Foundations
This article highlights some of the key resources other than money that grantmakers can offer to help nonprofits.

Philanthropies Working Together: Myths and Realities (PDF)
The Foundation Center
This paper provides an overview of foundation collaboration, and examines the gap between the rhetoric and real incentives of collaboration in the philanthropy field.