May 12, 2025 | Nonprofit Leadership
In 2025, nonprofit chief executives are being asked to do more with less — and to keep staff motivated through it all. The workforce landscape is shifting, and while mission remains a powerful draw, uncertainty for the nonprofit business model is creating burnout and...
May 12, 2025 | Nonprofit Leadership
At a moment when social good work feels more critical than ever, many leaders are wrestling with an increasingly urgent question: How do we keep our teams motivated, supported, and committed in the face of rising pressure and uncertainty? Workplace culture isn’t just...
April 22, 2025 | Corporate Impact
In the intricate landscape of nonprofit support, some of the most critical needs often go unnoticed. This is the story of how one innovative grant helped transform a dance organization’s future by embracing a radical approach to philanthropy. Traditional grantmaking...
April 8, 2025 | Nonprofit Leadership
At Next Stage, we’re always listening for the signals beneath the noise. And right now, those signals are blaring. We recently surveyed nonprofit and social good leaders to better understand how today’s political and economic shifts are impacting organizations on the...
April 2, 2025 | Nonprofit Leadership
For many in the social good space, the world feels upside down. That’s why we’ve launched a new survey series — to explore the uncertainty and turn it into something useful. Our first survey asked leaders from across the social good ecosystem to weigh in on the...
March 7, 2025 | Nonprofit Leadership
The nonprofit and social impact sector is bracing for a new kind of crisis — one driven not by a sudden disaster, but by the slow erosion of federal funding for health, human services, and conservation efforts. The trickle-down effect will be widespread, creating a...