A synopsis of two articles addressing the changes nonprofits will face once the majority of people are vaccinated for COVID.

Most nonprofits are scrambling for survival more than ever before. The pandemic restrictions have put the skids on their critical work in the community, raised havoc with their fundraising efforts and left many wondering if they will even be able to endure.

Yet two distinctive traits of nonprofits will help them outlast this dramatic upheaval: optimism and commitment.

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More than half of all museums have less than six months of operating cash on hand. Many others in the social sector are in the same boat. Boards, nonprofit leaders, and funders are paying closer attention to sustainability during these challenging times.

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Nonprofits must be able to manage debt, take care of their facilities, and measure liquidity. Liquidity is the amount of cash and assets that a nonprofit can easily convert to case for use.

Nonprofits say the high level of uncertainty and communication are their greatest challenges during the shutdown.

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Organizations can’t just turn the lights back on and hand out masks at the door to the returning workforce. Before a vaccine is available, the office experience won’t remain as it was before the pandemic.