The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

ByJackie Sue Griffin The nonprofit world isnt what it used to be. To thrive during 2025, nonprofits must create workplaces where employees feel connected to the mission and see clear opportunities for growth. Your nonprofits brand isnt just about marketing; its about showing potential hires what makes your organization special.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 5, 2024

In the diverse tapestry of nonprofit organizations, one challenge that often arises is the generational and knowledge divide among employees. With multi-generational staff and varying levels of experience, nonprofits must navigate these divides to foster collaboration, innovation, and shared success.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 24, 2025

But while others have argued that the nonprofit sector should consider mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as not just an escape plan, our experience demonstrates that perhaps we should go even farther than that. Mergers and acquisitions should be normalized as a strategic tool for mission-driven organizations.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 19, 2025

The nonprofit sector is full of passion and pressure passion for changing the world for the better and pressure to tackle complex issues with limited resources. Because of this duality, nonprofit employees are particularly vulnerable to burnout. Fulfilling your nonprofits mission is a team effort. Nonprofit work is fast-paced.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

The LIFT Fund is a collaborative effort that brings together philanthropy, labor, and worker centers to invest in worker power building in this region. A third promising approach focuses on advancing statewide coordination and collaboration that helps organizations exercise political power to move a pro-worker agenda.

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Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Michael Horowitz, President of The Community Solution Education System, about the crucial role of culture in nonprofit success. Dr. Horowitz emphasizes that culture isn’t just an abstract concept—it directly impacts leadership, fundraising, collaboration, and long-term impact.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 15, 2025

By Ashley Lanfer & Kelly Mangiardi Dozens of articles have proposed co-leadership as an attractive option for nonprofits, presenting the structure as a healthier, more relational, and less isolating way to work, as well as an appealing on-ramp for chief executives of color. Many nonprofits are finding these arguments compelling.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe spring is the perfect time to make plans for your personal and professional development. new training events and certificate programs to help you renew your commitment to growth and to nurture your organization’s learning culture. We’ve launched 17 (yes, 17!!!!)

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. In other cases, they are organizations, industries, professions, or cultures.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The nonprofit sector was one of the last sectors to accept the shift to a remote or hybrid work environment, driven by the simple fact that nonprofits are used to collaborating and serving communities in person.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

To navigate the ongoing disruptions in the social sector, nonprofits need more than financial capital alone. In this article, Ill share why nonprofits need three types of capitalfinancial, social, and psychologicalto survive and thrive in todays turbulent context, as well as how to cultivate each of them.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. CFP®, found nonprofits that consistently received gifts of appreciated stocks grew their contributions six times faster than those receiving only cash. Stay tuned!

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Established nonprofit organizations play a vital role in addressing social issues, driving positive change, and enriching communities. In this article, we explore the seven stages of development that established nonprofits often navigate as they strive for excellence in advancing their mission and serving their constituents.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center will bring nearly 1,000 nonprofit and community leaders together for a day of collaboration, conversation and education at the 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Conference: It Starts With Us on October 8. I’ve always been called to work that gives back to the community I exist in.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JULY 31, 2023

Dear funders: Nonprofits need your support to include human capital needs. State of Nonprofits in 2023: What Funders Need to Know revealed the top concern among nonprofit executives is staff-related issues, including burnout, filling staff positions and retaining staff.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite comprising the majority of the nonprofit workforce, women in the sector still face gender disparities and challenges, including unequal pay, lack of access to funding sources, and expectations to do more with less. nonprofit sector demographics. The more you know: Key facts about Black nonprofit leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the world of nonprofit organizations, the key to making a lasting impact lies within the power of their teams. In this article, we will explore our strategies for enhancing your nonprofit performance! Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy: Who’s Job is it? . He is the one to whom the “ culture eats strategy for breakfast ” quote is attributed. You’re part of the problem.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2025

In todays rapidly evolving nonprofit landscape, executive directors and board members face an onslaught of challengesfrom dwindling funding sources to rapidly shifting community needs. For nonprofits, this means clinging to past practices, fearing failure, and resisting changeeven when the environment demands adaptation.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

At this past summer’s gathering, Amardeep Singh, vice president of programs at Proteus Fund, a funder collaborative that supports movements to advance justice, equity, and inclusive democracy, shared a vision that sticks with you. “We A society anchored by a shared future is a powerful re-orientation for the nation, including philanthropy.

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Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

Every nonprofit wants donors who are deeply connected to the work they fundsupporters who dont just write checks but are invested in the mission. Nonprofits are experts at fulfilling donor needs, not the other way around. It also perpetuates a one-sided dynamic where nonprofits deliver while donors remain passive recipients.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

So, how can your nonprofit communicate more effectively to achieve its intended impact? Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer and communications coach, BeverlyAnn Foster , offers five tips for navigating team dynamics to communicate with confidence. Promote a positive team culture. Language and culture are interconnected.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Re-Connection by Rene Laprise Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s fall 2024 issue, Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement. The showcase was a collaborative project organized by the Ubuntu Climate Initiative in partnership with the media arts center Open Signal.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? The collaborative seeks to expand that history by helping to bring solidarity care to the United States. Image Credit: Dall-E by OpenAI. Sometimes, whats new is rooted in what is ancient.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 8, 2025

Below is a pie chart highlighting how I collaborated with clients last year and provided value through my work. Second, I occasionally collaborate with agencies as their tactical consultant, helping to bring their strategies to life. I want to help more small and mid-size nonprofits excel in their corporate outreach and execution.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Planning a strategic session for your nonprofit can be one of the most impactful moments of the yeara chance to reset, strategize, and inspire your team. The risks of last-minute planning Last-minute planning often feels unavoidable, especially in the fast-paced nonprofit world where urgent priorities constantly arise.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 22, 2024

Today’s nonprofit organizations exist in a world that is constantly evolving. Veterans emerge from their time in the service with a multitude of skills and are willing and ready to bring that wealth of leadership expertise to nonprofit organizations. Leadership Excellence Military training is synonymous with leadership development.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

In this blog post, well explore how to align your internal team for fundraising successbreaking down silos, fostering cross-department collaboration, and ensuring that everyone is engaged in achieving your organizations philanthropic goals. Because when fundraising becomes a team effort, the results speak for themselves.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Nonprofits of all sizes have one need in common: funding. Without it, your nonprofit can’t operate and do the important work that fuels your cause. As donor behavior continues to change, nonprofits of all sizes must increasingly rely on the generosity of many instead of the consistent support from a few.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Here’s a familiar scene: your nonprofit organization just won its first big grant, and you’re ecstatic. We’ve had our own share of nonprofit compliance undertakings over the years. In 2023, Candid completed our first external SOC 2 audit, a collaborative effort across our administrative teams. At Candid, we can relate.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities. Why board micromanagement makes nonprofit leaders furious Board members are supposed to focus on governance, strategy, and oversight.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 27, 2025

As advisors to donors and nonprofits, we know firsthand the impact this wealth can have, and were optimistic that much of it will be deployed through philanthropy or values-aligned investing to address our worlds most pressing problems. Women are more collaborative: Women are more likely to engage in collaborative giving than men (e.g.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Vital Strategies, the New York-based public health nonprofit I’ve led for the past two decades, employs nearly 400 people in 16 countries. Some challenges may be less tangible, such as cultural differences and values. As the CEO of a global organization, I have seen firsthand the power of global talent.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last week, we shared that we found in the 2021 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report that a majority of nonprofits said they did more communications planning (63%) and that the level of internal collaboration on the communications workload went up (57%) as a result of the pandemic. We refer to this spectrum as CALM not BUSY.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC)fiscally sponsored and co-founded by Global Fund for Childrenworks to create organizational practices and cultures in support of safeguarding. This article will highlight findings from a recent FSC report analyzing the challenges its U.S. Photo credit: Karen Hatch The post Doing good, wrong?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

That’s about how many nonprofits have no members of color on their boards (BoardSource). Yet, diverse boards are essential to strengthen nonprofits and communities. So, what can be done to solve for such a significant gap between what is and what should be in the nonprofit sector? ” Elizabeth J.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While many nonprofit employees go into the sector because they feel strongly about certain causes, those charitable efforts aren’t enough to keep them at your organization long term. The best way to keep employees around is to foster a positive nonprofit work environment. Encourage team members to get to know each other.

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