Our Organization
Who We Are
Building Movement Project works at the intersection of research and practice. We partner with nonprofit leaders to understand the challenges shaping our sector, then transform those insights into practical resources, learning opportunities, and strategies that strengthen leadership, organizations, and movements.
Our Mission
BMP provides insightful research, practical resources, and pathways for transformative relationships that support nonprofit organizations, networks, and movements in their work to create a just and equitable world.
Our Vision
BMP imagines a world where all community members live with dignity and power, supported by diverse and resilient organizations, networks, and movements that work to eradicate the root causes of inequity and injustice.
Our History
Our Focus
Research
We produce trusted research that helps nonprofit leaders understand the challenges, trends, and opportunities shaping our sector.
Resources
We transform research into practical tools, guides, and assessments that help leaders move from insight to action.
Relationships
We bring nonprofit leaders together through cohorts, workshops, and convenings that build relationships, deepen practice, and strengthen movements.
Impact you can measure
Behind every workshop, report, and convening are nonprofit leaders putting ideas into practice and creating change in their communities.
Our Mandate
We Understand The Sector
Better decisions begin with better understanding. We help nonprofit leaders make sense of the trends, challenges, and systems shaping their work so they can respond with confidence.
We Know Nonprofits
Strong nonprofits are built with intention. We equip leaders and organizations with the research, practical tools, and support they need to build more equitable, resilient organizations and create lasting change.
How We Do It
Progress happens when knowledge becomes action. We help organizations apply research, strengthen their work, and build the relationships that sustain long-term change.
Listening and Learning
Through surveys, focus groups, interviews and convenings, we explore ways organizations can shift their focus to transforming the structures and systems causing inequality and injustice.
Leading and Influencing
BMP advances ideas that matter. We bring a critical, values-based, and inclusive perspective to shape ideas and practices in the nonprofit sector.
