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.
Catalysts for Change: How California Nonprofits Can Deliver Direct Services and Transform Communities (CASE STUDIES)
In 2010, 2ith the support of The California Endowment, the Building Movement Project surveyed over 450 California-based nonprofit direct service providers to explore whether they are integrating social change activities […]
Catalysts for Change: How California Nonprofits Can Deliver Direct Services and Transform Communities (REPORT)
This in-depth case study of five California-based organizations explores how their non-service activities address systematic issues of poverty, inequality and health disparities, and build the voice and power of their constituents.
What Works: Developing Successful Multigenerational Leadership
Since the beginning of the new millennium, there has been growing concern about the breadth and depth of new leadership in the nonprofit sector. Until recently, the alarm was focused […]
Additional Resources
Research for Organizing: This toolkit is designed for organizations and individuals that want to use participatory action research (PAR) to support their work towards social justice. PAR helps us to […]
Alliances for Change: Organizing for the Twenty-First Century
The election of President Obama with his history and identification as a community organizer sent a message of hope and possibility to the community organizing world. For decades, community organizing […]
Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
Working Across Generations offers a comprehensive look at the leadership and generational shifts in the nonprofit sector. Working Across Generations presents ideas and gives practical advice on how to approach […]
Thinking Five Years Ahead
This exercise can be done by executive directors to create an individual action plan, but it is also useful to do in small groups of staff and board members.
Making Social Change: Case Studies of Nonprofit Service Providers
Building Movement Project developed this set of case studies as a response to numerous requests from groups looking for real-life examples of the often-challenging process of incorporating social change models […]
Leadership Development and Leadership Change
This is a report on how a group of social justice organizations link leadership development to executive leadership transitions, paying particular attention to race, class, gender, and age.
Reflections on My Roles and Supports
This is an exercise that can be used as a personal reflection, or with a small or large group that has representatives from different generations. This exercise can take anywhere from 40-60 minutes, depending on how […]