Scaling
Four Mindsets That Accelerate Nonprofit Growth
A reflection on how a set of strategies related to target-setting, financial modeling, program measurement, and organizational culture helped one organization reach a major milestone.
Scaling Innovative ways nonprofits can increase their reach and social impact
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Big Enough. Simple Enough. Cheap Enough.
Daunting social problems need scalable solutions. Here’s how to know if you’ve got one.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Asking Questions About Sustainability, Scale, and Systems Change
When nonprofits try to plan for scale, systems change, and sustainability at the same time, they can find the expectations for achieving each at odds with each other. The answer is a flexible approach that focuses on the mission.
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How to Build Nonprofit Talent Systems During Times of Rapid Growth
Four data-driven, inclusive human resource systems that can help quickly scaling nonprofits maintain their efficiency, values, and performance.
Buy to Build: Nonprofit M&A as an Impact Enhancer
Mergers among nonprofits don’t have to be distress-oriented deals of survival. Rather, M&A can offer some compelling opportunities that are unique to nonprofits.
When Launching a Collaboration, Keep It Agile
Tackling the world’s many problems does not require starting with large, ambitious proposals. Instead, we should begin with minimum viable consortia—small, agile initiatives that can learn and adapt as they grow.
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When Scaling Goes Wrong
John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?
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The Leading Edge of Collective Impact: Designing a Just and Fair Nation for All
Corporate, government, and civil society leaders can use the collective impact approach to address structural racism, restore communities, and design a multiracial democracy.
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How Nonprofits Get Really Big
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.
Finding Your Funding Model
Four guidelines provide a road map for leaders to identify and develop the right funding model for their organization.
Scaling Impact
Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.
The Networked Nonprofit
Organizations should focus less on growing themselves and more on cultivating their networks.
Disseminating Orphan Innovations
Disseminating innovations takes a distinct, sophisticated skill set, one that often requires customizing the program to new circumstances, not replicating.