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About the Substack
Nonprofit Money Talks
Where the ongoing conversation happens.
Nonprofit Money Talks explores the lived reality of nonprofit financial decision-making — not as abstract theory, but as it unfolds in boardrooms, executive offices, and funder conversations.
We write for people who actually have to make financial choices: board members, executive directors, program officers, and donors. You do not need a finance degree to participate. You do need curiosity, a willingness to sit with complexity, and openness to testing how decisions take shape in real-world contexts.
Over time, we hope the conversation in Nonprofit Money Talks helps identify patterns in nonprofit financial decision making that can inform new approaches to help boards, organizations, and funders to better navigate a world of complex choices.
Nonprofit Money Talks includes four recurring features:
Reading the Room
Learning how to interpret financial signals in context — so decisions reflect the underlying reality, not just the surface reading of the numbers.
Real Tables, Real Talk
Looking at what happens when financial decisions hit the table — so how people can navigate tension and tradeoffs as decisions are being made.
White Noise
Examining the financial narratives that shape how people think and act — so good decision making isn’t quietly derailed by conceptual distortions.
Money Language Clinic
Clarifying terms that are often used loosely or inconsistently — so people can align on meaning before decisions depend on shared understanding.
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