Building a More Resilient Social Sector

The social sector’s collective experience in 2025 was one of continual change. Fairmount’s nonprofit clients sustained a year of ongoing disruption as they re-evaluated mission statements, downsized programs hit by sudden federal cuts, and strengthened their governance capacities. Some quickly started food relief and mutual aid programs during the SNAP freeze and the prolonged federal and […]

Succession Planning: Now is the Time

Fairmount recently convened a group of nonprofit leaders to hear more about what’s on their minds, and the issue of succession plans was front and center. Everyone around the table agreed they should have one, yet no one did. Leaders express concern about bringing succession up with their Boards because they worry it indicates they […]