Donald Summers is the Founder and CEO of Altruist Partners, a social impact advisory firm that accelerates growth and impact for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations across the US and around the world. Altruist has helped hundreds of mission-driven organizations around the world solve their toughest challenges, generate hundreds of millions in new revenue and capital, strengthen their boards, staff and volunteer teams, and deliver some of today's most important social change efforts.

Donald is the Founder and executive director of the Altruist Accelerator, the firm's nonprofit arm that delivers the Altruist Growth and Impact Methodology to ambitious nonprofits and NGOs of all mission types and stages of growth.

He is the author of the #1 New Nonprofit Release on Amazon: Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, a comprehensive, practical guide for transforming small to mid-size nonprofits into well-funded, high-impact change agents. Research and essays have also been published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Listen to this episode of The Million Dollar Nonprofit with Donald Summers about strategies for nonprofit growth. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:
- How the mission of Altruist Partners is to help nonprofits scale effectively. - Why scaling nonprofits is inherently difficult.- How nonprofits face unique obstacles compared to for-profit businesses. - Why it’s critical for a nonprofit to have sustainable revenue and capital for growth. - How people in the nonprofit world need to overcome the stigma around using business practices.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-summers-56654a6/

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