Some founders needn’t step aside from what they started.  Kip Tiernan exemplifies this best-case scenario through her work at Rosie’s Place.

This issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly examines the intersection between the personal and the organizational in our work. Nonprofits, of course are a particularly personal form of organization. Many are born from passion and fueled by the energy and commitment of individual human beings who are intent on making the world better in some way.

Grantee/funder relationships can seem like bad theater at times, but getting them right can strengthen our work if both are prepared to trust, take risks and do things differently.

What hurdles to real innovation do nonprofits face? Ami Dar of Idealist discusses some of the barriers in our system for identifying and funding new ideas.

Everyone agrees that diversity is good, but in spite of good intentions, foundations often fail to create internal diversity, putting our collective future at risk.

Infrastructure organizations support a broad range of nonprofits and foundations. Pratt identifies priorities that will support the future of the nonprofit sector.

Networks: we are just beginning to know how they function to help our work achieve scale and impact. This will be the first of a number of articles on this subject.

In Braestrup’s experience as a grantmaker, the key to challenge grants is not only the commitment of the grant, but providing the money up front.

Losing more than 65 percent of its budget, Bridging the Gap has been set back, but is sustained by the commitment of a renewed board and a steadfast funder.

Keeping spam out is a challenge; but perhaps even more important is how nonprofits can avoid becoming part of the problem and eroding their ability to communicate via e-mail.