What trust-based philanthropy means for the nonprofit on the other side of the grant: the six principles in plain terms, how to ask for general operating support, what reporting can look like, and how to ask for leadership support beyond the check.
Trust-Based Philanthropy: A Nonprofit Leader’s Guide to Asking and Reporting Read More »
A nonprofit sustainability plan in five sections, with a fill-in template, an illustrative example and the leadership continuity section most organizations have not written down.
Nonprofit Sustainability Plan: Template and Leadership Continuity Read More »
How to evaluate a nonprofit program without an evaluator: the difference between outputs and outcomes, six steps scaled for a small team, a free evaluation plan template filled in for a sample tutoring program, and how results should change the strategic plan.
Nonprofit Program Evaluation: A Small-Team Guide With a Free Template Read More »
Six real nonprofit mission statements, quoted as each organization publishes them today and run through one test, plus a fill-in sentence and a board process to rewrite yours.
Nonprofit Mission Statement Examples: Six Real Statements, One Test Read More »
What a strategic planning consultant does, how a facilitator and a coach differ, what drives the cost, and what to put in the contract and the request for proposals before your board hires anyone.
Strategic Planning Consultants for Nonprofits: Consultant, Facilitator or Coach? Read More »
A one-page nonprofit AI policy template for organizations with no technology lead: eight sections, fill-in wording, a plain data rule, and the decisions the executive director and the board each own.
Nonprofit AI Policy Template and the Decisions Behind It Read More »
A theory of change explains why a program should work. A logic model describes what it uses, does and produces. One fictional literacy program, mapped both ways, shows the difference and which to write first.
Theory of Change vs Logic Model: One Nonprofit Program Mapped Both Ways Read More »
What capacity building for nonprofits means, the eight main types, a two-week test for choosing where to start, what it costs and who pays, and why leadership is the capacity the rest depends on.
Capacity Building for Nonprofits: A Practical Guide to Strengthening Your Organization Read More »
The yearly board development cycle for a small nonprofit board: what the committee does, how to recruit and orient members, and a one-page plan template.
Board Development: How Nonprofit Boards Grow Their Own Capacity Read More »
Change fatigue is the exhaustion people feel when change arrives faster than they can absorb it. In a nonprofit it often looks like loyalty. This guide covers the signs, why nonprofits are exposed, an eight-question self-check, and how to reduce it for your team and for yourself.
Change Fatigue in Nonprofits: When Your Team and You Are Running on Empty Read More »
