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How Funders Can Strategically Invest in the Growth and Impact of BIPOC Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, they can play a critical role in strengthening community-based organizations by making strategic investments in nonprofits to build the necessary organizational infrastructure, resilience, and power to drive change. Lessons from the Three-Year Capacity Building Cohort EDs of community-based organizations tend to overrate their capacity.

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When Can Volunteers Lead?

NonProfit Quarterly

Leadership has been a prominent topic in the nonprofit community, so its surprising there has not been more discussion about leadership applied to volunteerism. First, many nonprofit staff members serve as volunteer board members at other nonprofits. Second, most nonprofit boards are made up of volunteers.

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Leaders Are Learners: Yasmeen’s Story

NonProfit Leadership Center

After searching online for a place to learn from and connect with nonprofit leaders, Yasmeen found the Nonprofit Leadership Center (NLC). She immediately bought a ticket to the Nonprofit Leadership Conference and said that was when her nonprofit career took off. That is not the case with the Nonprofit Leadership Center.

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Resilia Raises $35M Series B to Democratize Philanthropy and Fuel Nonprofit Capacity

NonProfit PRO

Resilia announced that it has closed $35M in a history-making series B round to further help nonprofits increase their day-to-day capacity and funders scale impact through resources that extend beyond just a monetary grant.

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Take the 2024 Nonprofit Capacity Survey

MNA Association

The five state nonprofit associations in the Northwest (MT, ID, OR, WA, & AK) are seeking to understand the strength of capacity in the nonprofit sector. In the case where a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is all volunteer based, the board chair/president should complete the survey. Is my information private?

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Building Nonprofit Capacity, Hand in Hand

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Anu Malipatil & Lucy Brainard The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the needs of nonprofits into view, forcing funders and grantees alike to rethink how they work together, both to tackle unexpected challenges and lay the groundwork for future needs.

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Bonterra Jumpstart Report Reveals That Fundraising Continues to Be a Major Hurdle

NonProfit PRO

Bonterra announced key data insights and takeaways from a recent study conducted by Jumpstart, its nonprofit capacity building program, which shed light on the challenges faced by the nonprofit community. The report finds fundraising is a major hurdle for nonprofit organizations.