Study of Potential Nonprofit Leadership Gap Provides Advice to Executive Directors, Boards and Funders

The coming leadership crunch in nonprofits has been in the news for some time. The retirement of the baby boom generation plus the explosive growth of nonprofits in recent years promise a disaster for nonprofits as they look for new leadership.

A recent study, probed this problem by asking more than 600 nonprofit workers of various ages what problems they find in nonprofit work as well as their motivations for getting into it, sticking with it, or leaving.

The results were eye-opening to say the least:

• How to Avoid the Nonprofit Leadership Gap: Reaching the Next Generation