OUR JOURNEY
Have you ever asked yourself, why can't we grow our organization, how can we work with more communities, or why is there a Starbucks on every corner but we can't expand essential services in the social sector?
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We've asked these questions too many times and sometimes while sitting at a Starbucks. Our journey has involved a process of exploration, discovery, and support that provides nonprofits with clarity and guidance on nonprofit growth.
Our Roots
Brad Strong, Social Impact Consultant
Wheelhouse for Nonprofits
As the founder of the Wheelhouse for Nonprofits, my story and roots have intertwined with our journey toward nonprofit growth. I started my career thinking about nonprofit growth while living and working in remote communities in the Arctic, Micronesia, and Africa. Through the growth of my career in international development, I was able to support people and nonprofits from over 20 countries and something was wrong…
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The social problems were massive in scale, and nonprofits were tiny in comparison. There were more problems than people; more challenges than change. Universally we needed a better social sector, a stronger solution. After moving to the United States, I worked together with youth development agencies to found a statewide collaboration in Colorado. Leading this collective group I began to understand how to build stronger nonprofits, engage diverse communities, guide nonprofit growth, and something was right…
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The social problems still existed but I found a piece to a larger puzzle that leads toward scalable change. Fueled by the research on nonprofit growth, a quirky network, and a lot of Tim Horton's coffee, we started the Wheelhouse and began to uncover the nature of nonprofit growth.
