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Dear Colleagues,

It is with mixed feelings that I share my retirement as President and CEO of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. Thank you for the opportunity to serve nonprofits across the state with the Center since 2017.

It has been my privilege to work with an incredible Center team who is truly committed to our mission to connect, educate, and advocate for North Carolina nonprofits. Likewise, it has been my honor to work with the Center’s board of directors to strengthen our foundation and build for the future.

Dear Friends of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits,

Tim Delaney, President & CEO, National Council of Nonprofits
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Life is full of ups and downs and twists and turns. And, when it comes to operating a nonprofit, expecting the unexpected is the best way to secure your organization for success down the line.

That's why it is paramount that every organization has a business continuity plan. These plans are designed to help an organization thrive even during an unpredictable event.

People across the country continue to rally together during our nation’s most challenging times to help our neighbors. This isn’t new. But it is newsworthy. We’ve witnessed everyday people springing into action after the September 11 attacks, on every Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, after devastating natural disasters along our coasts and across the nation and, most recently, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

About 9.2 million American women (of 12.29 million workers) work in the nonprofit sector. That is 75% of the nonprofit workforce, which is the third largest workforce in the country.

Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington

David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy

With staggering inflation and recent declines in the stock market, nonprofit leaders are bracing for the possibility of a recession. Based on recent history, a recession could mean a prolonged period of hardship for nonprofits. During both the major recession from 2007 through 2009 and the brief economic downturn at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, recovery came much more slowly for nonprofits than for the economy as a whole.

Lisa Hazirjian, Ph.D., Win Together Consulting

Back in November, I published this blog encouraging nonprofit leaders to begin building relationships with elected officials by sending an email congratulating them on their victory. I was surprised and delighted by how much traffic and praise the blog generated. Yet the response I found myself thinking about the most was this question left on LinkedIn by my colleague Veronica LaFemina:

Caroline McDowell, Marketing & Communications Manager, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits