Navigating Uncertainty: Strategies for Nonprofit Resilience

Scenario Planning, Fund Development, and Mission Realignment for a Sustainable Future

Session 1 – Scenario Planning
September 3, 2026 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street, Waterbury

This workshop series is designed to help nonprofits build the tools, frameworks, and strategies needed to navigate an unpredictable environment. Across three hands-on sessions, participants will explore scenario planning, fund development, and mission realignment as interconnected approaches to strengthening organizational resilience. Designed for small- to mid-sized nonprofits with budgets of $2 million or less. Organizations are encouraged to attend in teams up to three. 

Session 1 – Scenario Planning: Prepare your organization for an uncertain future. Session 1 introduces scenario planning as a practical tool for navigating change, mitigating risk, and positioning your organization to seize unexpected opportunities.

You’ll explore:

• How to identify the driving forces — financial, programmatic, operational, and political — that could impact your mission and sustainability
• How to map potential futures and develop “if/then” strategies that keep your organization ready to act
• Who to bring to the table and how to move a group through the scenario planning process

Together, we’ll work through the core steps of scenario planning — from orienting your team around key strategic issues to constructing scenario narratives and building proactive, actionable responses. Leave with a shared framework and concrete strategies you can apply when the landscape shifts.

Questions? Email Patrick McKenna at pmckenna@conncf.org or call 203.753.1315.

Register below:

This session is part of a workshop series:

• View details and register for session 2: Setting Priorities for Mission and Impact (September 24, 2026)
• View details and register for session 3: Building Your Fund Development Road Map (October 15, 2026)

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