Our Mission:
Spectrum Nonprofit Services provides strategy and management
expertise to enable nonprofits to work more effectively as they better our society and enrich our lives.
Maximizing your organization’s impact while increasing financial sustainability is a key to long-term success. Our clients benefit from Spectrum’s understanding of this dual bottom line. Using a framework that relies on financial and market analysis, we provide customized consulting and training services to nonprofit organizations and foundations in the following areas:
News and Events:
The Nonprofit Business Model Statement
Many people are familiar with their mission statement, but they don't articulate their business model in the same way. This statement is a brief summary of the organization's economic drivers. Learn more about it in Blue Avocado
Coming this Fall: "Nonprofit Sustainability"
This upcoming book written by Spectrum's Steve Zimmerman together with CompassPoint's Jeanne Bell and Blue Avocado's Jan Masaoka, will provide readers with a useful tool for understanding your organization's business model and making strategic decisions to improve your sustainability.
Should we worry about our finances?
As nonprofits face an increasingly tough time with cash flow, what ratios should board members follow to see if they need to worry? Spectrum's Steve Zimmerman writes about four ratios to ease your fears in Blue Avocado. Click here
What is Blue Avocado?
Blue Avocado www.blueavocado.org is a leading national resource for nonprofit boards and executives. Spectrum’s Steve Zimmerman joins the sector’s thought leaders writing finance and strategy related features for the publication on a regular basis. Subscribe today!