Investment making named most disabling “Nonprofit Fear”

March 28, 2013

The subject oftoday’s post comes from a Huffington Post article discussing the fears presentin the nonprofit sector. The article provides a list of the different forms of“Nonprofit Fear.” The list includes:

Fearof making an investment
Fearof change
Fearof losing a donor
Fearof being honest
Fearof money
Fearof competition

The articleclaims these fears are disabling and they prevent nonprofit organizations fromrealizing their full potential. The author suggests that the biggest fear ofnonprofits is the fear of making an investment.

For manynonprofit organizations, the fear of making an investment is a legitimate one.Many nonprofit organizations do not generate a lot of money, their funders aretired, and they are often working just to get by. However, the article arguesthat if more nonprofits would make an investment in transformation, this changewould help to effectuate the organization’s vision. Essentially, this typeof an investment is one in which nonprofits investment time, energy, and mindshare to come up with new opportunities. It involves the organization takingrisks in situations when it normally would not be inclined to do otherwise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nell-edgington/the-nonprofit-sector-need_b_2949069.html

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