Executive Briefings | October 15, 2020
Growth Is A Mission Mandate
Over the past decade, I’ve had a running disagreement with many of the non-profit organization executives and board members that I work with—both in my professional life and my personal life. My view is that non-profit organizations need to be run like for-profit organizations—that they need efficiencies that treat donor contributions and grant funding just like for-profit organizations treat their investors’ money. With great care.
And non-profit organizations need profit margins to invest in their future growth and mission-based work. “Non-profit is just a tax status,” as I heard someone . . .