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When a major grant expires or a cornerstone funding stream unexpectedly dries up, organizations often find themselves at a crossroads. Do you responsibly wind down? Build a bridge to new funding? Scale back to sustain the essentials? These moments require clarity and courage, yet they often arrive with stress, pressure, and a sense of isolation. Leaders feel the weight of making the “right” call. Staff members worry about stability. Communities wonder what comes next. And while these moments are undeniably challenging, they can also become turning points: opportunities to reassess, reimagine, and chart a path forward with integrity and care.
To support organizations in that transition, Educopia is launching the first offering in our Transitions Series: Loss of Primary Source of Funding: a four-session workshop designed to help teams move from uncertainty and panic to grounded, values-aligned decision making.
At Educopia, we’ve spent the past two years stewarding communities through critical junctures, helping groups realign governance, diversify revenue, merge or wind down responsibly, and communicate clearly through uncertainty. These experiences have shown us that transitions aren’t just about strategy or survival. They’re about care, timing, and the relationships that hold an organization together. Simply put, we see these moments not just as phases to manage, but as powerful frameworks for cultivating resilience, equity, and long-term impact. This workshop series is the first in a lineup of offerings we’ll roll out in the months ahead, each addressing a different kind of organizational transition.
What This Workshop Offers
This series equips participants with a full suite of tools, templates, and frameworks to navigate funding loss with clarity. Each resource is ready to adapt to your organization’s context, and every session blends guided facilitation with applied exercises and real-world examples.
Participants gain access to:
- Funding Runway Calculator to assess your actual timeline
- Stakeholder and Community Mapping Worksheets
- Revenue Stream Mapping Tools
- Funder Prospecting Guide and Funding Timeline Tool
- Case-for-Support Template
- Contingency and Wind-Down Budget Templates
- Asset Disposition and Transition Team Planning Tools
- Communications Sequencing Tool for transparent storytelling
- Legacy Planning Guidance to document impact and carry forward lessons
The workshop also includes peer learning, space for strategy reflection, and the option to add tailored consulting hours to turn insights into concrete deliverables such as revised budgets, fundraising plans, or sunsetting blueprints.
A Simple, Supported Structure
The four-session series walks participants through the core elements of navigating funding loss:
- Jan 26, 2026 — Framing & Runway Assessment: Clarify your financial position, map key stakeholders, and assess options for pivoting, scaling back, or winding down.
- Feb 2, 2026 — Pivoting to Sustainability: Map potential revenue streams and develop a “good enough to try, safe enough to fail” plan for next steps.
- Feb 9, 2026 — Responsible Wind Down / Contingency Planning: Prepare for values-aligned transitions using structured tools and templates.
- Feb 16, 2026 — Communications & Legacy: Craft transparent messaging and closure strategies that honor your people and your work.
Each session builds on the last, giving you a clear pathway through uncertainty while honoring your team, your community, and your mission.
What You’ll Leave With
- A clear understanding of financial position and strategic options
- Tools to evaluate assets, risks, and new funding opportunities
- A realistic fundraising or contingency plan tailored to current conditions
- Communications guidance and legacy planning frameworks
- Increased alignment and confidence across staff and leadership
These are the kinds of decisions no organization wants to make alone. This workshop provides the clarity, structure, and support to move through them with steadiness and care. If your organization is facing funding loss, or anticipates it on the horizon, we invite you to sign up and join a cohort of peers navigating similar moments.