Tools

Find exercises and resources that propel nonprofits forward to tackle leadership challenges, integrate service and social change, and work together to build movement momentum. Feel free to adapt these tools to your needs.

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Security to Wellbeing Framework – Practice Guide

July 23, 2025

This offering from the Building Movement Project is based on the Security to Wellbeing Framework, created by service providers for service providers. Its goal is to create a space for […]

Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days

April 28, 2025

Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days is part of BMP’s Movement Infrastructure Series, which offers ideas, approaches, and practices to strengthen individual organizations and broader social movement ecosystems. Many […]

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Co-Executive Directorship Learnings

November 20, 2024

As BMP transitions from a decade of operating under a co-directorship model back to a single executive director, this moment offers an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned.

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Sounding the Alarm: Nonprofits on the Frontlines of a Polarized Political Climate

October 24, 2024

Nonprofits are facing a range of unique threats and challenges in today’s political climate. As the 2024 elections near, BMP is releasing a special report, Sounding the Alarm, to raise […]

Blocking the Backlash: The Positive Impact of DEI in Nonprofit Organizations 

July 25, 2024

This report investigates the impact of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on nonprofit staff and their organizations using data from the 2022 and 2019 Race to Lead surveys. We examine […]

Reckoning with Sustainability: Black Leaders Reflect on 2020, the Funding Cliff, and Organizing Infrastructure

February 20, 2024

This installment of the Movement Infrastructure series, “Reckoning with Sustainability: Black Leaders Reflect on 2020, the Funding Cliff, and Organizing Infrastructure,” compiles insights and wisdom from over 50 Black movement […]

The Push and Pull: Declining Interest in Nonprofit Leadership

January 25, 2024

This report presents findings from BMP’s 2022 survey of more than 3,000 nonprofit staff on the factors related to their aspiration to top leadership roles, as well as the experiences […]

100 DAYS OF BUILDING POWER AND SOLIDARITY: OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR PALESTINIAN, MUSLIM, AND ARAB GROUPS IN THE U.S.

January 18, 2024

Since late 2022, the Building Movement Project has released a series of reports on the infrastructure needs of various communities and movements in order to provide ideas and recommendations to […]

Balancing Act: Asian American Organizations Respond to Community Crises and Build Collective Power

March 20, 2023

The latest in BMP’s movement infrastructure series, Balancing Act: Asian American Organizations Respond to Community Crises and Build Collective Power, is a collaboration with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian […]

Funding Movement Infrastructure Brief

January 25, 2023

This report is the second in Building Movement Project’s (BMP) Movement Infrastructure Series. Funding Movement Infrastructure (January 2023) draws upon our ongoing work to encourage philanthropic institutions to support social […]

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