In today’s issue of Ask a Nonprofit Expert, organizational leadership consultant Nick Takamine answers a reader’s question about capacity planning and leadership readiness.
Reconciling Future-Back and Present-Forward in Strategy
Confronting the Private Equity Menace to Restore Housing Affordability
Private equity has become a leading driver of affordable housing shortages. But advocates have many tools available that they can use to establish housing as a human right.
How to Fund Like a Narrative Strategist
Adopting funding frameworks designed by narrative strategists can build the movement infrastructure that makes progress toward a liberatory future possible.
From Buffalo to the Red Cup Rebellion: Why Starbucks Workers Are on Strike
A four-year worker campaign to get union contracts at over 550 Starbucks stores heats up, as workers walk out of 65 stores with the message that they want a first contract now.
Nonprofit Budgeting in a Maelstrom
How should organizations plan for stability while navigating political hostility, economic turbulence, and a once-in-a-generation test of the sector’s resilience?
How Black Women in the South Are Protecting Each Other in a Time of Crisis
In times of crisis, the need for people of goodwill to support each other is greater than ever. In Jackson, MS, a guaranteed-income program provides one model to do so.
What Does It Mean for Philanthropy to Be a Community Partner Anyway?
Philanthropy has had many phases, but the bottom line is that you cannot have transformational change without transformational relationships.
Owning Versus Renting, and Other Questions Nonprofits Should Ask About Real Estate: A Conversation with Rudy Espinoza and Allison Wagstrom
Nonprofits are increasingly using land ownership as a tool to forestall gentrification. But what does it mean for a nonprofit to own land? Two field leaders offer their perspectives.
Leading “Against the Current”: A Conversation with Eveline Shen
Eveline Shen spoke with NPQ about her new book, and adopting a “courageous operating system” for leaders—especially those from communities historically denied institutional power.
GivingTuesday: Ride the Wave, Don’t Fight It
Rhea Wong tackles GivingTuesday, answering your fundraising questions.
Why We Must Defend the Fourteenth Amendment
The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential.
Race, Disability Justice, and the South: A Conversation with Kehsi Iman
What does disability justice require and how can it be included in other movements? A cofounder of New Disabled South has some thoughts about that—and about solidarity too.