Strategic plans let everyone in your organization know where you are going and how you are going to get there.  What's your mission? To eradicate substandard housing in your community? Do you know how much substandard housing is currently in your community?  What is your organization's annual capacity to remove substandard housing and replace it with decent housing?  How much of an impact will your organization have this year, in three years...in five years?

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At its base a good strategic plan will include:

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• An Introductory Statement - include the reasons to develop this strategic plan, the time period the plan will cover and who is writing the plan.

• A Background Statement - include organizational history, management structure and any collaborating agencies/resources.

•  A Vision Statement - include what your nonprofit wants to achieve.

• A List of Organizational Values - the principles that guide an organization's culture.

• Mission Statement

• Problem statement - identify the key obstacle or obstacles your nonprofit is facing.

• SWOT Analysis - identify your organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

• Goals - identify long-term goals and short term goals.  Each goal should have objectives to be accomplished as a sign a goal has been reached. Many objectives need actions.  All the information should be put into an action plan with measure able steps, due date and persons responsible for accomplishing.

• Evaluation - list how and when you will evaluate if the plan is working or needs to be revised.

• Executive Summary - a final, high-level summary covering all the major points of the plan.

 

Once the strategic plan is approved, printed and disseminated - the work has just begun!

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