WHERE ORGANIZATIONS SIT ON THE RISK SCALE
Participants were asked to place their organization on a 1–10 scale, where 1 means "all is well, funding is stable" and 10 means "at risk of closing or cuts." Three organizations were profiled, with these average ratings:
Statement
Score
Signal
5.4
MID-RISK
Organization 1 – PRIMARY ORGANIZATION
2.9
STABLE- LEANING STABLE- LEANING
Organization 2 – OTHER ORGANIZATION
2.2
Organization 3 - OTHER ORGANIZATION
The spread is itself the insight. Even within a single room of peer leaders, organizations are sitting in materially different positions on the risk curve — which means peer-learning, shared infrastructure, and cross-organizational referral pathways have real strategic value right now.
FUNDING CRISES IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS
Participants named the funding shocks they have personally seen or absorbed since late 2024. The pattern is striking: every named crisis traces back to federal policy and political climate, not to market conditions or organizational missteps. • Reduced funding for organizations serving politically targeted populations • Massive layoffs tied to federal action, and abrupt closures of youth research and service programs • DEI-related executive orders constraining what cultural organizations could program or present
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