Sportable: An Opportunity to Change Lives through Wheelchair Basketball

Successful organizations of all types, wrestle with whether and how to expand. Some leaders are reluctant to change what is a successful formula while others want to grow, grow, grow.

In the non-profit world, these decisions can be particularly tricky due to the multiple stakeholders involved, non- profit mission, and tendency by boards to be conservative in their thinking and decision- making.

This is a story about a successful non-profit whose mission is to organize wheelchair basketball programs. They have a strong following and a well-tested leadership team with aspirations to change the world one program at a time. Should they expand or stick with what works? If they expand, how do they choose the locations and will they have enough support to fund an expansion?