Perhaps one of these situations sounds familiar?

• An Executive Director who can’t possibly take a vacation – ever – because if she missed a week all the work would literally stop.
• A sole staff member that could have oh-so-much more impact if only there was remotely adequate funding.
• A board chair who often bickers with the Executive Director and is frustrated that board members don’t raise nearly enough money.

Nonprofits are messy. They’re hardwired that way.

There’s rarely enough money, too many cooks, and an abundance of passion. Messy.

As the leader of a nonprofit – especially a smaller one – this messiness makes you feel exhausted and overwhelmed a lot of the time. You’re being pulled in a million directions and sometimes you feel all alone.

Wouldn’t it be so nice to have a board with deep pockets? A large staff? A brand everyone has heard of?

Sure. Big nonprofits have some nice advantages. Though many of these challenges can happen at big nonprofits too.

In many ways smaller nonprofits have it tougher.

Why? Because larger, well-funded nonprofits have the capacity to get outside help. They can hire consultants, fundraising experts, have their board get expensive ongoing training, spend for professional development opportunities or expensive donor software.

That’s a big advantage.

But at a smaller nonprofit like yours? Not a chance.

It’s a big problem. And one we aim to fix.

While our focus is on helping existing small nonprofits thrive, there are certainly members of the Lab who joined so they can get their nonprofits started the right way, right off the bat.

It really is a split. Many Lab members do pay for this out of pocket. Many others have their organizations pay for the Lab out of a professional development budget.

Members can switch from monthly to annual plans at any time. The transition is facilitated with a prorated price adjustment, reflecting any payments already made in the current cycle, ensuring a seamless and fair changeover to the annual plan. This flexibility allows organizations to choose the payment schedule that best fits their budgeting and resource planning needs at any point.

Transitioning from annual to monthly isn’t standard but can be discussed with our support team to accommodate specific needs.

Organizational Memberships provide access to the Lab’s resources for multiple team members, enhancing collaborative learning and strategic alignment across your organization. They offer broader benefits like team-focused workshops, greater cost savings, and centralized support.

Yes!

Monthly members pay for the Lab just one month at a time and can cancel any time you want. If you sign up for an annual plan, you can cancel any time during the year with no further payments (though you’ll remain a member for the year you already paid for).

Once you cancel your account you will retain access to the Lab until your current monthly or annual subscription period ends. You can, of course, rejoin during any future open registration period at whatever the current price is at that time.

As long as you keep your membership active, you’ll keep your current price. Even when new members come in and pay more, you’ll get to keep your lower price.

Since our goal is to help you build a thriving nonprofit, clearly you need to be able to share some of the material to do that.

For example, if there is a template or checklist or something like that and you want to copy it and use it internally with other folks at your organization, that’s expected and entirely fine.

Our policy is one account = one person. So, while you’re welcome to bring people in to watch a video course together, we do ask that you not share your login. If you have an Organizational Membership, up to 4 people in your organization will have individual accounts.

Additionally, only account holders get access to the Village.

Roughly once per week and our goal is to keep it easy and non-stressful to consume.

Time is the most valuable resource we have. So we can understand why you might be wondering if you have enough time to fully participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Lab and get everything you possibly can out of it.

The good news is that once you join, the Lab is available 24/7. So you can learn when it’s most convenient for you. If something comes up and you miss a few days or even a couple of weeks, it’s not a problem. You just pick up where you left off.

How much time it will take to go through the materials depends on you. Many weeks you should be able to get through the material in 30 minutes or less. That’s it. The key is to intentionally schedule some time on your calendar specifically for your personal leadership growth.

And, of course, you’ll definitely want to spend time with the community.

We know how busy you are!