The Nonprofit Reframe

We live in the nonprofit world, day in and day out, so naturally, we know quite a bit about how it operates. But how much does the average American know? Not so much, it turns out.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about the results of a survey put out by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, “What Americans Think about Philanthropy and Nonprofit.” We learned some very interesting things, such as how much people trust the giving transparency of religious charitable organizations (oof) and where Americans think the philanthropic sector is headed.

What’s in this episode:

[01:33] Information on Eli Lilly and the Lilly family (for anyone else like Brittny who isn’t familiar)

[05:34] The results of a survey the Lilly School put out to get Americans’ perceptions of nonprofits and where they put their trust

[11:22] How Americans feel about the transparency of giving among charitable organizations (whew, this one is really something) and what activities charities should be able to support

[17:24] Whether or not Americans think the philanthropic sector is headed in the right direction

[21:26] Our thoughts on how to educate the public on nonprofits (because, based on this survey, they do not know much)

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The nonprofit world is not exempt from the every day realities of racism, tax schemes, and even sexual assault. However, considering the mission and values of these organizations... you’d hope that behavior would at least be called out and appropriately dealt with when it appears within a nonprofit.

In today’s episode, we’re discussing why that is unfortunately not always the case, the culture of complicity that pops up in many nonprofit organizations, and how even other nonprofit consultants can contribute to this issue of complicity.

We also acknowledge that this is complex, because while bravery does play a part in standing up to bad actors, many nonprofit workers are also dealing with oppressive power dynamics and biases that make speaking out even riskier. It’s time to take a hard look at ourselves and ask how we can be an ally to those in more vulnerable positions and break this cycle of complicity.

What’s in this episode:

[03:52] How complicity allows toxic board members and staff to continue patterns of abuse, from financial crimes to innuendos to more extreme examples like sexual assault

[10:38] Why staff and board performance reviews need to be more robust and more frequent

[13:05] The power dynamics that perpetuate complicity in toxic behaviors within nonprofits

[16:17] How racism and sexism shut out women and BIPOC individuals from leadership, which also contributes to a culture of complicity

[23:13] How other nonprofit consultants can also contribute in a culture of complicity (looking at you, Joan Garry)

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Businesses, companies, corporations, for-profits. Whatever you want to call them, we know that partnerships between for-profit companies and nonprofits are absolutely necessary to affect real change in our communities. But how often does that actually happen?

Episode Highlights

• What does it look like? Volunteerism, matching gifts, sponsorships, etc.
• 5% of all philanthropy is corporate giving.
• Is Big Brother listening in on Brittny or is it just karma texting her?
• Nia jumps in on the hashtag game with #VolunteerDuringStaffTime
• How to make a corporate partnership go “poof!”
• Is a real “partnership” even possible? Nonprofits bending to meet the needs of companies.
• Crickets, tumbleweeds, and tiny horses as workplace giving fairs

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Volunteers are such an important part of nonprofit organizations, but we don’t always treat them the way we should and it leads to big time burnout. Volunteers give their time because they believe in a cause and want to support it, but so often they get taken advantage of and it needs to stop.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about how volunteers need to set boundaries with their time and skills, how we can honor those boundaries by involving them in future planning, and why volunteer appreciation is so vital. Also, we have a bittersweet announcement: The Nonprofit Reframe podcast is coming to an end. Tune in for all the details.

What’s in this episode:

[00:24] We catch up on the hot weather we’re having, and Nia shares some big news!!

[05:39] A bittersweet announcement about this show

[10:05] Brittny’s confession about working with volunteers

[13:24] Volunteers have to set boundaries so they don’t get taken advantage of in terms of time, skills, and compensation

[21:21] Volunteer appreciation shouldn’t be “one and done” and should involve succession planning at some point

[23:16] Many volunteers donate their time because they can’t donate funds, but still want to be impactful to their cause, and we should recognize their contributions

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As nonprofit professionals, there's this constant pressure to be positive, to spin every struggle in a refreshed light or to omit it entirely. We need to shift that. Nonprofits and their staff need to ask for what they need.

Resources

• Brene Brown - TEDTalk on The Power of Vulnerability

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