Dec 4, 2025 | Mission Possible
By Rachel Sams, Lead Consultant and Editor, Nonprofit Risk Management Center Have you ever sat through a boring board presentation about risk management—complete with endless slides, spreadsheets, and metrics—and thought, “There has to be a better way?” The good...
Dec 4, 2025 | Mission Possible
By Monika Kalra Varma, CEO, BoardSource and Jamie Allison, Executive Director, Walter & Elise Haas Fund We are living in a time of profound change and complexity. Maintaining community safety nets, advancing justice, expanding opportunity, and centering and...
Nov 20, 2025 | Mission Possible
The Challenge Nonprofits are at the forefront of solving complex social issues. CONNECT offers nonprofits an opportunity to address data and evaluation challenges to: Understand their client or community landscape Gain meaningful insights into their work Achieve their...
Nov 20, 2025 | Mission Possible
We thank Mission Capital, and its CEO, Ira Williams, for making this valuable resource available to our nonprofit community. Compensation and benefits aren’t just numbers — they shape how nonprofits attract and retain talent. To better understand these dynamics,...
Nov 20, 2025 | Mission Possible
By: Melanie Lockwood Herman Executive Director While most nonprofit CEOs enjoy celebrating the incredible contributions of their boards, memories of difficult or challenging board members linger long after the board member’s term has expired. And in many cases, CEOs...
Oct 29, 2025 | Mission Possible
By: Michele McGovern The world often isn’t a kind place. The workplace should be. Generally, people want to work at a nice place. But being a nice place to work has critical business attributes. “Within our jobs, more than ever, people are feeling like they don’t know...
