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.
For Further Study
Longer texts to provide a more in-depth study of social movements and movement building History of Social MovementsWhen The Old Left Was Young (Robert Cohen)The Movements of the New Left (Van Gosse)Poor […]
Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector Executive Summary
Based on data from more than 4,000 survey respondents, this report in the Race to Lead series shows that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the […]
Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector
By examining the impact of race and gender on survey respondents, this report adds important nuances to conclusions drawn from other reports in the Race to Lead series.
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts: A Race to Lead Brief
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts: A Race to Lead Brief can be found at http://racetolead.org/massachusetts! The Building Movement Project’s Race to Lead series examines the findings from more than 4,000 […]
Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools
This report explores what happened in two cities—St. Paul, Minnesota and Austin, Texas—where unions have established partnerships reminiscent of the alignment between labor and community groups in Chicago in 2012. […]
California’s Race to Lead: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in the Golden State
This report compares responses from nonprofit staff in California with nonprofit staffers in all other states. The report includes five recommendations to increase and sustain diverse leadership of California’s nonprofits.
Recognizing All Families to Expand Our Movements: Insights from the Family Justice Network
This report explores the success of family recognition organizing campaigns in Georgia and New Mexico that were funded and stewarded by Family Justice Network partners. In each place, recent efforts […]
Working Towards the Common Good 2016: Findings from the New Mexico Nonprofit Survey
This report analyzes 2016 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey responses. It’s a snapshot of the work that nonprofits do to support New Mexico’s communities, the key issues they are working on, the opportunities and challenges they face, and how they work together to advocate for the common good.
Working at the Intersections: LGBTQ Nonprofit Staff and the Racial Leadership Gap Executive Summary
Working at the Intersections: LGBTQ Nonprofit Staff and the Racial Leadership Gap Executive Summary can be found at http://racetolead.org/lgbtq/! The report builds on data from BMP’s Nonprofits, Leadership, and Race Survey, conducted […]
Working at the Intersections: LGBTQ Nonprofit Staff and the Racial Leadership Gap
This report builds on data from Building Movement Project’s Race to Lead survey, conducted with more than 4,000 respondents across the nonprofit sector. This report, the second in the Race to Lead series, analyzes experiences of respondents who identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer (LGBTQ).