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Linking Our Fights to Win: On Combatting Elite Capture

NonProfit Quarterly

KA: How does elite capture function in industries that aren’t organized directly around profit—specifically, the civil sector of nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, social services, etc.? That means I am astronomically more likely to, say, be invited to interview with Nonprofit Quarterly. Do anything besides that.

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What’s Love Got to Do With It? Returning Philanthropy to Its Root

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This helped catalyze the early movement for equal educational opportunities for Black children, the landmark Supreme Court victory in Brown v. For a century, donors have restricted their giving in ways that made it hard for most nonprofit organizations to build strong organizations that can pursue long-term impact at scale.

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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

Adelante Mujeres (which means Forward, Women), the nonprofit where we work and which has operated for over two decades, seeks to answer this question. The program was launched by the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres during the Great Recession in 2008. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses?

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10 Marketing Realities Nonprofits Need to Accept to Succeed

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

As you may know, I am in the middle of writing the full-length, printed book version of Nonprofit Marketing Guide, to be published in Spring 2010 by Jossey-Bass. Here is the my list of 10 marketing realities for nonprofits, with abridged commentary. Reality 5: Nonprofit communicators are transforming into community organizers.