Featured Publications
REIMAGINING NONPROFIT GOVERNANCE
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WHERE MIGHT WE GO NEXT?
Written by Laura Chen on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
STERLING NETWORK NYC:
A Bold Experiment in Relationships, Power & Imagining Leadership Otherwise
Written by Judy Pryor-Ramirez, Independent Research Consultant on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
BRILLIANT TRANSFORMATION:
Toward Full Flourishing in BIPOC Leadership Transitions
Written by Michelle Flores and Elena Conte, Independent Consultants under the advisement of Bianca Anderson of ProInspire, AiLun Ku of BIPOC Leaders Network, and Ericka Stallings of Leadership Learning Community on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
Other Publications
MAKING (OR TAKING)SPACE
Initial Themes on Nonprofit Transitions from White to BIPOC Leaders
Written by the Building Movement Project on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
CONSTELLATIONS NOT STARS:
The Sterling Network Impact Report: Key Findings 2020
Written by Brooke Richie-Babbage, former Director of Network Initiatives on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
September Newsletter
News:
“How might foundations fund movements in ways that give leaders a sense of safety in numbers — an abundance of leaders, chances to fail forward, and resources to advance our vision?”
Trish Adobea Tchume offers an invitation to catalyze the superabundance that BIPOC leaders need to creatively and courageously move toward a world rooted in love, dignity, and justice amidst intersecting crises.
Resources:
“Non-profit leaders moving through transitions do not have to operate in silos, and even though each organization’s culture and the specifics of each transition are unique, the occurrence of leadership transitions is not.”
Leadership Learning Community shares its collective learning on moving through a leadership transition.
"Philanthropy can fund in abundant ways to create a culture that rejects exhaustion as a sign of hard work and sees it for what it is: a symbol of an under-resourced nonprofit sector that's prevented from reaching its potential. The sooner it happens, the better."
Cora Daniels reflects on the value of sabbaticals for leaders of color.
"The practical nature of how we live in the future today requires us to think differently about the choices we make. We have to embrace the political power of dreaming and imagination in the service of collective liberation."
Listen to this conversation about shifting power in the context of extreme wealth.