Capital Planning

A road map for your capital base.

A strategic financial plan provides a road map to internal capital generation and access to outside capital. Because your long-term future depends on today's investments, the process used to decide which projects receive capital is critical.

Why it matters

Planning that focuses prioritization.

Capital planning is a necessary component of strategic planning. It focuses prioritization and suggests ways to develop a course of action in reinvesting and developing the organization's capital base and physical assets.

Because an organization's long-term financial future is largely dependent on today's strategic investments, the process used to decide which projects receive capital is critical to achieving the financial plan's target.

The framework

Issues we help you weigh.

Some of the considerations organizations need to balance when planning their capital future.

01

Prioritization

Which projects receive capital — and in what order — is the decision that most shapes your financial future.

02

Internal capital generation

How your operations, reserves, and philanthropy combine to fund reinvestment over time.

03

Access to outside capital

How much debt your credit can support, and on what terms the market will provide it.

04

Physical asset strategy

A course of action for reinvesting in and developing your organization's capital base.