Become a Nonprofit Pro: Nine Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Are you over-worked and under-resourced? It's possible that your nonprofit has gotten stuck in the startup phase.

This phase is not time-dependent. It is behavioral, and organizations can be stuck in startup mode into their thirtieth year of operation and beyond. The startup phase of an organization's lifecycle is usually characterized as having a lack of formalized structures. It can be defined by the scrappy “get it done on a shoestring budget” mindset that limits investment in strategy, p...