5 Barriers to Nonprofit Growth and How to Move Beyond Them

I recently had the privilege of attending the DMA Nonprofit Federation’s Leadership Summit for nonprofit sector executives, which focused on a critical topic for our nonprofit community: overcoming barriers to growth. Here are fives areas requiring attention in order to tackle this challenge gleaned from the summit: executive education, "short-termism," an industrywide shortage of seasoned direct marketers, a lack of collaboration and acknowledging a changing donor landscape.