Crisis Management in Fundraising

After this school year, a private school for inner-city students closed one of its two campuses. Although a generous donor had funded the first 10 years of its operations, the staff had been unable to secure enough funding after the grant ran out to continue its operation. It was a difficult decision but the only fiscally responsible one.
From a fundraising perspective, having to shut down a program or project that many donors support can be daunting. The potential of losing those donors is very real, and avoiding that attrition can be the reason many nonprofits put off the difficult decisions until it's too late to salvage the rest of the important work they are doing.