Strategic Scorecard Grant
Having a great strategic plan is only the beginning. To be successful, an organization must also monitor and measure strategic execution and consistently report on progress to a board or other stakeholders.
What we offer
Communicating your successes and achievements to your board and other stakeholders can be straightforward. Our team translates your strategic goals into a set of metrics that deliver critical data while maintaining focus and simplicity. A data collection plan ensures you can continue to update the scorecard. With the right data, rather than more data, you can show your board and other stakeholders your true progress.
The estimated value of this Service Grant is $70,000.
Results
The impact of each project varies but many of our clients have reported getting:
- Ability to accurately assess and monitor strategic progress
- A clear method to present strategic progress to the board or other key stakeholders
- A common terminology around its strategic goals and objectives
How we get it done
The pro bono consultant team will complete some or all of the following:
- Analysis of current strategic plan for clarity around goals, objectives, measures and targets
- Organized objectives into performance targets
- Data collection plan
- Strategic scorecard sample tool
- Board and staff training to ensure a useable scorecard tool and alignment around terminology
Who’s the right fit
To be a successful client for this grant, you should have:
- A clear sense of your organization's mission and vision
- A robust and current strategic plan with clearly articulated goals and objectives and at least 2 years left until projected completion
- PowerPoint and Excel proficiency and skills necessary to build, deploy and analyze a basic online survey
- Staff who can invest the necessary time to make the project succeed. In some cases, the same person can fill more than one role.
- Executive Director: 1 to 2 hours per week
- Key managers: 10-15 hours total
- Finance manager: 10-15 hours total
- Technical contact: 10-15 hours total
- Board representative: 3-5 hours total
- Day-to-Day Contact: 2-4 hours per week
The Taproot Foundation pro bono consultant team is staffed by strategy management experts who have made a personal commitment to strengthening the nonprofit sector. Visit our pro bono consultant roles page for additional information about Strategy Management pro bono consultant roles.
Apply for this Service Grant
If this project appeals to your organization and you have the recommended items in place, please review our grantmaking process and criteria, and then apply. If you have questions about the grant or your eligibility, please contact us.
