Tim Needham
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Start and Grow Your Nonprofit Podcast with Tim Needham brings together nonprofit entrepreneurs who have successfully built impactful organizations from the ground up. Join us as we dive into their journeys, share their insights, and learn how to start and grow a strong, sustainable nonprofit that transforms lives, communities, and the world. Visit startandgrowyournonprofit.com for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Candid founder conversations turn nonprofit fundraising, marketing, staffing, and program choices into practical operator knowledge.
Tim Needham keeps nonprofit ambition tethered to operator decisions. Interviews with founders and specialists move quickly from origin stories to fundraising, budgeting, marketing, program design, and staffing.
BridgeBread began in a shelter with no rent; your nonprofit's building plan may need a pencil.
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A circus and theater company with a clear focus on culture, teaching, and growth.
Jaime Saez’s Kinetic Tapestry reads like a circus and theater company with a clear purpose: change the culture of entertainment, while working in the United States and abroad and running a circus school in St. Louis. The strongest part is the way it grows its own people.
Mission work looks different when admin, volunteer labor, and grant writing are treated as part of the job.
The episode keeps its focus on the work behind the work. Tim Needham, Mary Bologna, and Aaron Wells walk through administration, volunteer service, and grant writing at Restoration House and the Start and Grow Your Nonprofit program.
A warm founder conversation that treats nonprofit structure as part of the mission.
A founder and cofounder conversation about nonprofit work could easily drift into abstraction, but this one stays close to the work. Mary Velloni returns, Lily Blake joins from Restoration House, and the episode keeps circling the same practical question: how do you build care…
Nonprofit leadership lands best when vision and donor math stay in the same conversation.
This episode follows a nonprofit founder who likes to start things, hand them off, and move on. Tim Needham and David Dukeson spend most of their time on vision, staffing, and fundraising, and the best material treats donor conversations like a craft, not a theory lesson.
Practical nonprofit marketing that treats story as mission work, not decoration.
Nonprofit marketing can get loud fast, but this conversation keeps coming back to mission, story, and stewardship. Dwayne Zingale's decade in YWAM and his marketing background give the discussion a grounded feel, and his point lands clearly: stories help people feel part of…
This rewind episode says nonprofit growth begins when people can see themselves in the mission.
This rewind episode is built around a plain but sturdy nonprofit idea: people give when they can picture themselves inside the mission. Tim Needham revisits a conversation with Bob Sturgis, co-founder and executive director of A Seat at the Table, and the strongest part is how…
A grounded nonprofit startup story about paid work, lean overhead, and letting revenue catch up to the plan.
BridgeBread reads like a clear case of mission-driven entrepreneurship. Fred Domke frames the bakery as both a business and a charity, with paid work for people who are unhoused and a path back toward stability.
Steady advice for the hard months when mission has to outlast cash flow.
The episode stays close to the practical realities of starting a nonprofit: keeping the mission intact when money runs thin, and carrying conviction through a long stretch before results show up. Tim Needham speaks plainly about running Restoration House STL in St.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.
Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.
Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Greg Steer of Dare to Share Ministries explains how outside research found faith-sharing among conference students falling from 76% to 36% after six months.
Jaime starts with the plain version: Kinetic Tapestry is a circus and theater company.
Tim Needham and Mary Bologna interview Erin Wells, the administrative director for Restoration House, about the critical role of admin support in nonprofits.
Tim Needham and Mary Velloni interview Lilly Blake, co-founder of Restoration House St.
Tim Needham interviews David Dukeson, who has founded seven nonprofits, about his journey and insights.
In this episode, Tim interviews Dwayne Zingale, a marketing expert with a background in missionary work, to explore how nonprofits can effectively market their movements.
This episode features Bob Sturgis, co-founder of A Seat at the Table, sharing his journey from informally housing at-risk youth to building a formal nonprofit.
Fred Domke, founder of BridgeBread in St.
This episode features an interview with Tim Needham, founder of Restoration House STL, who shares his journey of starting and growing a nonprofit in St.
Tim Needham and Mary Velloni discuss strategies for effective year-end fundraising, emphasizing the importance of planning, consistent communication, and leveraging matching gifts.