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Have you thought about what you might do differently because of Giving USA’s giving trends report released this summer? Beyond just glancing at the numbers, let’s see what this year’s report can do for you!

When we talk about opportunity, experience, and the right season for both an organization and a leader to come together, Alexandra Salas and SECU Family House Winston-Salem are a perfect case study.

Fundraiser turnover averages 18 months across the nonprofit sector, and it puts capital campaigns at material risk. Losing a development director mid-campaign interrupts donor relationships, slows solicitation momentum, and forces remaining staff to rebuild trust that took years to establish. Protecting campaign outcomes means treating nonprofit talent retention as a strategic risk, not an HR […]

Retained search is a proactive methodology: a firm is engaged upfront, builds a customized candidate pool that includes leaders who aren’t actively job hunting, and manages the full process from candidate profile through finalist. Passive recruitment — posting the position publicly and reviewing whoever applies — is the reactive alternative. A third structural option, contingency […]

As a consulting firm, we understand that selecting a consultant is not a simple process for any nonprofit. This post shares expertise and guidance to help.

Nonprofit boards prevent leadership vacancy crises by treating succession as ongoing governance, not an emergency response. That means building a written transition plan long before any executive director hire becomes urgent, strengthening the board’s own succession pipeline, and maintaining current knowledge of leadership benchmarks and candidate markets in your region. A vacancy becomes a crisis […]

A nonprofit interim executive is an experienced outside leader temporarily placed at the helm during a leadership transition. They stabilize operations, assess organizational health, and prepare the organization for a permanent hire, typically serving four to eight months while the board conducts its nonprofit executive search. Interim executives are increasingly common in the sector, and […]