Terrific article by Mark Hager and Elizabeth Searing, published in Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ). Check out the link for the full article – I highly recommend that all nonprofits read it as a warning of what not to do:
Summary – 10 Ways to Kill Your Nonprofit:
- Overwhelm it with liabilities
- Operate in the red
- Poison the revenue mix
- Dehumanize your donors
- Stay forever young
- Cut your connections
- Stain your reputation
- Underinvest in infrastructure to support volunteers
- Chase dollars into competitive spaces; drive way from your mission
- Think that “good” is good enough
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