News
Introducing Propel’s FY27–FY29 Strategic Plan
Rooted in a year of listening, learning, and collaboration with our board, staff, and community partners, we are excited to launch our FY27 – FY29 Strategic Plan. It brings greater alignment to our programs, strengthens how we invest our resources, and deepens our role as a trusted ecosystem partner.
2025 in Review: Program data & survey findings
Themes from program data and Propel’s 2025 Nonprofit Check-In client survey.
Nonprofit Check-In 2025
We are conducting a short survey to better understand your experiences so we can show up in the best way possible, elevate critical needs and nonprofit trends to philanthropic partners, and respond quickly to the ever-changing landscape.
Federal Government Shutdown: how we can help
We know that nonprofits can and have been dealing with the impacts of unreliable funding, and other threats. We wanted to make sure you knew that Propel is available, often as a free resource, if you need help with cash flow statements, business model questions, or lines of credit.
Our hearts ache; assassination of MN lawmaker
Thank you to our partners at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) for expressing so thoughtfully what many of us in Minnesota and the nonprofit sector are feeling. The team at Propel Nonprofits is heartbroken by the senseless acts of violence that took the lives of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and that critically injured Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Our thoughts are with their families, friends, and colleagues. The message MCN shared on their website is reshared with permission.
Programmatic Update: Sunsetting Fiscal Sponsorship at Propel
After careful consideration, and with gratitude for the partner organizations we have worked with over the past 12 years, Propel Nonprofits is sunsetting its Fiscal Sponsorship Program. Read our announcement.
Champions of Good: Thanking Propel’s outgoing board members
Please join Propel in celebrating the dedication and service of our outgoing board members.
Board Resource Update & New Trainings
Propel’s Training Director shares about upcoming offerings and the sunsetting of Board Connector. Read more to learn about what’s coming this spring and summer.
Navigating Uncertainty
Our program staff have been working together to gather, create, and distribute responsive resources and trainings, and to provide spaces for nonprofits to connect and build relationships and community.