"Anything finance-related was the one thing that always made me nervous about being an executive director. This leadership cohort gave me financial skills, helped me build my confidence at a strategic level, and also gave me these relationships."
Mary Uran, Executive Director, Girls on the Run Twin Cities
"There’s value in creativity and creative thinking. In rural areas, that comes through a lot. You have to be creative to make a living in a rural area."
Katie Marshall, MacRostie Art Center
"It’s been invaluable to have these Propel Nonprofit trainings and cohorts offered in Itasca County. All of it has been time well spent."
Leah Oslin, Deer River Area Health Care Foundation
"What’s special about Propel is that it wants a relationship and provides support as we pursue our mission."
Gaye Adams Massey, CEO
YWCA St. Paul
"Propel Nonprofits was very clear that they needed to be in a position to advocate for us, which meant that we had to do due diligence on our end."
Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director, Penumbra Theatre
"Propel’s work is to help – no shame, no blame."
Nieeta Presley, Executive Director
ASANDC
"Propel Nonprofits is the biggest cheerleader to our success – a member of our team who wants us to do well."
Trina Olson, Executive Director
PFund Foundation
"Propel Nonprofits is able to talk to you with the knowledge of a banker, but with the empathy of someone who is familiar with the organizational ecology you’re working in."
Corrie Zoll, Executive Director
In the Heart of the Beast
"Propel Nonprofits is a great resource for us. We are fortunate that Blandin is supporting this, so I take advantage of it whenever I can."
Katie Marshall, Executive Director
MacRostie Art Center