Any parent or teacher can tell you that one challenge with problem children is that it is easy to lavish so much attention on them that the well-behaved kids end up with less attention than they need and deserve. It's no different in the charitable sector. It lets you prepare for the future . Often it's because the organization didn't understand the cause of the growth. They didn't truly know why they were succeeding.
Many organizations can grow due to a societal fad or other short-lived reasons.
His focus on the environment creates rapid growth among environmental and wildlife-oriented causes. Organization A enjoys the growth without thought for what's causing it. They double the budget, hire 100 new staffers, start five new projects, buy a new building, etc. Organization B carefully analyzes the situation, and while they do everything they can to thrive and grow with this new opportunity, they conclude that it's likely to be a temporary growth spurt. Therefore, they prepare for the day when the environment won't be the hot topic.