Inside my practice · Humanitarian nonprofit
The grant that rewrote the mandate
A major funding opportunity would have expanded a service organization into sensitive identity work.
What the situation reveals
The operating condition
Revenue pressure was being used to stretch the mandate before local legitimacy was established.
The move I would make
Put the mandate and host-country permissions ahead of the funding decision.
The question to take into the room
Would accepting the grant require the institution to become something it was not authorized to be?
Explore the architecture
Follow the condition through the system.
Start with STRATĒGA, then examine where the other disciplines alter the decision or its consequences.
Bring it into your work
Would accepting the grant require the institution to become something it was not authorized to be?