Creating an Exit Checklist

An SSIR article featuring Water For People’s work creating the Sustainable Services Checklist and approach for exiting districts after reaching Everyone Forever.

How to Create a Checklist for Nonprofit Exit (SSIR)

Nonprofit leaders talk a lot about creating exit strategies for programs, but few organizations have been able to phase out their work in a way that provides quality, sustainable services for the communities they’re leaving. Too often, exits are dictated by inadequate funding streams or arbitrary timelines, rather than results.