What Sets Confident Organizations Apart? Confident Orgs Share their Strategies.

Jessica McRae

Leaders from hundreds of nonprofits and schools told us what their most pressing risks are. 

The one constant in life is change. But if uncertainty isn't going anywhere, how can social impact organizations prepare for the future and adapt to concerns they never saw coming? In the new Blackbaud Institute report, Risk Readiness: A Report on Leading with Confidence in Uncertain Times, we decoded what confident nonprofits, K–12 schools, and higher education institutions do differently, and we identified key indicators that set them apart.   

Using our new Risk Readiness Barometer as a measurement, readers can clearly see the factors and strategies that help advance organizations from reactive to proactive, so they can make more informed decisions.  

Check out some of the key takeaways from the full report below!  

Key Takeaways:   

• Data shows that readiness is achievable, no matter your organization size or resources.  
• Organizations that feel confident about the future lean into a proactive mindset to embrace risk as part of their strategic planning.  
• Reactive participants were more than 2x more likely to have seen a decrease in revenue than their Proactive counterparts (30% vs 13%, respectively).   

Get the Report !