Assess whether required funds will be available, and the consequences of their lack of availability.

Fund­ing resources should have been con­sid­ered dur­ing strat­e­gy map­ping, but can become more spe­cif­ic in this step. Fund­ing require­ments that are not either in line with your pre­vi­ous track record of fundrais­ing or based on com­mit­ted funds are high risk.