Nonprofits make money from individual giving, grants, government contracts, earned revenue and investment income. This guide compares what each source costs a small organization, explains how salaries get paid, and shows why unrestricted revenue matters most.
How Do Nonprofits Make Money? Revenue Models for Small Organizations Read More »
What organizational resilience means for a small nonprofit, the four structures that carry it (reserves, cross-training, board depth and leadership continuity), a 90-day plan to build them, and why the executive director is the piece most plans skip.
Organizational Resilience for Nonprofits: Four Pillars and a 90-Day Plan Read More »
A complete nonprofit strategic plan template, filled in for a fictional $300,000 youth literacy organization: seven parts, a stop-doing list, owners for every objective and four dated reviews. Free to copy, no sign-up.
Nonprofit Strategic Plan Template: An Annotated Sample for a $300K Organization Read More »
A seven-step nonprofit strategic planning process for small organizations: who drafts, what the plan includes, the stop-doing list most plans skip, and how to keep the plan moving after the board votes.
Nonprofit Strategic Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide for Small Organizations Read More »
A strategic plan sets direction for three to five years. A business plan tests whether one program can run and pay its way. Here is when a nonprofit needs each, and what goes in a business plan.
Nonprofit Business Planning: How a Business Plan Differs From a Strategic Plan Read More »
Volunteer leaders run your board, your committees and your Saturday crews without pay or formal authority. The roles that count, the skills each needs, and when to mentor or coach them.
Volunteer Leadership: How to Develop the Volunteers Who Lead Your Nonprofit Read More »
A practical leadership pipeline assessment for nonprofits: list your critical roles, name who could step in, score five dimensions from 1 to 3, and turn the lowest score into one action with an owner and a date.
How to Assess Your Nonprofit’s Leadership Pipeline: A Practical Framework Read More »
What middle manager coaching works on, how it differs from training, and how a nonprofit can give one manager or a whole layer six sessions each, from $300.
The Forgotten Middle: Why Your Nonprofit’s Middle Managers Need Coaching Too Read More »
Your best performer is not always your next leader. How to spot emerging nonprofit leaders, develop them with stretch work on a small budget, and decide when a program or a coach is worth it.
Developing Emerging Nonprofit Leaders: How to Spot and Grow Them Read More »
Priority management for a nonprofit leader means deciding which requests from the board, funders, staff and community get your best hours and energy. Three sorting questions, a weekly firefighting audit, an energy check and a rhythm that survives a crisis.
Priority Management for Nonprofit Leaders: A Weekly System Read More »
