At Mission Matters Consulting, LLC, we understand that a well-crafted strategic plan is the cornerstone of a successful nonprofit organization. Our comprehensive strategic planning services are designed to help your nonprofit chart a clear course toward achieving its mission, maximizing impact, and ensuring long-term sustainability.
Strategic planning is essential for nonprofits to:
We offer a tailored and inclusive approach to strategic planning that includes:
We begin by conducting a thorough assessment of your organization's current state. This includes reviewing your mission, vision, values, programs, and operations. We also gather input from key stakeholders to understand their perspectives and expectations.
Engaging your board, staff, volunteers, donors, foundations, partners, and community members is crucial. We facilitate inclusive listening sessions, interviews, and surveys to ensure diverse voices are heard and integrated into the planning process.
We analyze internal and external factors that impact your nonprofit, including industry trends, funding landscape, and competitive positioning. This helps us identify opportunities and challenges.
Based on the assessment and engagement findings, we help you prioritize strategic initiatives that align with your mission and have the greatest potential for impact.
We work with you to develop an annual operational plan for year one of your multi-year strategic plan. The action plan includes clear goals, objectives, timelines, and success metrics. Our plans are practical, actionable, and designed to be living documents that guide your efforts and help you stay on track.
Our support doesn’t end with the planning phase. We assist with the implementation process if you desire, providing guidance, tools, and follow-up to ensure your plan is effectively executed.
Here at Mission Matters, we know how hard it is to get real return on your investments. This is why we put our heart and soul into you, our customers, because engaged customers engage people!
Linda DiGabriele, Managing Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre“Thank you for a really wonderful session today! It was collaborative and productive, we stayed on time, and staff left with a feeling of being part of this work. I can’t thank you enough. We appreciate you and we’re very grateful and pleased with the work you’ve done to move us through this strategic planning process.”
Ronni Blumenthal, CEO, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation“I wanted to thank you for doing such an outstanding job with the board’s annual face-to-face meeting. I know your reputation in our community is already excellent but if you ever need a reference, it would be my pleasure to provide one. Your focus, the diverse activities, and your ability to help the group distill all of the discussion and brainstorming into priority action items in such a short time was outstanding. I’ve worked with many consultants over the past thirty plus years of NFP work, and you are among the very best. ”
Brena Slater, President & CEO, Safe Children Coalition.“Christie's expertise in board dynamics and her insightful feedback have been transformative for our organization. She has significantly improved our board's effectiveness and cohesiveness, which has made a remarkable difference in our overall impact. Her guidance is invaluable, and we are incredibly grateful for her contributions.”