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.

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 […]

Meeting the Need: Building the Capacity of Community-Based Organizations

November 30, 2022

BMP surveyed leaders in the nonprofit sector to find out what they needed to maintain and build their organizational infrastructure in order to fulfill their mission. The survey explored challenges that organizations face in achieving their mission by first asking respondents about four overarching domains that are key to maintaining and building nonprofits: 1) Operations, Communications, and Development, 2) Staff Wellness and Development, 3) Strategy and Evaluation, and 4) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to Lead Report on Nonprofit Executives of Color

January 18, 2022

The Building Movement Project has released Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to Lead Report on Nonprofit Executives of Color, which focuses on the experiences and challenges of […]

Making (Or Taking) Space: Initial Themes on Nonprofit Transitions from White to BIPOC Leaders

October 13, 2021

This report was written by the Building Movement Project on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. It seeks to inform the question: What, specifically, is the responsibility of organizations […]

Move The Money: How Philanthropy Can Support Movement Leadership

July 9, 2021

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support of […]

Move The Money: What Do Movement Leaders Need From Philanthropy?

July 9, 2021

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support of […]

Move The Money: What is the Role of Philanthropy in Supporting Social Change Movements?

July 9, 2021

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support […]

Move The Money: Why Are Social Change Movements Important?

July 9, 2021

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support […]

Move The Money: Introduction and User Guide

July 9, 2021

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support […]

The Burden of Bias in the Bay State: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts

October 27, 2020

The Building Movement Project has released The Burden of Bias in the Bay State: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts. This report offers findings from the subset of 2019 […]

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