Telling Your Nonprofit Story Despite Budget and Time Constraints
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
Release Date: 01/15/2025
The Importance Of Culture At Your NonProfit: Lessons From Penmar Human Services NonProfit MBA 8.23
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
Nonprofit leaders often focus on mission statements, fundraising goals, and strategic plans. Yet one of the most influential drivers of success is often underestimated: organizational culture. Culture shapes how employees show up, how teams collaborate, and how communities perceive the nonprofit itself. For nonprofits, where purpose is paramount and turnover can be costly, culture isn’t just a “nice-to-have” — it’s the backbone of long-term impact. In this episode of The NonProfit MBA Podcast, host Stephen Halasnik sits down with Greg Miller of Penmar Human Services to discuss why a...
info_outline
How Churches and Nonprofits Can Navigate Financial Uncertainty in 2025 Nonprofit MBA 8.22
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
Financial uncertainty has become the defining challenge for many churches and nonprofit organizations across the United States. With declining attendance, shrinking donations, and rising costs, thousands of religious institutions are questioning their long-term viability. On a recent episode of the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, host Stephen Halasnik, co-founder of Financing Solutions, sat down with Loren Richmond Jr., a pastor, chaplain, and consultant with more than 15 years of experience advising ministries and nonprofits through crisis. Their conversation sheds light on why so many...
info_outline
How To Prepare For A Capital Campaign In Uncertain Times Nonprofit MBA 8.21
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
For nonprofits, capital campaigns represent some of the most ambitious and transformative fundraising efforts. They can reshape organizations, expand programs, and create legacies. Yet in today’s climate of economic uncertainty, political polarization, and shifting donor expectations, preparing for a capital campaign can feel daunting. This was the focus of a conversation between Stephen Halasnik, managing partner at Financing Solutions, and Amy Eisenstein, a leading nonprofit fundraising consultant and author.
info_outline
How to Master Donor Stewardship in Just One Hour a Week NonProfit MBA 8.20
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
In today’s nonprofit world, the difference between financial stability and constant budget anxiety often comes down to one deceptively simple practice: donor stewardship. While many organizations focus their energy on acquiring new supporters, the real growth engine lies in keeping the ones they already have. That’s the message fundraising consultant Katherine Lacefield, founder of Just Because Consulting, shared on a recent episode of the Nonprofit MBA Podcast. With a background advising nonprofits across the globe, she’s seen the same pattern again and again: groups that cultivate...
info_outline
Nonprofit Strategic Planning: How to Adapt When Realities Change Nonprofit MBA 8.19
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
When nonprofit organizations draft strategic plans, the expectation is stability. A three-to-five-year vision is meant to guide priorities, operations, and growth. But what happens when the world changes faster than the paper it’s written on? In a recent episode of the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, Stephen Halasnik of Financing Solutions sat down with Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant at Funding for Good, to discuss a subject that’s rapidly gaining urgency: how nonprofits can adapt their strategic plans in a changing reality. “In today’s environment, you have to hold strategy loosely,” said...
info_outline
What If We Funded Nonprofits Like Startups? Nonprofit MBA 8.18
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
In a world where startup ventures are celebrated for their risk-taking, innovation, and scalability, the nonprofit sector often finds itself stifled by outdated funding models, rigid expectations, and chronic underinvestment. But what if we approached nonprofit funding with the same mindset we use to launch tech companies? What if we treated nonprofits not as charity cases, but as mission-driven startups with bold visions, entrepreneurial energy, and the potential to scale? In a recent episode of the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, host Stephen Halasnik of Financing Solutions sat down with Greg...
info_outline
The Resilient Sector: How Nonprofits Can Lead Through Crisis and Come Out Stronger Nonprofit MBA 8.17
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
The crises of recent years—be they economic, political, or global health-related—have taught us one thing: the world turns to nonprofits when everything else breaks down. Food banks, housing initiatives, health clinics, and educational programs didn’t close when the world did. Instead, they scaled up. They innovated. They adapted. But while the public relies on them, the financial foundation of many nonprofits remains fragile. And that’s where the conversation between nonprofit lending expert Stephen Halasnik and BlueHub Capital CEO Elyse Cherry begins: not with despair, but with a...
info_outline
How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
Stephen Halasnik, Managing Partner of Financing Solutions (), a leading provider of lines of credit to nonprofits, sat down with Jon Nevett, President and CEO of Public Interest Registry (PIR), to discuss how nonprofit culture is critical to your success on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast.
info_outline
Fundraising Performance Metrics: Why Nonprofits Must Measure What Matters: Nonprofit MBA 8.15
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
Stephen Halasnik sits down with Greg Warner, founder of MarketSmart, to dissect the essential role of fundraising performance metrics in nonprofit growth. Their conversation sheds light on the significance of donor behavior data, measuring engagement, and building meaningful relationships with supporters.
info_outline
The Rise of Sustainable Giving
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen Halasnik
In a world where monthly subscriptions have become second nature—from streaming music to meal kits—there’s a quiet revolution unfolding in the nonprofit world. It’s called sustainable giving, and it’s not just a trend—it’s a necessary evolution. On a recent episode of the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, Stephen Halasnik sat down with Dave Raley, founder of Imago Consulting and author of The Rise of Sustainable Giving, to explore how this movement is reshaping the future of charitable donations.
info_outlineTelling your nonprofit’s story doesn’t have to be daunting, even with budget and time constraints. By setting specific goals, understanding your audience, creating compelling content, leveraging free tools, collaborating with partners, measuring progress, maintaining consistent branding, and focusing on one tactic at a time, you can share your mission in a powerful and meaningful way. Remember, the key is to be strategic, unique, intentional, and authentic. Your story has the power to inspire, engage, and drive change. With these strategies, you can ensure your nonprofit’s voice is heard and your mission thrives. In today’s podcast, Jen Esparza from The Jen Advantage and Stephen Halasnik from Financing Solutions (https://financingsolutionsnow.com/) discuss telling your nonprofit story despite budget and time constraints.