Sustainability
How to Plan and Execute an Emergency Succession
Succession planning gets a bad rap. But in a pandemic, especially in the early days, an emergency succession plan becomes essential to a nonprofit.
Creating a More Robust Volunteer Development Program
Now is a good time to review and focus on two key pieces of your volunteer program: training and engaging your volunteers.
Against the Current: Rudy Espinoza’s Request to President-elect Biden
Interview with Rudy Espinoza, Executive Director at Inclusive Action for the City (IAC) in Los Angeles.
Seeking Sustainability: How Can Nonprofits Survive the Pandemic?
A nonprofit is sustainable when it has built long-standing relationships with supporters that are fully committed to the mission.
Against the Current: Jose “Che” Ramirez
Activist Jose “Che” Ramirez shares some of his ideas about ending homelessness in America and taking on a system bent on holding folks down.
Against the Current: Eunice Lin Nichols
Interview with Eunice Lin Nichols, Vice President at Encore.org and campaign director for Generation to Generation, delves into bridging generational divides.
Time to Fold: Keys to Gracefully Winding Down a Nonprofit
How would you know if it was time to shut down your nonprofit? These lessons learned from closing the Cancer Prevention Institute of California might help.
Why Earned Income Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Is your nonprofit chasing the shiny object of earned income instead of social impact? How to tell if social enterprise is right for you.
Succeeding When You’re Small: Lessons Learned from DonorsChoose.org
Learning from the experience of those who started a nonprofit out of their basement and grew to be nationally recognized leaders.
Whose Nonprofit Is It Anyway: When a Nonprofit Leader Moves On
When a nonprofit leader moves on, the process isn’t always easy. Questions about nonprofit ownership can be organizational life-or-death.