Nonprofit Mergers Need More Than Mission Alignment

By George M. Tsiatis, Christina Lowery & Tammy Tibbetts

What two mergers taught us about the necessary conditions and hard truths that come after "yes."

Designing Organizations for Neurodiversity

By Lorne Hartman & Braxton Hartman 1

Research shows that neurodivergent employees display tendencies that can boost organizational performance—but too many organizations are not designed to incorporate their unique skill sets.

Capacity Building Needs an Evidence Standard

By Lucy Brainard 3

Funders should measure capacity building by what changes, not just what grantees like.

How AI Can Strengthen Human Connection, Not Replace It

By Jaime-Alexis Fowler & Taymar Quezada 1

Nonprofits balancing automation with empathy should focus on supporting team members providing care so they can be more present with people seeking help.

The Seven Labors of the Modern NGO

By Ronald M. Miller & Maureen Andrade

Good missions don’t automatically become good results. Seven self-imposed burdens most often separate the two, and senior leaders can dismantle them.

Closing the Data-Utilization Gap

By Gaurav Mittal

How nonprofits can build the data infrastructure to analyze what they already know

Nonprofits & NGOs

Compliance as Resistance

By Mark Sidel 1

Philanthropic, nonprofit, and civil society organizations that face highly restrictive state policies can leverage compliance to pursue their goals as legalized entities, making them harder to suppress.

The Four Principles of a Breathing Organization

By James Lopata 2

From Model Ts to tea, organizations devoted to human flourishing need to build the human architecture for their people to breathe.