Strategies to Unlock Transformational Funding

Effective Collaborating for Impact Clean hydrogen is coming to the Mid-Atlantic! You may have seen this monumental announcement from the Biden Administration, which will transform our region’s use of hydrogen fuel over the next decade and positively impact disadvantaged communities through new jobs and improved public health. Fairmount’s team is thrilled to have helped make […]

Is Your Board Making the Most of its Valuable Time?

  Successful nonprofit leadership depends on a high functioning, clearly defined board/staff partnership. While this has always been the case, it has become more so in the age of purpose-driven boards. To address current needs, organizations have invested substantial time and resources to ensure their board members have a diversity of backgrounds, expertise, and lived experience […]

Leadership Lessons for Uncertain Times

Change, they say, is the only constant. While we’ve always known this to be true, the past five years have accelerated the pace of disruption, uncertainty, and environmental change to a new level for the nonprofit sector. Political and social fractures, shifts in once-solid revenue models, generational leadership and wealth transfers, and new approaches to […]

Matching People to Purpose: Finding Your Next Great Nonprofit Leader

Recruiting strong leaders at the executive and director level is more important than ever, and increasingly difficult for nonprofits and social impact organizations. Key decisionmakers are tasked with finding someone who can navigate the many disruptions of our moment while guiding an organization confidently towards its North Star. Attracting the right candidates requires thoughtful planning […]

Designing Successful Strategy

Every day, our clients are working to solve entrenched social problems as we partner with them to define and achieve their organization’s aspirational goals. One way Fairmount meets that promise is to create plans that are truly strategic – both carefully crafted and responsive to the rapidly changing world we live in.

Storying Your Case Statement

Using Master’s Level Writing Techniques to Create a Compelling Ask As a development consultant and a creative writer, I regularly draw on creative writing tools from my academic training to write successful grant proposals, annual reports, and donor appeals for Fairmount Ventures’ clients. Whether you consider yourself “creative” or not, these tools can help your […]