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.
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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 to be able to make informed and effective decisions for the organization, the community, and the population they serve.
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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 this work possible.
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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 organization be heard among an increasingly crowded market of nonprofits seeking fundraising support.
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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.
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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 before the search even begins.
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Our latest Get To Know Us team spotlight features Ashley Kafton, Associate, who joined Fairmount in Fall 2021. Her work focuses on research and analysis, writing, and project organization for a range of Fairmount fundraising and planning clients, and we’ve quickly come to rely on her Excel and Google Docs wizardry! Ashley brings local and international insight on nonprofits and social need through her global studies and her experience developing equitable and responsive grantmaking processes at the United Way of Lehigh Valley. Ashley earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economic Development from Templeton Honors College at Eastern University and a Master of International Studies in International Development from Ohio University.
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Fairmount is settling into 2022 with a new office and new members of our team to connect with! Our latest Get To Know Us feature spotlights Lily Hamilton, Associate, who joined Fairmount in Fall 2021 after being introduced to Philly through their work as a Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow for the Bread & Roses Community Fund. Lily’s commitment to justice and background in community organizing, grantmaking, and social work brings an equity and mission perspective to their planning, fundraising, and executive search projects. Lily earned their Bachelor of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Social Work, and a Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Policy and Practice.
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Fairmount Ventures, Inc., a leading Philadelphia-based consulting firm providing capacity-building support to the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors, is proud to announce its organizational leadership transition.
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We live in a unique moment of disruption that, while buffeted by uncertainty, is poised for lasting, positive change.
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