The nonprofit sector reflects society's ethos and plays a vital role in building community consensus to enhance quality of life for all.

With 7,119 reporting IRS tax-exempt charitable nonprofits in Georgia*, benevolence is widespread and funding to support such compassion is limited. Competition to sustain well-intentioned endeavors is intense—forcing each nonprofit to routinely examine its relevance and impact within the scope of the broader community.

However, many essential nonprofits, as defined by community demand for their programs and services, are not as effective or efficient as they could be in their pursuit of community building.

Many nonprofit leaders are overwhelmed with the breadth of their organization's daily activities. They often are forced to push aside the time and resource investment required to develop, evaluate and maintain long-term viability and financial sustainability, and without a formal infrastructure to generate earned income or philanthropic revenue—some lack the financial resources to put such critical systems in place. With this model, fundraising unfortunately becomes a reactive nightmare rather than a proactive strategy.

Some organizations unnecessarily duplicate the services of their sector mates.

Others deliver such an extensive menu of disconnected services they inhibit themselves from being great at delivering one.

And many readily shift their service offerings to match the interests of the funding community because their own strengths and purpose are unclear.

Desert Flower Management Consulting, Inc. was established to support community initiatives that advocate on behalf of families and children from economically disadvantaged households, and that seek to help curb the cycle of chronic poverty and illness. And we will deem our collective efforts successful when you are equipped to undeniably substantiate your organization's contributions to society through measurable outcomes and sustainable funding.

* According to the Nonprofit Georgia at a Glance report published by the Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and released in 2007.