Strategic planning software for small nonprofits

Build a strategic plan
your nonprofit
can actually use.

Give your board and team a clear path forward through an expert-guided, 11-phase process that produces a board-ready plan; Phases 0–3 are available free.

Start your plan freeSee the 3-step process
00  Getting Ready
01  Environmental Scanning
02  Current State
03  Strategic Goals  →
04  Stakeholder Engagement
05  Implementation
06  OKR Monitoring
07  Continuous Improvement
08  Training & Development
09  Evaluating Impact
10  Adapting to Change
YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN
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03  Strategic Goals

Define the primary goals that will move your organization forward.

In this phase you will:

  • Review your current state
  • Identify key focus areas
  • Write 2–5 strategic goals
  • Define success metrics
Continue this phase
A clear path forward

Three steps to a plan that works.

You bring the mission and organizational knowledge, while the Planner provides the process, prompts, and structure.

STEP 01

Begin with a clear view of current conditions

Begin free with readiness, environmental scanning, current state, and strategic goals, so your plan is grounded in reality.

STEP 02

Build with expert guidance

Follow practical prompts, examples, and proven tools through all 11 phases, at a pace that works for your team.

STEP 03

Turn strategy into action

Download a board-ready plan with priorities, measures, and an implementation path your organization can use.

The complete process

Eleven phases support
one working strategy.

The guided process is designed for small teams, and you can begin free before continuing at your own pace.

Explore all 11 phases
00Getting ReadyFREE
01Environmental ScanningFREE
02Current StateFREE
03Strategic GoalsFREE
04Stakeholder Engagement
05Implementation
06OKR Monitoring
07Continuous Improvement
08Training & Development
09Evaluating Impact
10Adapting to Change

The Planner guides the thinking behind each strategic decision.

Step-by-step guidance, real examples, and built-in prompts help you build a strategic plan your team can actually use.

See how it works
NONPROFIT
STRATEGIC PLANNER
00 Getting Ready
01 Environmental Scanning
02 Current State
03 Strategic Goals →
04 Stakeholder Engagement
05 Implementation
06 OKR Monitoring

02  Current State

64% Complete
OverviewGuidanceExamplesYour Notes
Internal Strengths
What are your organization’s biggest strengths?
Tips

Focus on your team, programs, relationships, systems, and resources.

Choose the right level of support

Choose the level of support that fits your organization.

All plans include lifetime access to the Planner and all 11 phases.

Planner

$497

All 11 phases
Lifetime access
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Planner +
Written Review

$797

Planner plus
expert written
feedback

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Planner +
Live Session

$1,197

Planner plus
90-minute advisory
session

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Strategic
Advisory

$7,500

Three-month
advisory
engagement

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Dr. David L. Harkins
Built by a nonprofit strategist, for nonprofit leaders.

I am Dr. David L. Harkins, an organizational development consultant and the founder of Human Works Group. After years of facilitating strategic planning processes for small nonprofits, I continued to see organizations doing critical community work without the strategic clarity their work deserved. I believe that strategic planning works best when it creates a responsive toolset that helps a nonprofit sustain itself in a dynamic marketplace.

The Nonprofit Strategic Planner makes the same OD-grounded, equity-centered, capacity-realistic process I use with clients accessible to any small nonprofit willing to do the work. A defined and useful business planning process should be available to nonprofit organizations regardless of size; that belief led me to build this Planner.

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