Scaling Altruism

A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact

By: Donald Summers

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

In Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, veteran social impact advisor and entrepreneur Donald Summers delivers a comprehensive, step-by-step blueprint to transforming a small or mid-size nonprofit into an impactful and extraordinary agent of change. The book contains templates, tools, exercises, and crystal-clear implementation guides that listeners can apply immediately to begin scaling their social impact organization.

Offering actionable insights that have enabled many of today's most exciting social change efforts, the author provides practical guidance on how to turn your nonprofit into a social-problem-solving machine. You'll also find:

- Specific strategies to improve cash flow and funding to your nonprofit, including revenue tools and staff integration

- An Investment and Partnership Scorecard, detailing the health of your fundraising efforts

- Leadership best practices for dealing with disruptive people at a nonprofit

An invaluable resource for managers and directors at small- to medium-sized nonprofits, Scaling Altruism is also perfect for funders and graduate students aspiring to work in the nonprofit space.

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A MUST READ to drive real social impact

In my 28 years of nonprofit consulting, I have not read a book better if you truly want to make a significant impact in addressing key community needs, which I feel we have not adequately addressed. I really enjoyed the shift in mindset - to move from 'begging for funds' to co-creating your focused plan with 'investors' to scale impact - not just survive. With the Nonprofit Fiscal Cliff combined with anticipated Federal cuts, nonprofits will have to serve more needs with less funding; therefore, they must focus on what they do best, create their BHAG, prove their outcomes, and then partner with investors to scale this focused impact and partner with other service providers to meet the needs of those they serve that is not their core competency.
Should be required reading for any ED/CEO and nonprofit studies college student.