Complete a SWOT analysis on a nonprofit organization of your choosing using the template below. Then, prepare recommendations to improve organizational performance and alignment with the organization’s mission and vision. Your recommendations should focus on the board of directors and other top leadership of the non-profit organization.

SWOT Analysis of a nonprofit organization

The organizational leader and board of directors should periodically perform a SWOT analysis. Use this template to perform a SWOT analysis of a non-profit organization that you are very familiar with or have thoroughly researched.

Instructions:

1. List the organization’s internal forces, including strengths and weaknesses, in relation to mission achievement.

2. List key opportunities and threats (political, economic, social, technological, demographic, or legal) that may influence an organization’s ability to achieve its mission.

3. Indicate possible connections between an opportunity or threat, and a strength or weakness. 

Table 1. SWOT analysis of a   non-profit organization

Internal Forces

External Forces

Strength

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Opportunities:

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Weaknesses:

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Threat:

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Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

SWOT Analysis Length: 1page
Written Component: 4pages
Overall Assignment Length: 5 pages, not including title and reference pages