I wrote a blog post in the midst of the havoc in the financial markets in 2008 about the risk of balances in accounts. Unfortunately, events over the last couple…
I, and Propel, are in a lucky position to get to work with hundreds of nonprofits every year. As a partner and colleague to nonprofit leaders, I am often asked,…
Photo caption (clockwise): Keven Ambrus, Mary Nehring, Amanda Duhon, and Elizabeth Appel at a staff celebration in early 2020. Please join me in wishing my friend and colleague, Vice President…
The capacity for autonomous planning and choice that financial equity represents, and the social equity we need these organizations to continue working toward as part of the broad tapestry of…
Dear Friends, In our recent rollout of the Financial Commons, Hal Cropp, the Producing Artistic Director of Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro, MN, offered an anecdote for how the year has…
It is surreal and exhausting to think it’s been seven months of working in this way. I am tempted to predict the future and talk about what the sector might…
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced its release of data detailing which nonprofit organizations and other businesses received federal relief from the Paycheck Protection Program…
We are outraged, grief-filled, and heartbroken with the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minneapolis Police on Memorial Day. The structural racism ingrained in the United States of America, including the nonprofit and financial sectors and institutions, must…
Kate Barr helps guide nonprofit leaders through the process of scenario planning.