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Organizational Sustainability Score
12 questions on strategic clarity, risk management, impact/financial integration, and execution discipline, grounded in Harvard Kennedy School's Strategic Triangle, the COSO risk framework, the nonprofit sector's own "dual bottom line" research, and Harvard Business School's Balanced Scorecard. If you've completed the Revenue & Growth and Leadership scores, this tool ties all three together. Takes about 7 minutes. New here? The free Self-Assessment is a faster 5-minute starting point across all five sustainability dimensions.
Section 1 of 4: Strategic Clarity & Public Value
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The Strategic Triangle
Harvard Kennedy School's Mark Moore argues that a mission-driven organization's strategy only works if three things are balanced together: the value it creates, its capacity to deliver, and the support it has to keep operating. Here's how those three legs look for you right now.
By Dimension
This is a directional self-assessment based on your own responses, scored against published research and national benchmarks. It is not a formal strategic or risk audit, and every question involves judgment; treat it as a starting point for a real conversation, not a verdict.
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Sources: Mark H. Moore, "Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government" (Harvard University Press, 1995) and the Strategic Triangle; the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework; Jeanne Bell, Jan Masaoka & Steve Zimmerman, "Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability" and the Matrix Map; Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton, "The Balanced Scorecard" (Harvard Business Review, 1992) and subsequent research on strategy execution. Benchmark figures are sector-wide findings, not specific to any organization Frankly Inspired and Associates, LLC has worked with.