Is Your Mission Statement Trying Too Hard?

Can you recite your nonprofit's mission statement? Does it inspire and energize? Or is it more like a laundry list of tasks?

If it sounds like tasks, it's hurting your fundraising.

Your nonprofit's mission is vital. It's needed. It should inspire passion. When it does, it can transform your community.

Giving your mission statement a makeover

In a recent Movie Monday, Lynn Harden, executive director of the Regence Foundation, described her experience with a small nonprofit women's center helping survivors of domestic violence. The center was struggling with funding, struggling to be heard in its community and struggling with not enough talent on its board.