Jodie Kluver, a professor of public and nonprofit management at Bridgewater State University, says the standard advice to lock a nonprofit into a long-range strategic plan often works against the organization it is meant to help.

Westerly, RI, United States - October 28, 2026 - Boards love a five-year plan.

It gives them a document to point to, a set of goals to measure, and a story to tell funders.