Triage a Funding Cut Without Cutting the Mission Core
Prioritize nonprofit cuts while protecting mission-critical capacity.
The pressure An 18% funding cut tempts leaders into an equal percentage cut across everything. The decision changes trust, money, and mission delivery. Framework Balanced Scorecard Triage Evaluate cuts across money, stakeholder value, process reliability, and capacity before deciding what to pause. Reflex Solve the visible problem only A clear next action with fewer hidden assumptions. Criteria The CFO proposes equal cuts. What do you do first? Protect Intake coverage and supervision are expensive. Which move is stronger? Now you try A literacy nonprofit must cut $60k from a $900k budget. Which cut deserves first review?
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