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Part 1 of a three-part special report on a series of convenings hosted by SSIR and PolicyLink
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Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
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Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.