Our Nonprofit Strategy Work Shares Power and Turns Strategy Into Action
Prosper Strategies combines the Shared Power Strategy™ philosophy with The Nonprofit Strategy System to help nonprofits build strategies that are inclusive, practical, and optimized for impact.
Our approach builds better nonprofits.
Everything we do at Prosper Strategies is centered around the Shared Power Strategy™ method and the Nonprofit Strategy System method. Shared Power Strategy™ defines how strategy should be shaped. The Nonprofit Strategy System defines how strategy becomes actionable. Together, they help nonprofits build strategies that are inclusive, measurable, practical enough to implement, and optimized for maximum mission impact.
We help nonprofits rebalance power so strategy reflects the people closest to the mission.
Most nonprofit strategies fail because they are shaped by a narrow group of people without meaningful, ongoing input from the stakeholders most affected by the organization’s work.
Shared Power Strategy™ changes that by clarifying the roles of boards, staff, funders, partners, and the people and communities your organization serves, and then involving all your stakeholders at the right times throughout the strategic planning process. The goal is not to make every decision by consensus. It is to make better decisions by ensuring the right voices shape the right parts of the strategy.
- ✓Boards govern and steward the organization’s future.
- ✓Staff lead with expertise and operational insight.
- ✓Funders enable the mission rather than distort priorities.
- ✓The people and communities served shape the direction of the work.
We turn stakeholder-centered strategy into priorities, systems, and measurable progress.
Strong strategy is not finished when the plan is approved. It has to be implemented, measured, discussed, and improved over time.
The Nonprofit Strategy System gives your organization a practical structure for moving from insight to action. It helps nonprofit leaders clarify the strategic choices in front of them, align their teams, define measurable outcomes, and build systems that keep the work moving after the planning process is complete.
- ✓Clarify the strategy your organization needs now.
- ✓Translate priorities into goals, objectives, and key results.
- ✓Create implementation systems that keep teams accountable.
- ✓Measure what matters and improve over time.
People belong at the center of nonprofit strategy.
Nonprofit strategy should not be shaped by boards and funders alone. The people closest to your mission — the people and communities you serve, your staff, your partners, and other stakeholders — hold essential insight into what your organization should prioritize and how your work can create meaningful change.
Our work helps nonprofit leaders share the power to shape strategy while also creating the structure needed to implement, measure, and improve it. That is what makes strategy transformational instead of performative.
Our Approach Helps Nonprofits Build Strategies That People Actually Own
When strategy is shaped with stakeholders and supported by a practical implementation system, nonprofit leaders can move beyond static plans and toward shared action.
- ✓More meaningful stakeholder engagement
- ✓Clearer roles for board, staff, funders, and community stakeholders
- ✓Stronger alignment around strategic priorities
- ✓More confidence in major strategic decisions
- ✓Plans and strategies that are easier to implement
- ✓Measurable objectives and better accountability systems
- ✓Communications that reflect what stakeholders want and need
- ✓Greater mission impact for the people and communities you serve
The Nonprofit Strategy System, formerly called The Nonprofit Impact System, is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Impact Method®.
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We work with nonprofits like yours to tackle complex challenges and build smart strategies that are aligned with the priorities of their stakeholders. Browse some of our recent projects to see how.
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