This is it, folks, our very last episode. At least for now. Never say never, and all of that. But we wanted to leave you with some reflections from the 150 episodes we’ve done of this show. We’ve made some great memories and laughed and raged and we hope you’ve enjoyed what we’ve created here about the nonprofit sector and all of its ups and downs.  In today’s episode, we’re reflecting on the past and projecting out the future. We talk about our favorite memories from the show, some never-before-discussed stories we couldn’t share until now, our wishes for the nonprofit sector going forwa ..read more

Volunteers are such an important part of nonprofit organizations, but we don’t always treat them the way we should and it leads to big time burnout. Volunteers give their time because they believe in a cause and want to support it, but so often they get taken advantage of and it needs to stop.  In today’s episode, we’re talking about how volunteers need to set boundaries with their time and skills, how we can honor those boundaries by involving them in future planning, and why volunteer appreciation is so vital. Also, we have a bittersweet announcement: The Nonprofit Reframe podcast is co ..read more

It’s planning time for fall event season and we’ve seen some big “don'ts” when it comes to event programs. Chaos often ensues when the appropriate planning hasn’t been done beforehand and all the stakeholders are not on the same page. Trust us.  In today’s episode, we’re sharing our tips on how to structure your event program to have a successful event for your nonprofit organization and keep everyone and everything in line - the schedule, the speakers, the messaging, the goals. You want everyone to be talking about your event afterwards, but only in a good way. What’s in this episode: [0 ..read more

Lately, we’ve worked with a lot of people who have retired or left their careers in the for-profit sector and entered the nonprofit sector, and we’re kind of pissed about it. The implication is that nonprofit jobs are somehow lesser or easier to handle. Spoiler alert: nonprofits aren’t a cake walk! In today’s episode, we’re diving into making the jump from for-profit to nonprofit. We talk about why it makes us mad, the problems that arise from it, and don’t worry, we grudgingly remain positive with some examples of how for-profit work experience can be helpful.   What’s in this episo ..read more

You hear about endowments a lot in our field, usually associated with universities. But what about endowments from a fundraiser’s perspective? What are they? How do they work? What’s the point of them?  In today’s episode, that’s exactly what we’re talking about. Shout out to the listener who suggested this topic! We’re discussing how an endowment can be seen as a status symbol, what fundraising for endowments can look like, what the indicators are for when an organization should start an endowment (or if they should start one at all!), how the yearly draw works and where the funds go.&nb ..read more

We’ve just finished our first ever Patreon book club pick, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and we have so many thoughts. Not all of them are good. In fact, they are downright infuriating in terms of the power imbalance in nonprofit funding.  In today’s episode, we’re giving you our high-level summary and review of the significant points of the book. We touch on the chapters that really stood out to us, especially those about ethical funding, systems of power, and our political climate. It’s opened our eyes to the fact that not much has changed i ..read more

We live in the nonprofit world, day in and day out, so naturally, we know quite a bit about how it operates. But how much does the average American know? Not so much, it turns out. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the results of a survey put out by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, “What Americans Think about Philanthropy and Nonprofit.” We learned some very interesting things, such as how much people trust the giving transparency of religious charitable organizations (oof) and where Americans think the philanthropic sector is headed. What’s in this episode: [01 ..read more

The nonprofit world is not exempt from the every day realities of racism, tax schemes, and even sexual assault. However, considering the mission and values of these organizations… you’d hope that behavior would at least be called out and appropriately dealt with when it appears within a nonprofit.  In today’s episode, we’re discussing why that is unfortunately not always the case, the culture of complicity that pops up in many nonprofit organizations, and how even other nonprofit consultants can contribute to this issue of complicity.  We also acknowledge that this is complex, becaus ..read more

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