T is for True-Cost Budget: Don't Underfund The Real Cost Of Your Impact
Description
If every win creates more strain, you’re likely underfunding infrastructure.
🧠Today’s belief shift: A budget is a design tool. If you don’t fund the true cost—people, tools, stewardship, reserves—you fund burnout.
Under-resourced ops steal focus from programs and make growth feel like a trap.
Today’s leadership prompt is simple:
For one initiative, what 10–15% infrastructure line will you add—and how will you explain to donors why it protects impact?
đź“Ą Download: True-Cost Checklist + Capacity Compass Quiz [LINK]
🎯 Ready to price and message the real cost? The Aligned Anchors Budgeting Toolkit walks you through it.
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