We are living through a period of profound transformation.
The changes and uncertainty in nonprofit funding have started a chain reaction: longstanding norms are dissolving, power dynamics are being renegotiated, and organizations are being thrust into transformation—or closure.
For many, this is a moment of instability and uncertainty—and also one of possibility and emergence.
This guide is both a thought piece and a practical tool. Because when more people are able to make real sense of the complex moment we are currently navigating, organizations will be better equipped to build a better ecosystem, rather than simply surviving.
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What you’ll get in the guide
A framework for reflection and action
- See patterns across the ecosystem, not just in your organization
- Locate yourself within larger shifts in power and funding
- Use practical prompts to spark dialogue and inform strategic choices
- Move from reactive survival to intentional transformation
A companion worksheet with questions and prompts
- For individuals: How do I want to show up in this moment?
- For organizations: What assumptions need to be re-examined?
- For the sector (collaborating across groups): What’s worth conserving and what must we compost?
Four Proven Frameworks
- Three Horizons: See what’s ending, emerging, and possible
- Social Change Ecosystem Map: Recognize diverse, interdependent roles
- Two Loops: Understand your role during paradigm transitions
- Panarchy & Ecocycle: Find leverage points for regeneration
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This guide was created through the TIME Transformation Lab—a collaboration-based initiative led by Humentum that brings together INGOs, CSOs, networks, and funders to explore and test what transformation looks like in practice.
TIME (Transforming Institutional Models for Equity) helps actors navigate disruption and possibility by creating spaces for reflection and experimentation, and by co-creating practical tools that strengthen resilience, equity, and organizational change. Its learning spreads through networks and new contexts, creating ripple effects across the sector. Through its Working Out Loud approach, TIME shares insights in real time so others can adopt, adapt, and apply them.
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