By John Campbell, 2016 ProInspire Fellow Fundraising. It’s a word that causes people to feel uncomfortable, donors to feel like prey, and can even make nonprofit executives squirm. For too many organizations, fundraising is seen as a ‘necessary evil,’ separate from programs and the ‘real’…
Note: This post was originally featured on equityinthecenter.org Equity in the Center is a collaborative initiative that influences social sector leaders to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial and ethnic diversity at all levels in the social sector. ProInspire was one of the t…
To conclude ProInspire’s work as curation partner for Independent Sector’s collection of diversity, equity, and inclusion resources, Ericka Hines and Monisha Kapila co-authored the following blog post about the importance of leadership mindsets to the advocacy and advancement of diver…
By Alex Stanton, 2016 ProInspire Fellow My penchant for volunteering stems from growing up in a big family. As the middle of five kids, there were always chores to do be done, siblings to be watched, and problems to be solved. From a young age, I enjoyed taking care of my siblings and helping them …
We believe in the power of people. Any nonprofit organization — including ours — is made stronger by the constellation of individuals with unique perspectives, interests, and dreams. You know our title, and you know what we do to help achieve ProInspire’s mission. But who are we as in…
Alumni, current Fellows, donors, partners, and other members of the ProInspire community joined CEO Monisha Kapila and staff members for our third annual Impact Call on January 25th, 2017. The Impact Call offered a chance to learn more about ProInspire’s 2016 results and 2017 priorities. 201…
By Laura Chen, 2016 ProInspire Fellow Over the past few weeks, as we have once again changed our calendars to mark the beginning of a new year, the annual tradition of making resolutions surfaces. Whether relevant and necessary or antiquated and enforced, the habit and conversation of reflections …
In a recent article on Medium, 2014 Bay Area ProInspire Fellow Alice Liu wrote about The Logbook System, a simple method she devised to capture thoughts, ideas, and learnings as a way to lead a more intentional life and achieve her goals. A more simplified version of a journal, the Logbook is hosted…
By Marley Leitner, 2016 DC ProInspire Fellow Julie Beck recently wrote an article in The Atlantic about how to cope with stress. In it she states that “strengthening connections with families, communities, and organizations is the most important preventive approach.” My experience with the Pro…
This year’s honor marks second consecutive award For the second year in a row, ProInspire has received the prestigious Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. The only people’s choice award in the nonprofit sector, a 2016 Top-Rated …