POWER OF GOOD BLOG
Read up on the latest trends, ideas and inspiration to power your mission-driven work. Stay informed of national and local practices in nonprofit management, philanthropy and social innovation.
We Are Grateful For 2019
In the spirit of the holiday season, our staff reflects on experiences that make them grateful to be a part of our awesome team.
E3 Alliance: Building Culture to Support Employees
Learn how MC’s Engage, Retain and Rally Your Staff guided E3 Alliance’s process to create lasting changes in their growing organization.
Lessons Learned from Building Collaboration
Our Aligned Impact Team has spent time dissecting the challenges of “coblaberation” to turn it into impactful collaboration.
Are You Thinking About Succession?
Unlike a certain TV show may have you believe, succession planning does not have to be the dysfunctional fight to the death that the Roys make it out to be.
Our Path Towards Equity
CEO, Madge Vásquez, shares an update of Mission Capital’s “bumpy” journey towards equity, where we currently stand, and the road that lies ahead.
Texas Justice Initiative: When Qualitative Meets Quantitative
After founding the Texas Justice Initiative in 2017, Eva Ruth found that storytelling matters, yet it needed data, to put it into context.
Q&A with New Board Chair, Thomas Miranda
Newly elect Mission Capital Board Chair, Thomas Miranda, answers our questions about the expectations of the role and the social sector in Central Texas.
The Myths of Earned Revenue
You might have heard several myths concerning earned revenue, dive in as we reveal the facts and clear the confusion around them.
SVP Impact Academy Graduates First Class
Three teams of SVPs and nonprofits embarked on a four-month journey of collaborating and co-creating business plans for earned revenue.
Foundation Communities: Making Sense of Data
Someone very wise once said, “Data is like garbage…you better know what you’re going to do with it before you collect it.”
Introducing Mission Capital’s Equity Advancement Team!
Equity Advancement Team is an internal group that was formed to help us explore definitions of equity as it relates to ourselves and our offerings.
PelotonU: Using Data to Drive Student Success
While data-informed decision making has been at the core of PelotonU since its inception, they’ve continued to evolve their practices with time.
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