NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Nonprofits often rely on external vendors for services like payment processing, website management, and cloud storage. Implement vendor risk management policies, which include reviewing vendor contracts, requiring cybersecurity certifications (like ISO 27001), and regularly monitoring their security posture.

Nonprofits

Bloomerang

MAY 5, 2025

Why internal structure impacts external success From database management to team communication, internal systems influence the donor experience at every interaction. This is where developing organizational management internally can make your team stronger by focusing effort on a shared vision.

Management

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I joined the staff back in 2014 to manage the production of the Facing Race conference. Rebekah Barber: Can you tell me about your background and how you got involved with Race Forward? Leslie Grant-Spann: This year is my tenth anniversary on staff. There’s not just this one way we need to pursue racial justice here in the US.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

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Nonprofit Administration and Development

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Board members are in positions of authority, and their actions—or lack thereof—can have lasting consequences on staff morale, organizational efficiency, and the overall nonprofit culture. Boosting staff morale Board members set the tone for the organization’s culture. It’s time to address this problem head-on.

Culture

Nonprofit Fixer

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If one organization anticipates a leadership change they can consider managing succession through a merger. Audited financial statement and management letter - 3 years, all assets, all liabilities, all grant agreements. Managing fears and figuring out the final organizational chart are big hurdles.

Nonprofit Organizations

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this highly fractious and divisive political culture, as a leader, it is essential to create a workplace environment that is absent of negativity and hate that exists outside the organization surrounding the election. A leader is responsible also for the tone, productivity, culture, cohesion and harmony in the workplace.

Public and Social Policy

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Create a culture where your staff feels proud of their work. Prioritizing Workplace Culture and Inclusion A strong, supportive workplace culture isnt just a nice to have, its essential. Even small gestures like recognizing cultural holidays or hosting regular team check-ins can build trust and reinforce a sense of community.

Public and Nonprofit Management

Anedot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Position Summary: The Senior Operations Manager is a leadership role responsible for the day-to-day operations of the food recovery program as well ensuring efficient process flows, managing a team and achieving impact goals set by the organization. Manage training and performance evaluations.

Management

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We have surpassed those numbers by more than a half million dollars,” said Danielle Byrd, program manager – CFC national marketing. Arts and culture might have done particularly well. “We “Last year, around $2.5 million was pledged on GivingTuesday through the CFC. Promotion for the day was more expensive than in 2023.

Advertising

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 19, 2025

Ask managers to practice active listening and acknowledge employees who share their thoughts, no matter how small. Managers should start by: Meeting one-on-one with impacted employees to hear about their roadblocks or challenges. Hosting interactive workshops on stress management and mindfulness. Consider: Encouraging days off.

Participation and motivation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

In 2024, when Global Fund for Children (GFC) announced that I would transition from global managing director to co-CEO alongside John Hecklinger (who had been sole CEO and president for over six years) it was the next step in a co-leadership journey that began several years earlier with co-leaders at other levels.

Leadership

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 24, 2025

Some of the reasons might be deeply embedded in our sectors culture, from a tendency to lionize founders and treat individual visions as sacrosanct to our collective fascination with unicorn stories, the rare organizations that achieve massive scale independently. Addressing Challenges The Human Element!

Social Enterprise

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2025

That kind of thinking leads to turnover , disengagement, and a toxic culture that eventually harms the very mission they claim to protect. A boss who champions builds confidence A manager who believes in you, who amplifies your strengths and celebrates your wins, instills confidence.

Leadership

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 7, 2025

The issues at hand went beyond organizational inefficiencies and cultural miscues; rather, it was apparent that illegal actions may have occurred, along with toxic behaviors. The firms recommendations covered three main categories: Business culture; financial health; and transparency for the stakeholders.

Leadership

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities.

Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 8, 2025

Center the people being helped: For example, instead of saying, “I don’t know what we’d do without our volunteers,” say, “I don’t know what our students would do without our volunteers” or “I don’t know how our homebound seniors would manage without our volunteers.” But organizational culture starts at the top.

Volunteerism

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2025

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Retail

Bloomerang

MAY 12, 2025

It also tightens board relationships, bringing members together in ways no spreadsheet or slide deck ever couldit provides the atmosphere for a cultural shift on the board. Again, it changes the culture of the board and how it will operate going forward. What matters is creating a culture of engagement, not perfection.

Nonprofit governance and management

Candid

OCTOBER 31, 2024

By contrast, a governing board is bound by law to oversee management of the organization. You can be stuck with board members who don’t contribute financially or help fundraise, don’t attend meetings or don’t offer helpful suggestions when they do, or try to dictate day-to-day management decisions.

Nonprofit governance and management

Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

As senior manager of impact at the Maverick Collective by PSI, I tell potential donors that my role is to align their passions with work that is strategic and meaningfulnot to create programs simply to secure funding. Cultivate a culture of authentic engagement. Set clear expectations.

Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 15, 2025

Much less has been written about the complexities, risks, and even drawbacks of co-leadership, and about howwith these considerations in mindboards and executives can anticipate and manage problems that may arise. Ideally, co-leaders will have a high tolerance for discussion, process, and protocol related to decision-making.

Leadership

Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Todays nonprofit managers are the bench of talent who, with the right support, will grow into future nonprofit leaders. But too often, as nonprofits, we dont take the time or resources to provide coaching or management training for our staff. What Is Nonprofit Management Coaching? Who Needs Nonprofit Management Coaching?

Nonprofit Management

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. Maybe in the past you weren’t set up to manage monthly giving effectively. Plus, it’s easier to manage than in the past. Consider them your new core strategies.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

While my manager and I would both recommend discontinuing the practice, this feels more like a judgment call than a best practices thing. The time and care required to develop our listings is manageable/not manageable. A lot depends on your culture and who your donors are. — To Publish or Not to Publish?

Public and Nonprofit Management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2025

Institutionality: Students almost always play an important role in recruiting and coordinating activities, but NBFPs have a choice about how much overall program design and partner relationship management is student-run, part-time supported by staff, or led by a dedicated director and faculty sponsor. Manage the Matching Process.

Education

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

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Nonprofit governance and management

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 2, 2024

So, don’t miss out on this opportunity even if all you can manage is a couple of emails to your list. In Africa, regional leaders are using storytelling to deepen a culture of generosity. Data shows that it’s worth it.” 2024 So Far The core of a nonprofit’s long-term stability is usually its smaller, individual donors.

Retention

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Are we willing to redesign our systems—funding, staffing, culture—to make those relationships central, not incidental?

Homelessness

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 16, 2025

Space isn’t just a physical location but rather the foundation for resilience, cultural expression, and long-term autonomy. In many of the same communities facing displacement, space isn’t just a physical location but rather the foundation for resilience, cultural expression, and long-term autonomy. RE-UP is short for R.A.G.E.

Food

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We need to develop a culture that is not weighted by where we’ve been, but liberated by where we are going,” offered Singh, who as an activist in the wake of 9/11 co-founded The Sikh Coalition, which is now the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the country. After all, there is no reason to push back so hard against a losing team.

Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

The move to a co-leadership model has significant implications for organizational health and culture. Particularly with the fragile ecosystem that is organizational culture, leadership transition should not be abrupt, nor imposed from the outside, nor for the sake of experimentation itself. Organizational infrastructure is supportive.

Leadership

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This obsession stems from deep cultural, historical, and economic foundations that value individualism, meritocracy, and innovation. Weve cultivated a culture that prizes personal achievement, the honing of leadership traits, and the belief that leadership is the key driver of both organizational and societal success.

Leadership

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Community & Culture Working together lifts everyone up! Learn how culturally responsive leadership can help bring out the best in your nonprofits team. Learn four ways your CFO can help with your nonprofits grant management. Your nonprofit got a grant now what?

Nonprofit governance and management

Candid

JUNE 24, 2025

arts and cultural organizations have faced a global pandemic, inflationary pressures, shifting audience behaviors , and changes in public policy and government funding. These conditions can restrict an organization’s ability to manage revenue risk, plan strategically, invest in new initiatives, and/or respond to community needs.

Nonprofit governance and management

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Loretta McCarthy, co-CEO and managing partner of Golden Seeds and Take The Lead board member, speaking recently at Aspen Ideas Festival. Before becoming co-CEO and managing partner in 2011, McCarthy was managing director of Golden Seeds beginning in 2005. She adds that at this time in our culture.

Universities

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2025

They raise funds, organize events, and support school culture in ways that might not happen without the organization. “We FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] was here. That kind of parent engagement isn’t just helpful—it’s nonprofit governance in action. Our schools became lifelines for displaced families,” Karen recalled.

Food