When Moving a Nonprofit Forward Means Altering the Founder’s Course
Leaders who succeed founders sometimes need to work against expectations of them and chart a fundamentally new path toward change, even while keeping the original vision in mind.
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Lessons on Running Virtual Events From Nonprofit News Organizations
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing civil society groups of all types to take fundraisers online, nonprofit news outlets’ efforts with virtual, discussion-based events can provide additional ideas for any organization seeking to foster community and maintain financial viability.
A Funder’s Learnings on Nonprofit Founder Transitions
The departure of a nonprofit founder can be a moment of opportunity, but only when funders, the board, and the outgoing leader steward it well.
How NGOs Can Work With Governments to Build Partnerships That Will Scale
Four lessons from Togo on scaling health care innovation through the public sector.
Navigating Race and New Leadership in a Time of Upheaval
Leaders of color who succeed white founders face a unique set of challenges and bring new benefits, particularly in a time of widespread cultural and social crises. Part of an in-depth series on founder succession.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.