Recent reports, including one by the Cricket Island Foundation, show that philanthropy hasn't adapted practices to help nonprofits successfully navigate leadership transitions. Funders often treat transitions as a crisis rather than embracing them as a normal part of an organizational life cycle. pushing many groups into instability. In today's socio-political climate, supporting sustainable leadership transitions is crucial.

Join us for a conversation with funder-nonprofit pairs to explore what enabled their partnerships to navigate nonprofit leadership transitions successfully, followed by a group discussion. This session is for those looking to better support their grantee partners through leadership transitions.

What will you learn?

• How to operationalize a trust-based approach to leadership transitions

• Understanding of wrap-around supports CEOs and staff need during critical junctures in preparing for, implementing, and following up after leadership transitions (e.g., coaching, capacity building, etc.)

• Best practices for philanthropy in supporting leadership transitions that center the nonprofit partner

• How to normalize leadership transitions as part of organizational life cycles

• Recommendations for funder shifts, what works, and what conditions enable authentic conversations.

A recent report sponsored by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Brilliant Transformations: Toward Full Flourishing in BIPOC Leadership Transitions, contains key recommendations for funders who are looking to lean into leadership transition work.

Join this values-driven and action-oriented session to learn from social sector professionals who are leaning into trust - and leaning into the change - with new strategies to support leaders who are leaving, leaders who are entering, and the board and staff who manage the change from old to new.