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Who are the stakeholders who should be at the planning table for your mission and vision statements? Well, consider who has a vested interest in the creation of your nonprofit organization and its ability to be successful in the community.

 Governing board members: The reason we urge you to form your governing board during the incorporation process is that those folks need to be involved in every step of your nonprofit organization’s start-up process — including helping to craft the mission and vision statements.

 Staff: If you bring on staff members early on, via donations or other monetary support, include them in development meetings for the mission and vision statements. The greatest way to attract buy-in to everything about the organization is to invite to the table for inclusion the people who have to carry out the mission and vision.

 Volunteers: Embracing diversity begins with identifying volunteers who have stepped up when you had nothing except a dream. These are the dedicated group of individuals who asked how they could help and then rolled up their sleeves to help raise seed funding by manning yard sale tables and county fair exhibit booths. In all types of weather, these folks stood strong in handing out pamphlets and fliers to hundreds of attendees. Yes, bring them to the planning table. Solicit their input! Show them how much you trust their thoughts and service!

 Community partners: Identify the organizations that opened their doors to you when you were asking for ideas about gaps in services. Remember the executive directors of the nonprofits who stepped up and offered meeting space, office supplies, copies of policies and procedures, and more. Yes, ask them to come to the planning table and participate in developing your mission and vision statements.

 Representatives from the target population you plan to serve: How do you know about a need for your services in the community? Have you spoken to any of your targeted clients or organizations who already serve similar target populations?