Resources
Welcome to our Leadership Library
Resources, tools, publications and musings on leadership
Grant Application Management Template
Learn how to unlock the tools you need to streamline your grant application process in this blog post.
Celebrating Community Strength: LeaderSpring's Year in Review
As we step into the new year, our hearts are filled with gratitude from the unwavering support of our incredible leaders and allies. Your belief in LeaderSpring fuels our commitment to championing equity and inclusion in every facet of our work.
2023 Year End WOC LeadStrong Report
Happy 2024! This year, we hope to share more resources, events, and organizational achievements and plans with you all. What are some intentions you have as a leader? We'd love to hear!
2024 Non-profit Conferences
Uncover a comprehensive list of Nonprofit Conferences. Find the best conferences for your team to attend.
LeaderSpring Center's 2023 Annual Women of Color (WOC) LeadStrong Fellowship Report
We are thrilled to present LeaderSpring Center's 2023 Annual Women of Color (WOC) LeadStrong Fellowship Report, showcasing the remarkable strides we've made in our ongoing efforts to transform the systems in which we operate.
Native American Heritage Month
LeaderSpring Center is proud to honor and recognize the rich and diverse cultures, and histories of the Native American people. This Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing Indigenous-owned businesses, captivating art works, impactful organizations, and community-led events that highlight Native American communities.
Introducing Our Upcoming Cohort
It is an honor and joy to announce the inaugural Native American and Alaska Native Women LeadStrong Fellows!
Apply for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship
Our application deadline for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship is approaching, and we don't want you to miss out on this incredible opportunity!
Apply today for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship!
Join the deeply fierce and heart-centered LeadStrong network. Apply today for the 2024 Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship!
Executive Transition: Impact and Opportunity
Most nonprofits are familiar with the ripple effect that executive transitions have throughout their organizations. While “Nonprofit Founders’ Syndrome” often stands out, high turnover in the executive seat is more often the norm: according to a 2015 survey done by The Nonprofit Quarterly, the average term for an ED is six years.
You’re Invited to Our Next Equity Series: Executive Transition | Impact and Opportunity
You’re Invited to Our Next Equity Series: Executive Transition | Impact and Opportunity.
This is Not a Nostalgic Post. It is Sankofa.
Our Co-Executive Director, Safi Jiroh, reflects on the enduring struggle for freedom and self-determination, drawing on personal experiences from the 60s and 70s in Oakland and Berkeley.
The Changing Face of Philanthropic Leadership
How does your relationship with money, wealth, and power influence the way you lead in the social sector? Join us to explore these questions and more with a panel of BIPOC Women leaders in philanthropy.
RECONNECTING: A Visionary Gathering of Women of Color LeadStrong
Join us for a day-long, in-person gathering of LeadStrong Alumni and Fellows to facilitate continued relationship and skill building among powerful Women of Color (WOC) leaders in the social sector. Through this gathering, we continue to support WOC doing heart-centered work and help strengthen their leadership so that they can nourish a visionary and interconnected community of peers.
Thank you for joining us at our Reconnecting: A Visionary Gathering of Women of Color LeadStrong Reception and Convenin
Thank you for joining us at our Reconnecting: A Visionary Gathering of Women of Color LeadStrong.
Reception and Convening. It was beautiful sharing space with you all and envisioning how LeaderSpring can continue to support your leadership journeys to empower the impact you serve in your communities.
Reconnecting: LeaderSpring Alumni 1999-2023
This is a friendly reminder that our upcoming event, Reconnecting: LeaderSpring Alumni 1999-2023 is happening in just a few days and we don’t want you to miss out!
Illuminating an Indigenous future through Mayan cosmology and ancestral weaving
With 'The Ritual of Myth Making: Reclaim' at Root Division, curators Katherin Canton and Mariana Moscoso follow the Saq’be’.
Hispanic Heritage Month Interviews
Co-Executive Director Sonia Mañjon was featured in two different pieces by CBS Bay Area about her Afro-Latina identify during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Board Summit: Centering Racial Equity
We invite board members, executive directors, and CEOs to join us for an opportunity to learn, engage, and gain a pathway to build a more racially equitable and inclusive governing body.
Embodying Distributive Leadership: A Case Study of HMD/The Bridge Project
Join us to hear from HMD’s leadership team about their journey, lessons they learned along the way, and the ways that their organizational structure currently embodies equity. Moderated by Safi Jiroh, Principal Consultant at LeaderSpring Center.