Insights

Nonprofit

The 6 Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

The 6 Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

First published six years ago and recently revised and updated, a “go-to” read for nonprofits is Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. The book teaches that becoming a high-impact nonprofit is not just about building a stand-alone organization...

read more
How Lean Are You?

How Lean Are You?

Lean Impact is a community dedicated to raising awareness of the theory of Lean Startup as a way to improve nonprofit effectiveness and change for social good. It’s an online learning community that is bringing resources to bridge the huge gaps that exist between what...

read more
Transformational Organizations:  The Mind Trust

Transformational Organizations: The Mind Trust

  Transform Consulting Group sees the ripple effect that The Mind Trust is having in Indianapolis. The Mind Trust is a non-profit organization working to inspire innovative education reform and help transform the Indianapolis public schools system. Since 2006,...

read more
Do We Have a Double Standard for Nonprofits?

Do We Have a Double Standard for Nonprofits?

Are our attitudes toward nonprofit fundraising undermining the causes we love and our desire to change the world? Dan Pallotta, the founder of the AIDS Ride and Breast Cancer 3-Day events, gave a bold speech on the subject for TED, a nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth...

read more
Wellpoint Foundation Grant Window Open

Wellpoint Foundation Grant Window Open

  Transform Consulting Group wants local nonprofits to know that the Wellpoint Foundation's grant window is open for projects in Indiana and other Wellpoint operating states for projects that improve the lives of people and health. The Foundation currently has...

read more
IYI Capacity Building Grant Opportunity

IYI Capacity Building Grant Opportunity

Transform Consulting Group wants community and faith-based nonprofit organizations serving children and youth to know about a capacity-building grant opportunity from the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI). IYI is awarding twelve grants, and each recipient will receive the...

read more
New Grant Opportunity from the Walmart Foundation

New Grant Opportunity from the Walmart Foundation

  Transform Consulting Group is letting you know about a new grant opportunity! The Walmart Foundation meets the needs of the underserved by directing charitable giving. The Walmart State Giving Program awards grants ranging from $25,000 to $250,000 to nonprofits...

read more
Two New Grant Opportunities for Youth Development

Two New Grant Opportunities for Youth Development

  Transform Consulting Group has identified another two new grant opportunities for nonprofits.  The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for research projects related to understanding how youth settings work, how...

read more
Retirees as an Untapped Nonprofit Resource

Retirees as an Untapped Nonprofit Resource

  Do you know someone who's in the "second act" of life? Have you considered how your organization might tap into this resource? America's 78 million baby boomers make up the largest, healthiest, and best-educated population of Americans. In the second half of...

read more