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What’s in a Name? How Propel Nonprofits Chose Our New Name
For the past 10 months, Nonprofits Assistance Fund and MAP for Nonprofits have been working…
Insomnia and Upset Stomachs: Sounding the Alarm for Solid Nonprofit Finance
Financial health and integrity is all about planning, execution, and transparency. But the real indicator…
An Unplanned Sabbatical Changed My Life
After working full-time for the last 20-plus years with little interruption, I decided to take…
Pretty Bad Best Practices
Call them rules or “best practices”—these are the guidelines that have been laid out for…
Who Pays for the Common Good?
The closing of Minnesota’s Crisis Connection raises a question: What is the balance between serving…
Financial Management Is a Teachable Skill
One of our foundational beliefs at Propel Nonprofits is that the nonprofit sector is chock…
8 Lessons From the Front Lines of Nonprofit Arts Management
We’ve worked with a wide range of arts organizations. Here are a few of the…
There’s (Almost) No Such Thing as “Founder’s Syndrome”
There’s really no such thing as “Founder’s Syndrome,” at least in terms of an inevitable…
Piece by Piece
On Jan. 1, 2017, MAP for Nonprofits and Nonprofits Assistance Fund merged to become one…