📉 Most nonprofits are very small.

The nonprofit sector runs lean: 76% of U.S. nonprofits operate on budgets under $100K, 88% under $500K, and 92% under $1M—underscoring just how financially stretched most organizations are.

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🕒 Half don’t survive.

30% of nonprofits close within their first 10 years, and by 15 years, nearly 50% are no longer operating. The most common reasons include inconsistent funding, leadership turnover, and lack of long-term strategic planning.

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📌 Leadership pipeline is broken.
77% of nonprofits struggle to recruit senior leaders, and many lack training or mentorship programs.

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🔥 Turnover at the top.

Executive directors typically leave within 3 to 5 years, often due to burnout, underpay, and lack of support.

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🔁 Constant rehiring drains time.

Nonprofits report staff turnover rates above 19%, leading to disruptions, extra costs, and burnout.

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👥 Programs are shrinking.

65% of nonprofits report staffing shortages that force them to scale back services or delay expansion.

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💰 Financial strain is widespread.

Nearly half of nonprofits can’t fully fund their programs, limiting their impact and long-term viability.

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🚨 Vulnerable to fraud.

Nonprofits account for 9% of all occupational fraud, with median losses of $75,000 due to weak internal controls.

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Everyone’s doing everything. Have you tried…

• Clarifying who owns what with a role responsibility matrix?

• Setting a “no duplicate effort” policy for recurring tasks?

• Creating a weekly rhythm for workload check-ins?

Growth isn’t fixing the overwhelm. Have you tried…

• Resetting expectations after each hire or grant?

• Delegating outcomes instead of tasks?

• Checking if job descriptions match actual work?

Energy and effort gets wasted. Have you tried…

• A quarterly vision reset with your leadership team?

• Condensing your org’s “north star” into one shared sentence?

• Mapping decisions back to vision in meetings?

Always chasing, never catching. Have you tried…

• Standardizing your top 3 funding stories?

• Building a “funder journey” like you would for donors?

• Treating grant-writing like a sprint, not a scramble?

Chaos behind the scenes. Have you tried…

• Choosing one system to lead your operations?

• Naming and fixing your top 2 “repeat fires”?

• Mapping your team’s capacity like a pie chart?

Low trust, crossed wires, weird vibes. Have you tried…

• A trust-building retro after each major project?

• Sharing “how I work” docs across the team?

• Implementing weekly pulse check-ins (1–5 scale)?

Everyone’s moving, but toward what? Have you tried…

• Connecting every project to a single strategic priority?

• Archiving anything not moving your mission?

• Holding “cancel something” meetings each quarter?

Clunky tools, no tech lead. Have you tried…

• Auditing your stack to drop or consolidate tools?

• Creating a shared dashboard for visibility?

• Assigning “tech stewards” for each platform?