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Wrapping Up the 2025 Promising Practices Accelerator
The 2025 Promising Practices Accelerator helped nonprofits strengthen their fundraising skills, raise over $22,000, and build lasting donor relationships.
Culture of Bandwidth
Many nonprofits struggle not from lack of vision, but lack of bandwidth. Here’s how building a culture of capacity can support more sustainable growth.
Nonprofits You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, But Should Support Right Now
Discover high-potential, early-stage nonprofits from the 2025 Accelerator Cohort and support innovative organizations creating real impact.
Support and Guidance for New Nonprofits
Discover how new nonprofit leaders can access free mentorship, funding guidance, and a flexible virtual incubator program to grow their impact.
Greater Sum’s Virtual Incubator for Nonprofits
Struggling to get people on board with your nonprofit? It often comes down to two things: how you talk about money—and how you tell your story.
Fueling Nonprofit Growth: Highlights from the 2024 Annual Report
Explore key highlights from Greater Sum’s 2024 Annual Report, including funding, mentorship, and the impact of supporting innovative early-stage nonprofits.
Founder Story: Cultivating a Healing Movement Through Horticulture
How one founder turned a passion for gardening into a nonprofit helping veterans heal, grow, and reconnect through nature
Reflection: Accelerating Impact in 2023
Reflect on Greater Sum’s 2023 impact, from funding and program growth to the stories and voices that brought the mission to life.
Alumni Spotlight: FreeFrom
Discover how Greater Sum alum FreeFrom is driving impact by supporting survivors of gender-based violence through funding, data, and policy change.
Founder Story: Art Prevails Project
Art Prevails Project founder Darius Daughtry is using the arts to empower underserved communities through education, performance, and creative expression.
How about New Year's Resources Instead of Resolutions?
Start the new year with nonprofit resources, including Greater Sum’s virtual incubator, community opportunities, and tools to support growth and sustainability.
The Greater Sum Is Turning Four!
Celebrate The Greater Sum’s fourth anniversary and the impact achieved through funding, mentorship, and support for innovative nonprofits.
Looking Back & Looking Ahead
Reflect on Greater Sum’s 2020 impact, highlighting how nonprofits adapted, innovated, and continued to serve communities during a year of unprecedented challenges.
Reflections on Greater Summit 2020: Resilience and Innovation in Uncertain Times
Catch up on Greater Summit 2020 and explore key insights on resilience and innovation from nonprofit leaders and experts.
Sight Visit: Growing Change
Join a Greater Sum site visit to Growing Change and discover how youth leaders are transforming a former prison into a community farm and learning hub.
Founder Story: What's in a Bowl of Soup?
Discover how Detroit SOUP founder Amy Kaherl created a community-driven micro-granting model that brings people together to fund and support local ideas.
Sight Visit: Digital Harbor Foundation
Join a Greater Sum site visit to Digital Harbor and discover how makerspace programs are helping students build high-demand tech skills in engaging after-school environments.
Founder Story: Reflecting on 25 Years of Scholarships, Mentors, and Hope with Take Stock in Children Founder Don Pemberton
Discover how Take Stock in Children founder Don Pemberton built a mentorship and scholarship program that has helped thousands of students achieve college success and long-term impact.
Greater Summit Wrap-Up
Highlights from Greater Summit 2019, where nonprofit leaders, volunteers, and experts gathered to share ideas, spark innovation, and strengthen impact.
Founder Story: Heroic Gardens
Learn how Heroic Gardens founder Collie Turner is supporting veterans and active duty members through accessible gardening programs and community care.




