Stealing Smart: For-Profit Best Practices for Nonprofits

"The key is not not spending money; it's spending the right money in the right ways," Delaney says. "Nonprofits should be aware of the impact they get from the money they spend the way for-profit business are.

"It's something that startups in the tech field get. They don't waste lots of money on things that aren't going to move them forward. Nonprofits shouldn't either," he adds.