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An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Sustainability and Succession Planning

Sustainability, or the ability to maintain organizational health and impact over time, requires both a strong infrastructure and an investment in leadership development that includes an intentional effort to build a multi-cultural, multi-generational staff. “Nonprofits that are serious about their own sustainability will also be serious about planning for smooth and thoughtful transitions of leadership — as well as making sure their nonprofit is prepared for unexpected departures” (National Council of Nonprofits). Succession planning, or planning for the transition of an executive director, is a necessary risk management strategy that reflects a commitment to serving the community for the long term. In Recommendations & Strategies that Further Women of Color's Advancement, Arlene Vassell and Nkiru Nnawulezi highlight succession planning for all leadership, but especially white women, as key a way to provide more opportunities for women of color and to reduce the overrepresentation of white women in leadership roles in the gender-based violence movement. It’s important for organizations to engage in the development of thoughtful succession plans even when leadership changes are not expected, and to embrace such plans as an opportunity for transformative change.

Race to Lead

The nonprofit sector has a racial leadership gap. Studies have tracked the small percentage of people of color in Executive Director/CEO roles for years. Efforts to support and train and inspire and mold aspiring leaders of color are important…but they’re not enough to move the dial toward more diverse leadership. The Race to Lead series from the Building Movement Project examines national survey findings on widespread systemic barriers to leadership positions for people of color in the nonprofit sector, with the following breakout reports: "one of the big problems is that nonprofit leadership doesn't represent the racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S."

The Race to Lead report series offers strategies for dismantling these barriers and supporting the leadership of people of color in the nonprofit sector.

Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

Studies show the percentage of people of color in the executive director/CEO role has remained under 20% for the last 15 years even as the country becomes more diverse. This publication from the Building Movement Project examines key findings on widespread systemic barriers to leadership positions for people of color in the nonprofit sector and offers strategies to address these barriers.

Vision for Change: A New Wave of Social Justice Leadership

This report details the specific findings of the Building Movement Project's conversations with diverse younger nonprofit leaders, focusing on what it takes to do their jobs and makes recommendations for concrete change that will support their visions, and help to build a stronger progressive infrastructure for all stakeholders.

The Leadership in Leaving

This report is the second in a series that examines different aspects of a transformational moment for the nonprofit sector. It focuses on the nonprofit leader’s decision to leave a long-term executive position, highlighting the leadership in leaving as an often neglected aspect of a nonprofit leader’s role that is a key in understanding and successfully completing the exit process.

Leadership Development and Leadership Change

Leadership Development and Leadership Change is a report on how a group of social justice organizations, in the Bay Area and nationally, are linking leadership development to executive leadership transitions, paying particular attention to race, class, gender, and age.