Nonprofit Infrastructure

As I read the recent Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) report on the state of nonprofits, a familiar feeling settled in. The invisible lines between the findings began to form, and…

People working for social change operate in chronically stressful, under-resourced environments. Constant pressure can take a toll on the mental and emotional well-being of nonprofit staff, who can identify so…

Consider this: A study on SAT scores found that among those scoring above 700, 45% were white students, while 1% were Black students. A 2012 study found that 22% of students in poverty drop…

Many Americans celebrate philanthropic donations to privately run institutions of all kinds – from Boys and Girls Clubs to church-sponsored charities – while bemoaning big government. But they may not…

Funders are finally noticing the flashing red lights of growing burnout across the nonprofit sector. And there’s a growing trickle of philanthropic response. But grantmakers are missing the fundamental connections…

“We are in what feels like daily crisis mode. Our staff is small and overtaxed. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to run the organization, and we haven’t had the…

This article by Sara Herschander was previously published on May 29, 2024 in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Reprinted with permission. Aaron Estevez’s middle-school classroom might not look like the front…

A trauma-informed culture enhances your nonprofit’s organizational sustainability, employee well-being, and overall productivity.

In the four years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and movements for racial justice gained widespread public attention, nonprofits across the United States have demonstrated their pivotal role in meeting…

Burnout is top of mind for nonprofit leaders in 2024, despite relative consistency in nonprofit organizations’ finances and relationships with funders. This is one of the key insights in a new…

For the past several years, the term “localization” has been held up as the Holy Grail purporting that if the entire global health and development system moves in this direction,…

Claire Dunning traces the development of the nonprofit sector and argues that it was created to offset demands for democracy, particularly by people of color.