NonprofitDugout

What brought you here

Maybe you landed on Nonprofit Dugout because you were scrolling around looking for answers or direction on a particular problem. Or maybe you’ve been visiting dozens of sites trying to figure out where to begin, what to ask or how much it would cost. All the while trying to find the time to actually pull back and assess what is happening without slowing down mission delivery. Nonprofit Dugout was built to help you answer those questions and keep delivering on your mission.

36%
ended 2024 with an operating deficit, the highest in ten years of the survey
Nonprofit Finance Fund, State of the Nonprofit Sector
9 in 10
nonprofit leaders are concerned about their own burnout
Center for Effective Philanthropy, State of Nonprofits
2 in 3
nonprofit boards have no executive succession plan
BoardSource, Leading with Intent
74%
of strategic plan goals have no owner assigned to them
ClearPoint Strategy, from more than 20,000 strategic plans across sectors

We have spent our lives and careers in your seat, asking the same questions with similar challenges.

Our team has decades of experience, learning and training. Why do we do it? Why Nonprofit Dugout? Because we really believe in the work small and midsize nonprofits do to create care, meaning and belonging in our communities every day.

We’re not consultants passing through, or even coaches. We’ve been practitioners, and now we invest that experience back into the organizations that help our communities thrive. Peer to peer, in your dugout for a season: working with you, celebrating with you, helping you do more of what you do best.

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The Dugout Method

An organization is not one single thing.

It is a collection of capacities: mission clarity, governance, leadership, culture, execution, and resources, working together to fulfill your mission and create change in the world.

Learn more about the six capacities

What we do with you and your team is help you get an unbiased read on those capacities, one layer at a time: a clearer look, your best next moves, and a plan to execute. It starts with a free health scan.

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  1. 01

    Scan

    We take a first look across the whole organization.

  2. 02

    Listen

    We hear from your people directly, in conversation and a short survey.

  3. 03

    Report

    We bring what we found back to you and your team.

  4. 04

    Prioritize

    We decide together what is worth acting on first.

  5. 05

    Track

    We stay with your team through the year and keep the plan moving.