The Influential Nonprofit

Rabbi Amy Feder became the Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel in July of 2009, when she became the youngest woman to become a Senior Rabbi of a large Reform congregation in history.  She is blessed to work alongside her husband, Rabbi Michael Alper. Rabbi Feder began working as the assistant rabbi at Temple Israel in 2006 after her ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion i...

Key Takeaways: Don’t put peace on a pedestal. Peace and conflict are both part of the process of healing.  We were taught to value things that feel good, but not everything that feels good is good and not everything that feels bad is meant to be pushed away.  Conflict is just people being human beings, we don’t need to label that as good and bad. The more you try to avoid conflict, the more confli...

 He is a pastor, nonprofit executive director, professor, artist, and writer. He has earned undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in Biblical studies and organizational leadership, arts management and leadership, theology, ministry and interdisciplinary studies. Currently, he serves as President and Executive Director at Rise Community Development. Rise acts as a resource and partner...

Sarah Javier is the CEO and President of APA of Missouri, an organization that helps more than 4,000 pets find homes and thousands more through outreach and wellness initiatives. During her tenure, Sarah has increased charitable giving by more than 70% and has double organizational reserves and has implemented a robust planned giving program that has resulted in secured and realized gifts totallin...

Laura Rossmann started her consulting firm in 2014 and has specialized in nonprofit management, fundraising and marketing and leadership transition. She has two decades of experience working with nonprofits, from serving for 13 years as an Executive Director at several nonprofits to being on numerous  She holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Science in Business Administr...

Key Takeaways: Fixing communication problems can only be done by having better communication and shifting a culture can only be done by introducing a new perspective and a new set of thinking.  You need both mindset and strategy. If you have strategy without mindset, the strategy won’t work.  The two ways we struggle: feeling of separation or disconnection, and when we look outside of ourselves to...

  Key Takeaways: Struggling is not sustainable. Our need to be in struggle causes burnout, turnover, mission creep and a ton of other issues.  Essentially, the name “nonprofit” is hurting the industry. Being defined by a negative hurts us.  We feel a huge responsibility to those people we serve and we tend to sacrifice ourselves because of that.  We’ve been taught that if something is worthwhile,...

Sonia started Uplifting Nonprofits in 2010 with a crazy mission to “save” the world. Today, her mission is to bring mastery of fundraising to nonprofits, so they can be more successful in their missions.  She recognized that successful fundraising remains the number one challenge for most nonprofit Boards. So she set out to change it because she knows from personal experience that overcoming fundr...

The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation promotes the preservation and enhancement of the architectural, cultural and landscaped heritage of Saratoga Springs.  Its mission is fulfilled through educational programs, preservation projects, technical assistance, and advocacy. Executive Director Samantha Bosshart and Membership & Programs Director Nicole Babie join me today from their office in Up...

For many years Johnathan lived a drug addicted life. He began using drugs at 13, which led him to drop out of school at 14, he was incarcerated at 15, and shot at 3 times by 16. At age 19, God radically saved him and by age 20 he was involved in children's ministry at his Church. He went on to become a teacher helping children to know they have someone who believes in them. Founder and President D...

Key Takeaways: The Drama Triangle is filled with limiting beliefs and comes from a place of powerlessness. Often, people cycle between all the roles and the triangle is a time and energy suck. Heroes want to solve problems, stop the suffering and save everyone. Villains blame people and external factors. Victims believe they are powerless to change their circumstance Replace “hero” with “coach." B...

Claire Wyneken joined Wyman for a 3-month job in 1987.  She has dedicated her career to expanding equitable and transformative outcomes for young people. Her vision is for every young person to find fulfillment and joy in the discovery and contribution of their gifts to the world.  Claire spent 20 years in direct service programs and a decade designing and launching innovations in St. Louis and ac...

Kristen Tippit and Jon Porter founded LOGiC.baby, a St. Louis based nonprofit, to support families going through their NICU journey. Having their own baby unexpectedly spend 22 days in the NICU in May 2020, the duo wanted to create a space for families to connect, feel empowered, supported, engaged, and practice advocacy so that parents could improve their own mental health and their babies would...

Key Takeaways: The three points in the Triad of Change: Perception, Behavior and Structure. All three work together to create sustainable change.  A part of making a long lasting change is changing your perception - try to see things from another angle. To do that, you may sometimes have to change your structure and behavior.  Changing the structure of something can change your behavior and then y...

About Ann Graham: Her interest in Pediatric Oncology began when, at age 43, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a primary bone cancer that affects kids aged 10-20.  Age notwithstanding, she was treated in the Pediatric Cancer Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Like most adults, she was unaware of how little funding pediatric cancers receive, how great the suffering is, and how too often the youn...

Today we’ve got three guests, Julianne Buck, Holly McFarlin and Neosha Franklin - three Directors, from three different Community Foundations.  About Julianne Buck: She is the Executive Director of the community foundation of Grundy County and has been working there for 18 years, since 2003. About Holly McFarlin: She works for the East Texas Communities Foundation, serving 32 counties for 7 years...

This episode was recorded as a part of Maryanne's Donor Attraction Forum. Julia had some amazing insights that Maryanne wanted to share. About Julia Campbell: She is an expert in digital marketing and has run a consulting business for almost 10 years now. Julia focuses exclusively on mission-driven organizations. She is the author of "Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits". Julia...

Rebecca (Becky) J. Hatter has been President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri (BBBSEMO) for 27 years. In that time, her “Put young people first” leadership has brought about dramatic growth – both in impact and scale – making BBBSEMO the most effective mentoring organization in the State of Missouri and the 6th largest Big Brothers Big Sisters among 267 affiliates across the...

Sherry Quam Taylor teaches nonprofit CEOs and their teams how to break free from traditional fundraising models and activities that limit growth and never secure enough money to fulfill their organization’s vision. She helps teams become less dependent on program, government, and event gifts by helping them learn how to secure large, investment-level donations from individuals. The leaders she wor...

Julie has been the Executive Director of Food Outreach since 2016. Food Outreach provides nutritional interventions to people living in the St. Louis region diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or cancer whose incomes are at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.  She graduated from FOCUS Leadership St. Louis in 2020 and currently serves on a committee working on building Black individual, household and b...

Key Takeaways: When you’re a value to others, others will be a value to you.  Active listening is being present in the conversation without worrying about how you’re going to respond.  Empathize - tap into the situation of people, relieve them of pain and get them closer to a gain. People hate to be sold, they love to buy. Give people control - help them realize that your goals and their needs ali...

Patrick Kirby is the founder of Do Good Better Consulting and is a firm believer that “we’ve always done it this way” is the most dangerous phrase in the English language. HE has spent over a decade working at every capacity in a non-profit industry and organizations in all shapes and sizes and strives to do good better everyday.    Key Takeaways: Fundraising never ends - you have to fall in love...

Tasyin Front is the Executive Director of the Challenger Learning Center located in Ferguson, Missouri. She has 25 years of experience as a leader in nonprofit administration, where she is overseeing all aspects of managing programs and organizations including marketing and communications. Since 2002, she has led a team of dedicated educators, managers, and volunteers at the Challenger Learning Ce...

Leslie Gill has a long and amazing career in the nonprofit industry. She is the executive director of Rung which is a new organization that took off in a big way from the beginning. She was the CEO of Annie Malone Children and Family Services Center in St. Louis, which is a long and well-loved organization. Prior to her role at Annie Malone, Leslie served as executive director of College Summit, w...

Laura has 25 years of experience in nonprofit organizational management. Laura works in organizational management, strategic planning, leadership development, and fundraising. She provides resources and guidance to enhance the performance of mission-driven leadership in fundraising teams. Laura was the Interim President of Grace Hills Settlement House in St. Louis where she not only raised a lot o...