What’s Your Endgame?

Nonprofit leaders who ask “How do you scale up?” are most likely posing the wrong question. Most nonprofits, after all, face barriers to organizational growth that remain too high. But by asking a different question, and by focusing on a different kind of goal, leaders can maximize their ability to achieve significant social impact.

Nonprofits each play a specific role in the overall solution to a social problem. To scale impact, they must define and pursue one of six “endgames”.