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Nonprofit Life Cycles. Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center 23 @ 4 Series, 2012 Allen County Public Library. Today’s Objectives. Part I. Part II. SpringBoard Select Engage Retain. Identify Cycles Turning Points Challenges Assess Analyze Action. IRS. Starting Out
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Nonprofit Life Cycles Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center 23 @ 4 Series, 2012 Allen County Public Library
Today’s Objectives Part I Part II SpringBoard Select Engage Retain • Identify • Cycles • Turning Points • Challenges • Assess • Analyze • Action
IRS • Starting Out • Applying for Exemption • Required Filings • Ongoing Compliance • Significant Events
Sharken – 5 Stages • Imagine & Inspire • Found & Frame • Ground & Grow • Produce & Sustain • Review & Renew
7 Stages of Nonprofit Capacity: • Maturity • Decline • Turnaround • Terminal • Idea • Start-Up • Growth SOURCE: Nonprofit Lifecycles, Susan Kenny Stevens
Identify Stage of Life Cycle
Life Cycle Start–Up Imagine & Inspire Stage
Life Cycle Ground & Grow Adolescent Stage
Life Cycle Produce & Sustain Maturity Stage
Life Cycle Stage Stagnant
OR Reverse Dissolve
Turning Points Pivotal Transitions • Organization • Infrastructure • Need to Let Go • Focus • Power Adjustment • Revisit Mission • Need to Move On
SpringBoard • Lifecycle & Board Members
Recruit by Life Cycle • Assess • Predict • Determine • Recruit • Inform • Share
SpringBoard Tools • boardnetUSA • SpringBoard Programs • More!
Resources Books and Online
Books • Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity by Susan Kenny Stevens, 658.048 ST4N • Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability edited by John C. Olberding and Lisa Barnwell Williams, 658.4012 B86
Why Nonprofits Fail: Overcoming Founder's Syndrome, Fundphobia, and Other Obstacles to Success by Stephen R. Block, 658.048 B62W • Seven Turning Points by Susan Gross, 658.406G91S • Board Passages: Three Key Stages in a Nonprofit Board's Life Cycle by Karl Mathiasen III, 658.422 M42B
The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide: Proven Paths for Leaders and Organizations by Tom Adams, 658.4092 AD1N • The Nonprofit Organizational Culture Guide: Revealing the Hidden Truths that Impact Performance Paige Hull Teegarden, Denice Rothman Hinden, Paul Sturm, 658.314 T22N
Online • Act Your Age – Mike Burns, nonprofitboardcrisis.typepad.com • Do You Know Where Your Organization Is In Its Lifecycle? BoardSource.org
Basic Overview of Organizational Life Cycles - Carter McNamara, Managementhelp.com • Organizational Lifecycle & Decline Ashim Gupta, Practical-management.com • Geraldine R. Dodge Blog
Assessment Tools • Keys to Successful Assessment • 5 Life Stages – Where You Are(20-30 min.) • Six Signs That It's Time to Consider Going Out of Business