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Nonprofits today operate in a reality most standard business advice doesn’t address: chronic underfunding, shifting political landscapes, and external forces that can threaten their work overnight. Doubly so for organizations serving communities most affected by systemic barriers.  Every nonprofit exists because someone saw a gap in the needs of their community and decided to do…

Have you ever made a business decision that left money on the table because it was the right thing to do for your employees or community? Kept prices stable when you could have raised them, or chosen local suppliers over cheaper alternatives?  Maybe you’ve never thought of your business this way, but if you answered…

We’ve dispelled the notion that “business” is antithetical to nonprofit work—rather, nonprofits are essential businesses that serve our communities and make our society possible. Now we want to get into what makes nonprofit businesses even more challenging to run than traditional for-profit businesses.  By way of quick review: our last blog post explored how, in…