NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 8, 2025

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. But organizational culture starts at the top. It is pretty simple to add similar questions about [volunteers].

Volunteerism

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. Regular training, open conversations, and diverse leadership help everyone feel respected and valued.

Public and Nonprofit Management

Bloomerang

MAY 5, 2025

These donor connections are established through similar values and loyalty to a cause. Why internal structure impacts external success From database management to team communication, internal systems influence the donor experience at every interaction. Donor relationships are at the heart of every successful 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. Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73 Plus, it’s easier to manage than in the past.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

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

Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

From the very first interaction, its important to align on partnership values and expectations. 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. Set clear expectations.

Collaborations

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

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

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2025

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Retail

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

At Common Future, we shifted to co-leadership because we saw that the default CEO structure was no longer congruent with our values or the structural and systematic changes we seek to enable through our work. The move to a co-leadership model has significant implications for organizational health and culture.

Leadership

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

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 Quarterly

JUNE 12, 2025

But internally, it’s often stifled by urgency culture, bureaucracy, and fear. These tensions reveal a deeper truth: Most nonprofits are designed to manage risk, not to dream. My ancestors envisioned freedom in bondage, cultivated joy in scarcity, and built wholesome and eclectic cultures amid erasure.

Nonprofit Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2025

They raise funds, organize events, and support school culture in ways that might not happen without the organization. “We Nationwide, volunteers contribute an estimated 5 billion hours of service each year, valued at over $167 billion, according to a 2024 Independent Sector report. FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] was here.

Food

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Everyone wants to know that they are valued and part of the team including your board members. 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.

Nonprofit governance and management

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

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

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As in much of Native America, a vibrant cultural revitalization is underway here, bridging past and present and elevating Indigenous worldviews and traditions long suppressed by colonization. In embracing a design approach, we can move toward greater balance in values and knowledge, more democratic process, and more responsive services.

Social Entrepreneurship

Bloomerang

MARCH 31, 2025

The organizations own staff are then responsible for conducting funder outreach, managing grant deadlines, and adapting the grant template for each funders requirements. Grants management is often a key part of grant consulting Many grant consultants come from a nonprofit fundraising background.

Values

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

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. We offer stipends for these roles, but the value is deeper than the money. Social Issues Education, Health, Security, etc.

Homelessness

Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The movement signals a new era of work, one where professionals value autonomy over security and innovation over tradition. They value the ability to move fluidly between projects and industries, allowing them to utilize their diverse skill set while maintaining independence.

Participation and motivation

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 16, 2025

Image Credit: Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels When Courtney Harge, former CEO of cultural arts organization OF/BY/FOR ALL first approached her board to let them know that she was concerned they may need to close, the response she received seemed to convey that it simply wasnt a possibility.

Culture

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

As a matter of fact, a non-profit employer must make an effort to convince talented people to work for their organization and showcase the true values of doing so. What’s more 73% of millennials managed to find employment over social media channels. A non-profit status alone won’t be enough to encourage talents to join.

Recruitment

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2025

The book Portfolios of the Poor revealed the complex financial lives of people living on very low incomes, showing how they manage their resources through a range of informal savings groups and small loans to meet daily needs. For years, banks have operated as gatekeepers.Now, the landscape is shifting.

Nonprofit governance and management

Anedot

JUNE 30, 2025

This hands-on course is designed for nonprofit professionals, program managers, and emerging evaluators who want to embed evaluation into every stage of their programs—from initial design to outcomes reporting. Build a learning culture that supports continuous improvement. Use data to refine and improve your services.

Culture

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Years of advocating for patients and battling stress and anxiety from not feeling valued or seen at her workplace has her feeling worn down. Finding a therapist for herself is no small featthose who truly resonate with her experience dont accept her insurance, and those who do lack the cultural competence to see her beyond a checklist.

Healthcare

Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Win-Win Proposition The fractional executive model creates unique value for both nonprofits and leaders. A fractional HR professional can provide support beyond the basics including performance management, culture development and creating healthy teams.

Leadership

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Another path leads to it being purchased by a “farm incubator” who will make it available to refugee farmers growing culturally meaningful crops and contributing to their economic mobility. One path leads to this arable land being sold to a developer and turned into a small strip mall. Next, imagine where these crops go after harvesting.

Public and Social Policy

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

But there are also multiple underlying economic, social, and cultural influences driving that trend, including poor financial well-being, less available free time, and the cyclical nature of volunteerism. A simple program can go a long way in helping volunteers feel valued and appreciated. Lets dig into these in a bit more detail.

Volunteerism

The Charity CFO

APRIL 29, 2025

According to the Stanford Social Innovation Review , effective executive teams exhibit six specific characteristics: A clear, common purpose The right people in the right roles Commitment to team norms and values A shared approach to decision-making A focus on team performance Strong team culture and trust Read the full article here.

Leadership

Get Fully Funded

JULY 17, 2025

Volunteer relationship management begins at initial recruitment and extends even beyond the end of their very last shift. This might be via email, text, or your volunteer management app. Cultivate a culture of appreciation. Using preferred communication channels. Alerting them to opportunities.

Non-Profits

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And thats not all Im adding even more value! Full-service case study creation I interview your partner, write the case study, and manage the approval process. 4 signs of a toxic culture for partnerships. This safeguards your organization's identity and ensures that merchandise or content aligns with your mission and values.

Values

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Social cooperatives are a prime example of how cooperative values are rehumanizing social care by restoring the social and interpersonal relations that are its foundation. John Restakis, Civilizing the State In response to neoliberal efforts to roll back state social service provision, a new type of social care has emerged.

Public and Social Policy

Top Nonprofits

JULY 24, 2025

Technology, including project management tools, CRMs, and revenue dashboards, will not only streamline communication and encourage collaboration, but will also provide a clear outlook on progress toward goals and indicate any trouble ahead. Encourage a culture of learning and flexibility. Invest in transparent reporting tools.

Leadership