The Nonprofit Crisis

Greg Berman is the co-editor of Vital City and the distinguished fellow of practice at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. He previously served as the executive director of the Center for Court Innovation from 2002 to 2020. Part of the founding team responsible for creating the Center, he helped guide the organization from start-up to an annual budget of more than $77 million and more than 600 employees. Under his leadership, the Center for Court Innovation received the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. He is the author of several books, including Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age, which was named one of the best books of 2023 by The Economist.

Berman provides the most holistic and practical treatment of the overarching task of nonprofit leadership since [Jim] Collins' 2005 [Good to Great and the Social Sectors]. His book is a timely and worthy successor, not least because it traces how the nonprofit world has subsequently fallen into disarray.

• Acknowledgments Part I: A World of PainIntroduction: Nonprofits Under Attack Chapter 1: Fault Lines Chapter 2: The Generational Divide Chapter 3: Polarization Chapter 4: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of DEI Part II: A Way ThroughChapter 5: Good Stewardship Chapter 6: Who Decides? Chapter 7: The Nonprofit Mentoring Crisis Chapter 8: Mission Creep Chapter 9: Leadership Transition Conclusion: The Challenge of Accountability