An outcomes taxonomy is a disciplined framework for defining, measuring, and reporting on your impact. For leaders of justice-focused organizations, it’s the tool that transforms scattered program data into a clear, compelling story for funders, boards, and partners. It moves your team beyond chaotic, last-minute reporting fire drills and builds a stable foundation for growth. […]
If you run a justice-focused nonprofit organization, you live with a quiet fear: one spreadsheet, one inbox, one vendor mistake away from exposing a client story that can never be taken back. A privacy impact assessment for legal nonprofits is a simple, structured way to look that risk in the eye before you ship a
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If your organization supports legal advocates, you already know the feeling: information is everywhere. Case notes in shared drives. Training rosters in spreadsheets. Partner lists in email threads. A “final” report living in five versions. A data classification policy (which is a key part of our data classification guide for justice nonprofits) is the simple
Your intake queue is already loud. A report is due. A partner wants answers. Then a generative AI vendor promises to serve as your strategic technology partner and “save time” with summaries, triage, or a chatbot. That tool might also touch intake notes, safety plans, immigration status, or donor records. The risk isn’t abstract. It’s
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After an incident, your first public statement, rather than a scripted public relations statement, is either a seatbelt or a spark. It can protect your security posture and reduce harm, or it can multiply it. Mission-driven orgs feel pressure from every direction at once following a cybersecurity incident. The board wants confidence. Funders want reassurance.
Information security compliance, at its core, is about protecting your organization’s digital information by following established laws and industry standards. It's the set of controls and processes you build to stop data breaches, protect sensitive information, and prove to funders, regulators, and the communities you serve that you're a responsible steward of their data. For
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If you lead advocacy coalitions pursuing social justice as multisectoral collaboratives, you probably feel it in your bones: contacts everywhere, clarity nowhere. Spreadsheets on personal drives. Lists inside Mailchimp and Eventbrite. Notes trapped in someone’s inbox who left last month. A shared CRM for justice coalitions is a central, shared contact and relationship database across
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It’s 4:45 pm. A funder report is due tomorrow. Program says the numbers are in the case system. Development says they’re in the CRM. Finance says the invoice list doesn’t match either. Someone opens a spreadsheet named “FINAL_v7_REAL.xlsx” and hopes it’s the right one. This isn’t a “tech problem.” It’s a capacity problem. When your
Technical due diligence isn’t some abstract corporate exercise. It’s a practical, hands-on process for uncovering hidden risks in your technology, data, and security before they escalate into mission-disrupting crises. For organizations focused on justice and advocacy, it’s about creating a clear, defensible roadmap for modernization—transforming that recurring tech-related stress into a source of strength and
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Most justice support leaders do not lose sleep over routine cybersecurity incidents. They lose sleep over what happens when a vendor incident hits and nobody can answer three basic questions fast: What happened, what does it touch, and who is doing what next. In your world, the stakes are not abstract. A mishandled intake record,
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