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by Brooke Richie-Babbage
This podcast offers nonprofit founders and leaders a deep-dive into the mindset and key strategies behind launching, scaling, and leading a high-impact nonprofit organization.
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- Today15 min
Designing the Future: How to Build an Institution That Can Hold the Next Stage of Growth
Growth should feel like momentum. For most nonprofit leaders between $1M and $3M, it feels like barely surviving — because the organization was built for a prior stage and never structurally redesigned for the current one. Brooke Richie-Babbage calls this the Design Deficit: the measurable gap between an organization's structural capacity and what its next stage of growth actually requires. In this episode, Brooke walks through why this gap exists, why resourceful leaders unintentionally mask...
- 1 weeks ago14 min
Why "Delegate Better" Doesn't Work
You’ve delegated. Probably more than once. So why does every decision still end up back on your desk? In this episode, Brooke unpacks the real reason delegation so often fails inside growing organizations. The issue usually isn’t your team’s capability — and it’s not your willingness to hand things off. It’s that most organizations never build the structure that allows decisions to stay delegated in the first place. Brooke breaks down the critical difference between delegation and decision ri...
- 2 weeks ago24 min
When Your Organization Is One Funder Away from a Crisis
Funding concentration becomes risky when a nonprofit depends on a small number of major funders without the infrastructure to replace, supplement, or stabilize that revenue over time. At the $1M+ stage, the issue is not simply that a few funders represent a large share of the budget. The deeper issue is that the organization may be tracking revenue instead of building a true capital engine. In this episode, Brooke explains why nonprofit funding concentration is an architecture problem, not ju...
- Apr 28, 202620 min
Why Your Board Has 11 Members and Drives Zero Revenue
Most executive directors I talk to already know their board isn’t pulling its weight in fundraising. And yet, nothing really changes. In this episode, I unpack why that gap persists—and why it’s not a motivation or culture issue. It’s a design flaw. I walk through the moment every ED recognizes (when you realize you’re carrying the fundraising load alone) and explain why the usual fixes—trainings, retreats, expectation-setting—don’t actually shift behavior. Then I offer a different lens: your...
- Apr 14, 202615 min
The Meetings That Should Not Exist
You know the meeting. It's on your calendar every week. Same time, same people — and you walk out wondering what you actually accomplished. In this episode, Brooke reframes why those meetings exist and what they're really telling you about the health of your organization. Spoiler: the meeting isn't the problem. It's the symptom. What You'll Hear in This Episode Why recurring, low-yield meetings are a design problem — not a time management or people problemThe three types of meetings that shou...
- Apr 8, 202618 min
Abundance Is Not a Vibe—It’s a Design Choice
We’ve all heard it before: “Just shift to an abundance mindset.” But what if abundance isn’t just something you feel—it’s something you build? In this episode, I’m breaking down why so many nonprofit leaders stay stuck in scarcity and how to make abundance a practical part of your organizational strategy. I’m sharing real examples of what it looks like to lead with generosity, create high-trust peer networks, and treat collaboration as infrastructure—not just kindness. If you’ve ever hesitate...
- Mar 17, 202613 min
The Calm You're Waiting For Isn’t Coming
In this episode, I talk about a pattern I see constantly among nonprofit leaders — and one I’ve caught myself falling into too. It sounds like: “After the gala.” “Once this transition is over.” “When things settle down.” The assumption behind those phrases is that calm will arrive first, and then we’ll finally have the space to build better systems. But in reality, that calm rarely shows up on its own. I share why this waiting logic is so common, why it actually makes sense in chaotic environ...
- Mar 10, 202615 min
The Real Reason Your Board Feels Like More Work (It’s Not What You Think)
If your board meetings leave you feeling tense, depleted, or like you’re carrying the entire organization on your back, you’re not alone—and it’s probably not because your board members are “bad” or disengaged. In this episode, I unpack a quieter, more accurate reason board work feels exhausting. We’ll look at the hidden group dynamics that pull capable leaders into the role of “hero,” why competence can actually make board fatigue worse, and—most importantly—the small, realistic shifts...
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