Accelerating the Movement Toward Funding Practices That Strengthen Nonprofits

Author: Jeri Eckhart Queenan and Jeff Bradach
Publisher: Bridgespan
Resource Type: Article
Principle: Changing Funder Practice

In this essay, part of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community's Funding Performance: How Great Donors Invest in Grantee Success, authors Jeri Eckhart Queenan and Jeff Bradach depict the pervasive pattern of ingrained funding practices that undercut nonprofit financial health and effectiveness. Their hope is that recent funder pledges to loosen grant restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic mark a turning point in the long-running conundrum of how to end the nonprofit "starvation cycle."