Helping you Fuel Your Mission
Ghosting generosity makes me want to scream Let’s talk about a quiet, corrosive failure that’s bleeding potential from the nonprofit sector: You don’t respond. Not always. Not to everyone. But often enough to matter. And often enough to do damage. You know the story. Someone reaches out—offering to volunteer, donate, host a fundraiser, or connect […]
There’s a dangerous dynamic in the nonprofit sector that’s not getting called out nearly enough. And no, it’s not just Founder Syndrome. It’s something even sneakier, and just as destructive: Founder Fragility. You’ve seen both. Founder Syndrome is about control. It’s when a founder refuses to let go, hoards decisions, and stifles growth because they […]
The crisis of our own making There has been an INORDINATE amount of talking about the decline of giving in the United States. Yeah, let’s just take a breath, shall we? Philanthropy in the US is nearly a trillion dollar industry. That’s TRILLION. With a T. $557.16 Billion was given charitably in the US in […]
I like unicorns, I have friends who are unicorns. But let’s get something straight: you are not a unicorn. The myth of the “nonprofit unicorn” is cute—until it’s weaponized. Until it becomes the excuse leadership uses to demand superhuman results from already maxed-out staff. Until it becomes the reason we normalize burnout, turnover, and trauma […]
Nonprofits that require candidates to complete unpaid work as part of the interview process are actively harming the sector. This practice is exploitative, short-sighted, and ultimately self-serving. Let’s be clear: when a nonprofit demands work from candidates without compensation, it is theft. Yes, theft. Candidates’ time, expertise, and intellectual property have value. If an organization […]