Leading Executive Change Well: From Transition to Traction Leadership transitions are pivotal moments in a nonprofit's journey. Whether it’s a beloved founder stepping down, a long-serving executive retiring, or an unexpected departure, change at the top can evoke a range of emotions. For boards and leadership teams, it often feels [...]
What Nonprofit Teams Need Most Right Now Is Care In nonprofit work, burnout often sneaks in quietly. It doesn’t arrive as a dramatic collapse. It shows as a little more exhaustion at the end of the day, a little less patience in meetings, a creeping sense that the work never [...]
Volunteers Are Essential, So Why Are They So Hard to Keep? For small nonprofits, volunteers aren’t a “nice to have.” They are the engine that keeps programs running, doors open, and missions alive. Yet many nonprofit leaders find themselves stuck in a frustrating cycle: recruiting volunteers takes time they don’t have, [...]
People Still Choose Mission, But Pay Decides Whether They Stay Nonprofit leaders don’t need to be told that hiring feels harder than it used to. Compensation has moved to the center of nearly every hiring and retention conversation. Interest in mission-driven work is still strong. People want purpose. But in [...]
Building a Workplace Culture That Retains Nonprofit Talent Retaining great people has become one of the toughest challenges for today’s nonprofit leaders. With competition for skilled talent higher than ever, many organizations feel compelled to raise salaries to keep up—yet pay increases alone rarely inspire long-term commitment. In fact, research [...]
New Year, New Employment Laws: What Takes Effect January 1, 2026? Written by Joy Rosenquist, Bruce Sarchet, and Sebastian Chilco Re-published with permission from Littler Law As the calendar turns to 2026, employers across the country face a fresh wave of labor and employment law changes that will reshape [...]
Money with Meaning: How Strong Nonprofit CFOs Drive Success Behind every successful nonprofit is a finance team that knows how to turn vision into action. Strong financial leadership isn’t just about balancing the books – it brings strategy, foresight, and stability to the mission. Good financial leadership keeps programs sustainable, ensures [...]
The Many Hats of Small Nonprofit Leadership How Nonprofit Leaders Can Juggle It All (Without Losing Their Head) If you run a small nonprofit, you probably have more titles than you can fit on a business card. Executive Director. Fundraiser. HR Manager. Social Media Guru. Event Planner. Problem-Solver-In-Chief. You are [...]
New 2026 Nonprofit Compensation & Talent Strategies Report Highlights Resilience, Progress, and Innovation in the Sector The 2026 Nonprofit Compensation & Talent Strategies Report from Career Blazers Nonprofit Search offers salary benchmarks by organizational size (from under $2 million to over $250 million) and by geography for executive and mid-level [...]
How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal When You Don’t Have a Grant Writer What Grantors Really Care About Picture this: you’re pitching your project to a funder. They’re nodding, but in their head, they’re asking three big questions: Does this fit what we fund? Will it actually make an [...]
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