Learn Dutch: Het project is gestopt omdat we het streefbedrag nog niet bereikt hadden. - The project stopped because we had not reached the target amount yet.

Zodoende means "as a result" or "consequently". To use it here, you need to state the cause first, then the result. The sentence would become: We hadden het streefbedrag nog niet bereikt, en zodoende is het project gestopt. Notice that zodoende is an adverb, so putting it at the start of the second clause triggers inversion (is het project instead of het project is).

Why does the first clause use is gestopt instead of heeft gestopt?

The verb stoppen can use either hebben or zijn in the perfect tense. When it is used intransitively (meaning the subject itself came to a halt, without a direct object), it takes zijn, making it is gestopt. If a subject actively stopped a separate object, like a driver stopping a car, you would use hebben.

Could I say hadden bereikt instead of bereikt hadden at the end of the sentence?

Yes! In a subordinate clause (introduced here by omdat), the verbs group together at the end. For perfect tenses, you can place the auxiliary verb (hadden) either before or after the past participle (bereikt). Both word orders are completely correct and natural in Dutch.

What is the literal breakdown of the noun streefbedrag?