Guest Column: 4 Keys to Financial Sustainability

Financial sustainability is a challenge for most nonprofits, and the reasons may surprise you.  It’s not because there are too many nonprofits competing for donors, and it’s not because there aren’t enough donors.  Nonprofits struggle, largely, for internal rather than external reasons.  In his latest blog post, financial sustainability expert and Invest in Incredible consultant Dan Weiss explains the problems and recommends a new approach.


Weiss, President of Counterpart CFO and adjunct faculty member at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, provides customized consulting services to Gulf Coast’s nonprofit partners through our Invest in Incredible initiative. To see if your organization can benefit from capacity-building assistance through I3, go here.


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