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Practical strategies to help you reactivate your present board, recruit the board members you are missing and activate your board to start raising money.
September 3, 2026
Most founders wait too long to recruit new board members, usually until the organization is already strained. Knowing the real signs that your board needs new people is what separates a stagnant board from a Powerhouse Board.
Read ArticleSeptember 3, 2026
If you have board members who show up to meetings but never bring in a dollar, the problem isn't their willingness. It's that no one ever told them what fundraising actually looks like for them.
Read ArticleAugust 27, 2026
You have board members on paper, but in practice you are running this organization alone. The reason they are not showing up is not about their schedules. It is about how they were brought in.
Read ArticleAugust 24, 2026
If your nonprofit has been running on the same board for years and growth has stalled, the board itself may be the bottleneck. Here is what is actually happening and what needs to change.
Read ArticleAugust 22, 2026
When your board is more of a formality than a force, your nonprofit stalls at the level of your own energy and effort. Here is what is actually happening and what needs to change.
Read ArticleAugust 13, 2026
When board members pull back, most Executive Directors assume the relationship is fading. The real problem is almost always something far more fixable than that.
Read ArticleAugust 9, 2026
Your community likely has more potential board members than you think. The constraint is almost never the number of willing, mission-aligned people available to you. The constraint is the criteria you've built, the informal prestige filters you've applied, and the absence of a structured way to identify who you actually need.
Read ArticleAugust 9, 2026
Most boards stay silent on fundraising not because they're unwilling, but because no one has ever given them a concrete, specific ask they can actually make. The fix is simpler than you think.
Read ArticleAugust 9, 2026
Most Executive Directors assume a disengaged board is a people problem, but the real issue is almost always a structural one. When you rebuild the right conditions, the same people who went quiet will often show back up ready to work.
Read ArticleAugust 9, 2026
Most nonprofit leaders think board recruitment fails at the invitation stage, but the real breakdown happens much earlier. Here is what you are likely skipping and why it costs you the right people.
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