IMPACTability: The Nonprofit Leaders' Podcast · Soukup Strategic Solutions

Running Nonprofits Like a Business: Data, Strategy, and Impact

September 2, 2025·44 min·4 clips
A first-generation college student's life was changed by a scholarship from Dawn's organization.
Sheryl Soukup interviews Dawn Bellemarch, leader of the South West Collaboratory, about running nonprofits with business principles, data-driven strategies, and personal leadership insights. Dawn shares stories of impact, challenges in funding, and advice on optimism and collaboration for nonprofit success.

As heard by us

A grounded reminder that nonprofit leaders have to keep both mission and money in view.

Dawn Bellemarch comes across as clear-eyed about nonprofit work: tax-exempt status does not excuse weak business discipline if the mission is going to survive.

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Why you'd press play

For the day you need a practical reminder that nonprofit work still runs like a business.

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