So what does lean manufacturing have to do with a nonprofit business? 

That’s exactly what approximately 25 nonprofit leaders gathered on Tues. Feb. 16^th to find out. Led by Thomas Bloom of Catalyst Connection, The Forbes Funds hosted a breakfast briefing to provide organizations an introduction into lean process mapping.

At our final session in a five-part series, Derrick Feldman of Achieve revealed the findings of a year-long cohort of Pittsburgh nonprofits. The cohort worked hands-on with these organizations to personalize and improve their annual campaigns via direct mail and email solicitations, based on tested and proven practices. Here are some of the overall findings:

On October 5, The Forbes Funds and Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership issued the press release below. The release is available to download here as a pdf. More information about GPNP's state budget activities is available here. 

On September 17, 2015, Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership Advisory Team Chair John Lydon and GPNP Public Policy Committee Chair Susan Rauscher published the following opinion piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

End the Impasse in Harrisburg

By GPNP Advisory Team Chair John Lydon and GPNP Public Policy Committee Chair Susan Rauscher, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 17, 2015

The first iteration of UpPrize, the BNY Mellon Social Innovation Challenge culminated on Friday, July 31^st in front of an audience of approximately 300, representing non-profits, start-ups, private firms, and investors.  During the event at New Hazlett Theater, attendees heard the polished pitches of the eight UpPrize finalists, and learned the recipients of the $800,000 of grants and investments.