The Essential Growth Checklist: 10 Things Every Nonprofit Should Assess Before Scaling

Are you ready to grow — or just hoping your systems can keep up? Many nonprofits feel pressure to expand programs, launch campaigns, or raise more money before the foundation is truly ready. The result? Stretched teams, unclear priorities, and stalled momentum that drains leadership energy.

This simple, 10-point checklist helps you pinpoint what’s working and what’s holding you back. In just a few minutes, you’ll see whether your organization has the clarity, alignment, and capacity to grow smarter — not just bigger.

The first step to sustainable growth is clarity.

Build Capacity Before You Scale

Growth shouldn’t come at the cost of burnout or blurred priorities. Yet too often, nonprofits take on more before their systems and people are ready — creating friction instead of focus.

The Essential Growth Checklist gives CEOs and boards a fast, practical way to measure readiness and strengthen what matters most. It’s your bridge from reaction to strategy — helping you build sustainable capacity, regain control, and move forward with confidence.

Here’s What You’ll Get Inside

  • Assess your organization’s readiness across 10 essential categories — from culture and leadership to funding and sustainability.

  • Identify early warning signs that your systems or structure may be limiting growth before they become costly challenges.

  • Clarify the roles, expectations, and priorities that keep your board and executive team aligned as you scale.

  • Evaluate whether your visibility, data, and accountability systems support — or stall — growth.

  • Uncover gaps in your operational capacity so you can strengthen them before launching new initiatives.

  • Gain a clear snapshot of your organization’s overall readiness in minutes, not weeks.

  • Take action on your top three growth priorities with focused steps to create sustainable, scalable progress.

 Start Smart. Grow Strong.

Growth without readiness creates strain, not success. Download the Essential Growth Checklist and find out exactly what your organization needs to scale sustainably — without overextending your people or your systems.

The first step to sustainable growth is clarity.

Created by EROSolutions

EROSolutions partners with nonprofit CEOs, boards, and executive teams to strengthen alignment, rebuild clarity, and scale sustainably. Led by Annette Eros, a seasoned nonprofit executive who has guided organizations through major growth, campaigns, and governance transformation, EROSolutions helps leaders expand their impact — without overextension or burnout.

“Expanding leadership bandwidth. Strengthening governance. Building calm in the chaos.”

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