Prioritize Programs and Initiatives and focus those that directly support your mission. Allocate a significant portion of your budget to these core programs, ensuring they are efficient and effective in achieving tangible impact. Evaluate each program through the lens of mission alignment and prioritize funding for those that make the most significant difference. You can also monitor and adjust your budgets accordingly as long as you still adhere to the donor requirement.

I believe in authenticity and transparency in these cases - in a responsible way, non-profits can share these kinds of challenges with their boards and donor champions, sometimes even their wider donor bases, to attract resources, volunteers, in-kind donations, and other kinds of solutions that they may not have ever considered! Balancing a sense of possibility and abundance with the harsh realities is the vital key in this case - but it can be done, and it can transform a non-profit, its budget, and its approach to achieving its mission for the better!

Find volunteers. Share the vision, culture and the goals. Have clear tangible targets. Raise up and release leaders. Develop the team. Trust the team and delegate.