TWO PATHS TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Clarity Precedes Acceleration
Sustainable growth starts with understanding what your organization needs, then putting the right plan and systems into practice. Begin with a Growth and Revenue Assessment, or move into the Intensive Growth Accelerator when your priorities are already clear. Ongoing fractional support can provide the leadership and execution capacity to sustain progress.
WHERE TO BEGIN
Meet Us Where You Are
"We can feel the growth slowing, and we are not sure why."
Revenue is flat or fragile, and the reasons are hard to see from the inside. Start with a full read of your organization and a 12-month roadmap.
"We know what needs to change. We need help making it happen."
You have clarity on the problem. We build the plan and stay alongside your team.
Most organizations begin with the Assessment. Some move straight to the Accelerator when the diagnosis is already clear.
Most organizations begin with the Assessment. Some move straight to the Accelerator when the diagnosis is already clear.
Nonprofit Growth and Revenue Assessment
Understanding where your growth has stalled
Growth often slows for reasons that are hard to see from within. The Assessment gives you a full, honest read across the systems that drive sustainability, so you can see where revenue is leaking and what to prioritize first.
What It Covers
COMPREHENSIVE 360 DIAGNOSTIC
- A full read across the Five Factor™ Framework: plan, outcomes, budget, team, donors
- Financial and revenue review
- Development capacity review
- Donor pipeline analysis
- Leadership and staffing assessment
- Board engagement review
- Earned and contributed revenue opportunities
- 12-month priorities and an executive roadmap
- A board or leadership presentation
Intensive Growth Accelerator
Turning clarity into momentum
When the diagnosis is clear, the work becomes momentum. The Accelerator turns the plan into motion and builds the revenue strategy, pipeline, and internal systems your team can carry forward.
or, take the organizational check-up
What The Work Can Include
TYPICAL ENGAGEMENT SCOPE
- Revenue strategy
- Major-gift pipeline
- A right-sized development function
- Business or strategic plan
- Board accountability
- KPI dashboard
- Case for support
- Implementation sprint
- Executive coaching and team accountability
How the Two Work Together
Growth and Revenue Assessment
Diagnose and Roadmap
You sense a plateau but cannot name the cause
Diagnosis and a 12-month roadmap
A clear read on where growth is leaking, plus a board-ready roadmap
Where most organizations begin
Intensive Growth Accelerator
Action and Sprint
Best when:
You know what needs to change and want a partner to execute
Focus:
Execution over a focused sprint
You leave with:
A plan in motion and systems your team can carry
Typical starting point:
For those already past the diagnosis
Not sure which fits? Start with the Organizational Check-up, or reach out and we will help you find the right starting point. The Organizational Check-up is a self-assessment that helps you identify a starting point. The Growth and Revenue Assessment is a paid engagement with Sharity that includes professional analysis, prioritized recommendations, and a leadership presentation.
Keep the Work Moving
When your organization needs ongoing leadership or execution capacity, Sharity can continue alongside your team through fractional development, operations, or executive support. We help manage implementation, strengthen internal functions, and maintain accountability for results.
Grounded in the Five FactorTM Framework
Our engagements apply the approach described in Nonprofit, Inc.: Scaling with Purpose through the Five Factor™ Framework. We assess how your plan, outcomes, budget, team, and donor strategy work together to support sustainable growth.
When purpose meets rigor, your impact becomes sustainable.
Featured Client Stories
What Our Partners Say
Carol Wick’s nonprofit knowledge, combined with her gravitas and successes, has helped Freedom Ride tremendously. If Carol doesn’t already know the people and players in a particular landscape, she finds them. She is a connector and a powerful communicator. She has already steered this organization in the right direction.
We are so thankful to Sharity for this venture. Survivors of domestic violence must inform and transform child welfare and behavioral health systems in Florida. Long overdue collaboration.
Sharity provided a detailed assessment of our agency’s capacity for a capital campaign. She provided detailed action steps to build our brand identity and fundraising capabilities, all of which informs our strategic plan. It was a pleasure to work with Carol and learn from her years of experience in the nonprofit sector.
Sharity’s report has given our organization critically impactful information that we will be able to share with donors. Their comprehensive analysis on return on investment will be invaluable to our communications and messaging, and will assist greatly with our fundraising efforts.
Working with Carol and her team is working with the industry’s experts! Their deep knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit have allowed our housing mission to serve more families.
Sharity leadership’s professional insights and training were transformational for the organization at a critical juncture when determining the strategic direction for our growth.
Sharity provided us with the tools for planning our nonprofit business, empowering us to identify the opportunities for building, branding and positioning us in the marketplace. Tools that have allowed Faith and Grace, Inc. to grow and thrive.
Questions Leaders Ask
Most organizations begin with the Assessment, because it names the real issue before any plan is built. If the diagnosis is already clear, the Accelerator moves you straight into execution. If you are unsure, a short conversation will point you to the right first step.
A clear read across the systems that drive sustainability, a view of where revenue is leaking, and a 12-month roadmap you can act on and bring to your board.
Typically the executive director and development leadership, with board input where it matters. We are careful with everyone’s time and with internal dynamics.
It can be. If a key seat is open, embedded or fractional support may hold momentum while you build. A conversation is the best way to find the right shape.
NEXT STEPS
Not sure where to start?
Most organizations begin with the Assessment. If you are unsure, a short, fit-based conversation will help you find the right starting point.