{"id":15508,"date":"2021-03-15T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/?page_id=15508"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:11:48","slug":"operations-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/businessplan\/help-center\/non-profit-business-plans\/operations-plan","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Business Plan Operations Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 35px;\">Nonprofit Operations Plan<\/h1>\n<p>Your operations plan explains how you will meet the goals detailed earlier in your business plan.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"promo\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #008cba;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businessplantemplate.growthink.com\/non-profit\/?utm_source=non-profit-business-plans&#038;utm_medium=growthink&#038;utm_campaign=seo\" target=\"_blank\" re=\"nofollow\">Quickly and easily complete your Non-Profit business plan with Growthink\u2019s Ultimate Non-Profit Business Plan Template and complete your plan and financial model in just hours.<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We suggest having two sub-sections here: 1) everyday\/short-term processes and 2) long-term processes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyday\/short-term processes<\/strong> are the day-to-day tasks involved in running your nonprofit. These often include running programs and offering services to your constituents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long-term processes<\/strong> are the ways you will meet your organization\u2019s growth goals, such as expanding into new geographic areas or providing new services. Here we suggest creating a milestone chart showing your expansion plans over the next five years.<\/p>\n<div>\n    <button class=\"btn-right\" onclick=\"window.location.href='\/businessplan\/help-center\/non-profit-business-plans\/marketing-plan';\">< Previous: Marketing Plan<\/button>             <button class=\"btn-right\" style=\"float: right;\" onclick=\"window.location.href='\/businessplan\/help-center\/non-profit-business-plans\/management-team';\">Next: Management Team ><\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-1.8.3.min.js\"><\/script><script>$(function(){  $('a').each(function() {    if ($(this).prop('href') == window.location.href) {      $(this).parent().addClass('current');    }  });});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n  \"@type\": \"aggregateRating\",\n  \"ratingValue\": \"4.9\",\n  \"bestRating\": \"5\",\n  \"worstRating\": \"1\",\n  \"reviewCount\": \"1127\",\n  \"itemReviewed\": {\n  \"@type\": \"Product\",\n  \"name\": \"Growthink's Ultimate Business Plan Template\",  \n  \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/#bpt\",\n  \"aggregateRating\": {\n    \"ratingValue\": \"4.9\",\n    \"bestRating\": \"5\",\n    \"worstRating\": \"1\",\n    \"reviewCount\": \"1127\"\n  }    \n  }\n  }\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonprofit Operations Plan Your operations plan explains how you will meet the goals detailed earlier in your business plan. 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