NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

From for-profit companies to nonprofits of every size, one of the best indicators of high-performing organizations is a dedicated focus on creating a learning culture. What is a learning culture, and how do you know if your organization has one? What is a learning culture? Ask team members about their learning interests.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 31, 2023

But a vital ingredient for the secret sauce is teamwork, and you get the best of your squad by building a great organizational culture. The fact is that nonprofits have a lot going on with their missions, programs and, of course, getting donors to give to their causes.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is often true – certainly there are situations where strategy is consumed by culture – but strategy and culture are not mutually exclusive. Values both reflect, influence, and reinforce culture, and we wanted ours to be able to help us make decisions and get things done.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 15, 2024

By Lisa Schohl Getty Images You shouldn’t assume trustees know how to raise money simply because they joined your board, experts say. Here are nine ways to build a board that prioritizes fundraising — and help them succeed.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2024

The path through the Great Exhaustion lies not in groundbreaking strategies but in embracing foundational leadership practices.

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Joan Garry

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Givers At Your Organization (a Tribute to Heidi Dressler) appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting. So many members of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab are pure, unadulterated Givers. But Heidi was the “Queen Giver”.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 26, 2025

When your internal culture aligns with your external experience you dont just have a brand. Tools are not your culture. Need help cultivating your brand culture and aligning your team to take on the world of AI and digital marketing with the soul of your brand on front and center stage? Its how you walk it out in the real world.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2024

Nonprofit leaders, trustees, and consultants discuss what can go wrong when organizations focus on board diversity without first creating an inclusive board culture.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 14, 2025

To make art is to borrow from others, from culture, but under current law, all expressive worksfrom books to blog postsautomatically receive copyright protection. The Copyright Trap The idea of copyright is usually framed as protection: Copyright laws protect creators from having their work stolen or manipulated.

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Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

In this episode, Rob Harter speaks with Dr. 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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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

4 signs of a toxic culture for partnerships. They are dropping three new bath bombs. Their names? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. ( = This article is behind a paywall, but I can send it to you). Seeing any of these on your team? Companies are dialing back efforts on racial and gender equality - but ramping up in these other areas.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 7, 2025

They need to be transparent to reduce the possibility of rumors and continue to make organizational culture a high priority, experts say. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images They need to be transparent to reduce the possibility of rumors and continue to make organizational culture a high priority, experts say.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 4, 2024

Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars.

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Clairification

MARCH 27, 2025

Your organization has a culture of philanthropy. Without goodwill and a culture of philanthropy , youre not going to achieve anywhere near as much as you could or should. Very few nonprofits have in their strategic plan a goal to build goodwill and a culture of philanthropy. Or its not. Or it doesnt.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. By Ken Grossinger Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. That’s why grant makers need to encourage and support alliances between artists and advocates.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 12, 2024

To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 14, 2025

Create a culture where experiments are seen as an opportunity more than a risk. (Or Jumping on Every New Idea – Instead, DO LESS. Have a system to prioritize and manage ideas so you dont spread yourself too thin. Seeking Approval for Experiments – Instead, PLAY!

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 17, 2024

By Drew Lindsay Courtesy of Sipp Culture Grocery stores near Utica, Miss., have closed, so residents came together with the nonprofit Sipp Culture to create a community farm and commercial greenhouse.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The evolution includes not only thinking about policy as a way to move the needle on racial justice here in the US but also looking at how people are contributing to racial justice movement making through art, culture, narrative development, communications, cultural organizing, innovation, and technology.

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Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this highly fractious and divisive political culture, as a leader, it is essential to create a workplace environment that is absent of negativity and hate that exists outside the organization surrounding the election. A leader is responsible also for the tone, productivity, culture, cohesion and harmony in the workplace.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Board members are in positions of authority, and their actions—or lack thereof—can have lasting consequences on staff morale, organizational efficiency, and the overall nonprofit culture. Boosting staff morale Board members set the tone for the organization’s culture. It’s time to address this problem head-on.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

abdiel lpez: When thinking about what needs to change to advance the just transition, we must look also at the culture and the structures that philanthropy upholds, specifically in their day-to-day programming and the way they connector notwith grantees, investees. View the full webinar here. How do we do that?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Maybe you need a change of culture a culture of gratitude. You could also look for additional sources of unrestricted funding to cover cards and postage. Think of these as essential expenses for your essential donors. Ideally, thanking your donors should be something you enjoy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 25, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Alastair Grant, PA Wire, AP Michael Bloomberg has given extensively to education and to nonprofits focused on arts and culture, the environmental, public health, and improving city governments around the world.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Ubuntu as Art Nearly two years later, on Earth Day 2024, our Cultural Arts Circle excitedly announced 40 winners for the Ubuntu Climate Initiatives inaugural Climate Arts and Storytelling Showcase. We are living in a patriarchal system that prioritizes power, profit, and a hypercompetitive culture that overvalues individualism.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

There is a growing recognition of the ethical concerns associated with displaying looted or even purchased objects that hold cultural and spiritual significance for their communities, both within communities that have been colonized and those that were the colonizers. The Path Forward Despite the progress, challenges remain.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Its successes and setbacks show what it takes to change a cultural mind-set. After facing criticism about its lack of attention to disability inclusion, Ford set out to integrate the issue into all its work.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Create a culture where your staff feels proud of their work. Prioritizing Workplace Culture and Inclusion A strong, supportive workplace culture isnt just a nice to have, its essential. Even small gestures like recognizing cultural holidays or hosting regular team check-ins can build trust and reinforce a sense of community.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

new training events and certificate programs to help you renew your commitment to growth and to nurture your organization’s learning culture. REGISTER The Anatomy of Culture: Building Organizational Culture from the Inside Out — June 7 What makes a an organizational culture strong?

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Anasa Troutman, Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy 6.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nonprofits that create an internal storytelling culture can excite staff and volunteers, entice new supporters, strengthen relationships with donors, and raise more funds. Storytelling can entertain, educate and entice people to act. Nonprofits have more stories at their fingertips than any other organization.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

Healthy team dynamics promote a more collaborative workplace, a healthier culture, and more productive teamwork. Promote a positive team culture. Language and culture are interconnected. Communication becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases, but this is NOT a bad thing! Know how to support your team.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 20, 2024

Plus, the Shubert Foundation awarded $40 million in unrestricted grants to 653 nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $15 million to remove 15 million pounds of floating plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 18, 2023

Few topics have been as polarizing in workplace culture as return-to-office policies. From organizations embracing a new, work-from-anywhere era to those mandating a return to five days a week in the office, every solution has its supporters and detractors.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 16, 2023

Grant makers can foster a culture that acknowledges and addresses science’s imperfections. By Sam Gill and Elizabeth Christopherson Both historical mistreatment of people of color and widespread misinformation have diminished confidence in medical science.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 23, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Sergio Estrada After winning a multimillion-dollar fortune in the California Lottery, Alcario and Carmen Castellano created a family foundation and gave $10 million to support Latinx arts and culture, education nonprofits.

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