Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast

In this audio workshop, I pull back the curtain on the core elements that successful 7-figure nonprofits consistently point to as the reason they were able to grow to and sustain 7-figures - without burning out! By the...

In this episode, I dive into the essentials of creating a high-impact strategic plan for your nonprofit. Last week, we explored the importance of a well-structured planning process and clarity about your end goal. This...

Most nonprofit executive directors lose their strategic thinking time every week for a reason that has nothing to do with discipline: it is the only block on the calendar with no one waiting on the other end of it. In...

Capacity is something you design. And when you feel strain, it's about that design, not about passion or ability. In this conversation, I talk with two leaders who've redesigned their organizations to support the full...

"Once we stabilize the funding, we'll invest in systems." It sounds like responsible stewardship, and almost every leader running a $1M–$2M organization has said some version of it. But Brooke Richie-Babbage takes the...

You leave a leadership team meeting where everyone got their assignments and everyone nodded — and you still can't shake the sense that the real problem never got said out loud. That feeling isn't paranoia, and it isn't...

There's a version of nonprofit leadership that gets sold as authenticity, luck, and the right personality in the chair — and it quietly lets leaders off the hook for the hard redesign work that real growth requires. In...

What This Episode Answers Most growing nonprofits aren't underperforming because their funding is too concentrated — they're stalling because they've adopted a borrowed script about what a "healthy" nonprofit funding...

Most organizations aren’t just shaped by strategy, org charts, or job descriptions — they’re shaped by the unwritten rules everyone follows but no one talks about. In this episode, I walk through what I call “unspoken...

Growth should feel like momentum. For most nonprofit leaders between $1M and $3M, it feels like barely surviving — because the organization was built for a prior stage and never structurally redesigned for the current...

You’ve delegated. Probably more than once. So why does every decision still end up back on your desk? In this episode, Brooke unpacks the real reason delegation so often fails inside growing organizations. The issue...

Funding concentration becomes risky when a nonprofit depends on a small number of major funders without the infrastructure to replace, supplement, or stabilize that revenue over time. At the $1M+ stage, the issue is not...

Most executive directors I talk to already know their board isn’t pulling its weight in fundraising. And yet, nothing really changes. In this episode, I unpack why that gap persists—and why it’s not a motivation or...

You know the meeting. It's on your calendar every week. Same time, same people — and you walk out wondering what you actually accomplished. In this episode, Brooke reframes why those meetings exist and what they're...

We’ve all heard it before: “Just shift to an abundance mindset.” But what if abundance isn’t just something you feel—it’s something you build ? In this episode, I’m breaking down why so many nonprofit leaders stay stuck...