by Spark Strategy | Feb 17, 2026 | Business, ForPurpose, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking
Guest Article by Celeste Halliday A CEO showed me her strategic plan last month. Brilliant. Evidence-based. Board-approved. Fully funded. Eighteen months in: 30% delivered. Here’s what that actually means: Two years of competitive advantage lost A Team who...
by Spark Strategy | Feb 4, 2026 | B Corp, Business, Business Models, ForPurpose, Funding Models, Not For Profit, Partnerships, Shared Value, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Spark Change, Strategic Thinking, Sustainability
For purpose-led organisations, ambition is the fuel, but a resilient business model is the engine. At Spark Strategy, we’ve seen that even the best ideas struggle to survive without a viable operating system and strategic partnerships that unlock capacity for scale....
by Spark Strategy | Feb 4, 2026 | B Corp, Business, ForPurpose, Not For Profit, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Spark Change, Sustainability
For many nonprofits, grants are the financial equivalent of oxygen. Essential? Absolutely. Sufficient on their own? Absolutely not. Grant funding plays a crucial role in powering social impact, but it can also be unpredictable, restrictive, and time-intensive to...
by Spark Strategy | Jan 29, 2026 | B Corp, Business, Education, ForPurpose, Not For Profit, Shared Value, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Spark Change, SparkUP! Newsletters, Strategic Thinking, Sustainability
In the social sector, impact is the goal – but sustainable impact is the real challenge. Every day, purpose-driven organisations deliver programs, services and advocacy that make a genuine difference. Yet many are operating in environments of uncertainty:...
by Spark Strategy | Jan 28, 2026 | B Corp, Business, ForPurpose, Not For Profit, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, SparkUP! Newsletters, Strategic Planning
At Spark Strategy, we spend our days working with organisations that tackle some of society’s biggest challenges: inequality, climate change, homelessness, mental health, access to education, systems that no longer serve the people they were designed to help. These...
by devnth01 | May 3, 2024 | Business, Uncategorised
Author: George Liacos More and more social sector organisations are worrying about their funding and how they will meet growing demand for their programs… how they will drive impact with less. Our uncertain economic times are making these worries doubly troubling as...
