by Ellie Pennybacker As my summer comes to an end, I cannot express my gratitude strongly enough. Josh, Caylin, and the entirety of the Next Stage team have made this experience so enriching. By letting me jump right in, sit in on meetings, and help where I could,...
Welcome Patricia Massey-Hoke, Women’s Impact Fund’s New Executive Director
Congratulations to Patricia Massey-Hoke on her first day with Women’s Impact Fund! Next Stage was honored to manage the search for WIF’s first Executive Director and is thrilled that Patricia will be taking the helm of one of our nation’s largest...
#NonprofitBookClub: New Power
By Caylin Haldeman When I started #NonprofitBookClub earlier this year, I hoped to use this platform as an opportunity to drive conversations and engage with others who are reading about nonprofits, community and social justice. In my last post, reviewing Winners Take...
What Use is Strategy Without Implementation?
By Josh Jacobson The title of this post is both rhetorical and practical – what good are solutions if we don’t have the capacity to see them through? For a firm focused on transformative strategy and thought leadership, it is a quandary and constant consideration. We...
Meet Ellie Pennybacker, Next Stage’s 2019 Summer Intern
I have nine-weeks to get to know all 4,000+ nonprofits in the greater Charlotte area! Not really, but I hope to at least get to know a few during my internship with Next Stage. My name is Ellie Pennybacker and I am a rising junior at Davidson College studying...
#NonprofitBookClub: Winners Take All
Welcome back to the second iteration of Next Stage’s #NonprofitBookClub! This month, we’re reading Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas. I know – quite a bold title. But in the spirit of Josh’s column in the Biscuit,...
Deepening, Expanding and Evolving: The Nonprofit Growth Mandate
by Josh Jacobson On Tuesday, February 19, I had the opportunity to facilitate a workshop for the Arts & Science Council on a provocative topic – “Deepening, Expanding and Evolving: The Nonprofit Growth Mandate.” So what was it about? Organizations are apt to find...
#NonprofitBookClub: Social Startup Success
By Caylin Haldeman 2019 is off to the races, everyone. How are you doing on your resolutions? Me? Work in progress. I made the resolution to read more books on things I feel passionate about. I even created a reading list of books that will help me get smarter on...
2019 is the Year We Take Our Own Medicine
by Josh Jacobson Happy New Year! Can I still say that? I heard someone say that wishing someone a happy new year is valid until January 8, and then no longer. So looking at the calendar… it counts. Just barely. Did you have a great holiday break? Was it really a...
Announcing the 2019 CULTIVATE Cohort
Next Stage today announced the selection of six (6) nonprofits for participation in the 2019 cohort of CULTIVATE, an incubator designed to provide expert strategic and relational supports to emerging social cause organizations based in Mecklenburg County. Now in its...
Position Opening: Development Director, Sustain Charlotte
Position Description: Development Director Overview Client: Sustain Charlotte Role: Full-Time Current location: 2151 Hawkins St Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28203 Founded: 2010 Reports to: Executive Director Mission & Vision Our mission is to inspire choices that lead...
Position Opening: Development Director, Tosco Music
Position Description: Development Director Overview Client: Tosco Music Role: Full-Time Current location: 4953 Albemarle Road, Charlotte, NC 28205 Founded: 1988 (established 501c3 in 1999) Reports to: Executive Director Mission Tosco Music’s mission is to present a...