Resource Resilience

Thriving in the face of change, financial resource sustainability, long-term financial planning, stability, empowered staff, best-in-class employer, compelling value proposition for retention and potential candidates, including DEIB.

Resource resilience reflects an organization’s ability to adapt to change, recover from disruptions, and thrive in new circumstances – demonstrating the expertise and discipline needed to prepare for and respond to challenges, both expected and unexpected.  Resource resilience for CA means that CA will commit to ensuring the long-term sustainability of our finances, physical assets, and people resources so that the CA programs, services, and facilities our community enjoys and relies upon can be operated and maintained in a responsible manner.

Organizations that are resource-resilient:

• Anticipate threats
• Adapt continuously
• Protect assets
• Mitigate crises
• Capitalize on opportunities

The Resource Resilience focus area reflects CA’s role as a nonprofit, community services organization stewarding financial, physical and people resources on behalf of the Columbia community.  Being Resource-Resilient enables CA to effectively serve our community and meet the needs of our team members over the long term.  Our success with all other efforts is contingent upon our ability to be resilient with the resources with which we have been entrusted in fulfillment of our fiduciary responsibility.

Steward CA’s annual charge funds, revenues from programs and services, and operating and capital expenditures to maximize CA’s value to the community.

Provide financial management and planning to accommodate short- and long-term investment in buildings and equipment, land and natural resources, and open space assets.

Foster an environment that values CA’s people resources, employees/team members, volunteers, community partner relationships.  Provide education and training, or information, to enhance the impact they provide the organization.