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Local nonprofits pursue mergers, deeper board engagement and scenario planning to counter uncertainty
Summary
Panelists described internal steps — scenario planning, board committees, targeted mergers or partnerships and stronger corporate engagement — that organizations are using to respond to funding volatility.
Columbus-area nonprofit leaders at the forum described concrete organizational strategies they are using to respond to funding turbulence, including scenario planning, new board committees to drive fundraising and program improvement, and targeted mergers or partnerships to preserve services.
Joe Gotren, president and CEO of Gladden Community House, said his organization is examining each program’s financial health and has created a new “program and innovation effectiveness committee” to engage board members more deeply: “One of the newer committees that we just launched, is…
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