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Press Release | August 3, 2026

Nonprofit Quarterly and Counterstream Media Partner This August to Amplify Timely Climate and Environmental Justice Voices

New editorial partnership brings critical storytelling on climate leadership, community power, and environmental justice to broader audience during the nation’s 250th anniversary

Today, Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) and Counterstream Media announce their editorial partnership to amplify critical voices in the climate and environmental justice movement in the digital co-publication of Counterstream’s latest Peace & Riot issue. This issue spotlights climate leadership in communities, on the frontlines, and in the culture—with storytelling from over 20 contributors.

The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence offers an opportunity to examine both the promises of democracy—and where those promises remain unfulfilled.

As record-breaking storms, extreme heat, polluted air, and ecosystem disruption increasingly fall hardest on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other historically marginalized communities, Peace & Riot asks what freedom, justice, and equality require in an era of climate crisis.

Contributors explore Indigenous stewardship, environmental racism, organizing, culture, and community-led climate solutions. Contributors include Robert Bordeaux, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Shilpi Chhotray, Patrisse Cullors, Dr. PennElys Droz, Candice Fortin, Yessenia Funes, Nikayla Jefferson, Bitter Kalli, Charles Lee, Kailea Loften, Julia Luz Betancourt, B. Preston Lyles, Adam Mahoney, Kyle Mays, Cameron Oglesby, Steve Phillips, Darakshan Raja, Peggy Shepard, Kevin Wurm.

“The climate crisis threatens life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Which means climate and environmental justice are inseparable from the promises at the heart of democracy,” says Mindy Ramaker, Editor-in-Chief of Peace & Riot. “This issue is not just about looking back. It’s about what becomes possible when people have the power to shape their own futures, when communities reclaim their voices, restore relationships with land and one another, and build a future rooted in belonging, justice, and collective power.”

“As our nation reflects on 250 years of democracy, we also have an opportunity to ask whose knowledge, leadership, and lived experience shape our understanding of the challenges ahead,” says Dr. Sara Hudson, Interim CEO and Editor-in-Chief. “Climate and environmental justice have always been led by communities on the frontlines, yet those voices are too often marginalized in our national conversation. Through this partnership with Counterstream, we're proud to bring those perspectives to a broader audience—not simply to document the climate crisis, but to illuminate the civic leadership, community wisdom, and collective action already pointing the way forward.”

Throughout August 2026, NPQ will co-publish stories from Peace & Riot across its digital platforms, introducing Counterstream's reporting to nonprofit leaders, organizers, funders, and civic practitioners nationwide.

For more information, please reach out to Hosanna Rubio at hosanna@npqmag.org. 

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Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) and Liberation Ventures today announced a landmark editorial partnership: the curation of a site takeover of “We The Civic” storytelling for the Week of Repair—June 19 through July 4, 2026. Content during this 16-day period will focus on repairing harm from the last 250 years and creating a thriving, healed future.

As the United States prepares to mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence—a document that promised liberty and justice for all, and delivered it to a chosen few—NPQ and Liberation Ventures are joining forces to ensure the America 250 moment does not become a monument to mythology. Without intentional intervention, official commemorations risk deepening the erasure of the multiracial, multigenerational nonprofit sector that has been the connective tissue of American democracy for all 250 of those years.

“Official commemorations are never neutral—they are arguments about who belongs,” said Sara Hudson, Interim CEO and Editor-in-Chief of NPQ. “For 250 years, communities have been excluded both from stories this nation tells about itself and from democracy's promises. Anniversaries do not erase harm. Repair does. Together with dozens of reparations and repair organizations, we will ensure America's 250th tells truer stories about who built this country, who was left out, and what repair makes possible.

Liberation Ventures and Nonprofit Quarterly will curate and publish stories, histories, and thought leadership from dozens of movement and organizational partners —including the BLIS Collective, Georgia Alliance, Black Alder Labs, Reckon With, Intelligent Mischief, Reparations Finance Lab, The Transit Center, The Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Marijuana Justice, Patriotic Millionaires, The Braxton Institute, Amplifier Art, Get Free and others. Their contributions will be focused on reparations, repair and the realization of a true multi-racial democracy, and will include essays, op-eds, video, poetry, and original visual art organized around four pillars: Repair is Personal. Repair is Love. Repair is Community. Repair is the Future.

“We are coordinating dozens of reparations organizations across the country to tell the true story of our history and imagine a better future,” said Aria Florant, Co-Founder and President of Liberation Ventures. “This partnership is exactly the amplification this moment demands. When we are honest about our past and practice repairing harm in a variety of ways, we will live in to the true multi-racial democracy this country stands for. ”

Submissions are open now at wethecivic.org. NPQ welcomes essays, reported pieces, criticism, poetry, and visual art on a rolling basis. If you’re doing work that’s aligned with the Week of Repair and want us to amplify it, use the hashtag #WeekOfRepair.

For more information, please reach out to Sanjhi Khanna, CRMO at sanjhi@npqmag.org

Week of Repair Partnership Between Nonprofit Quarterly and Liberation Ventures to Highlight “Visions of a Repaired Future” for America’s 250th.

June 9, 2026

Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) and Liberation Ventures today announced a landmark editorial partnership: the curation of a site takeover of “We The Civic” storytelling for the Week of Repair—June 19 through July 4, 2026. Content during this 16-day period will focus on repairing harm from the last 250 years and creating a thriving, healed future.

As the United States prepares to mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence—a document that promised liberty and justice for all, and delivered it to a chosen few—NPQ and Liberation Ventures are joining forces to ensure the America 250 moment does not become a monument to mythology. Without intentional intervention, official commemorations risk deepening the erasure of the multiracial, multigenerational nonprofit sector that has been the connective tissue of American democracy for all 250 of those years.

“Official commemorations are never neutral—they are arguments about who belongs,” said Sara Hudson, Interim CEO and Editor-in-Chief of NPQ. “For 250 years, communities have been excluded both from stories this nation tells about itself and from democracy's promises. Anniversaries do not erase harm. Repair does. Together with dozens of reparations and repair organizations, we will ensure America's 250th tells truer stories about who built this country, who was left out, and what repair makes possible.

Liberation Ventures and Nonprofit Quarterly will curate and publish stories, histories, and thought leadership from dozens of movement and organizational partners —including the BLIS Collective, Georgia Alliance, Black Alder Labs, Reckon With, Intelligent Mischief, Reparations Finance Lab, The Transit Center, The Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Marijuana Justice, Patriotic Millionaires, The Braxton Institute, Amplifier Art, Get Free and others. Their contributions will be focused on reparations, repair and the realization of a true multi-racial democracy, and will include essays, op-eds, video, poetry, and original visual art organized around four pillars: Repair is Personal. Repair is Love. Repair is Community. Repair is the Future.

“We are coordinating dozens of reparations organizations across the country to tell the true story of our history and imagine a better future,” said Aria Florant, Co-Founder and President of Liberation Ventures. “This partnership is exactly the amplification this moment demands. When we are honest about our past and practice repairing harm in a variety of ways, we will live in to the true multi-racial democracy this country stands for. ”

Submissions are open now at wethecivic.org. NPQ welcomes essays, reported pieces, criticism, poetry, and visual art on a rolling basis. If you’re doing work that’s aligned with the Week of Repair and want us to amplify it, use the hashtag #WeekOfRepair.

For more information, please reach out to Sanjhi Khanna, CRMO at sanjhi@npqmag.org.

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Board of Directors Expansion

January 2025

NPQ is expanding its board to strengthen our ability to support the justice-centered nonprofit sector in 2025 and beyond.

NPQ envisions a world in which we live in an active democracy whose values are fully grounded in human rights, economic and social justice, racial equity, and thriving communities. Our mission is to advance conversations and practice in civil society, as manifested in nonprofits, social movements, and philanthropy. We are committed to being an indispensable resource to enable progressive organizations to build healthy, equitable, sustainable, and high-impact workplaces to meet challenges in 2025 and beyond. You can read more about 2025 strategy here.

NPQ’s board is responsible for providing strategic direction, ensuring financial sustainability, and upholding the organization’s values and mission. Our diverse board works closely with NPQ leadership to enable us to increase the knowledge and capacity nonprofit and movement leaders need to advance civil society and a thriving multiracial democracy. As we look ahead to 2025, we are expanding our board’s capacity by 2-5 new members. We’re especially interested in finding board members with lived experience in media, finance, and progressive nonprofit leadership to help guide our next chapter.

NPQ is a nonprofit media platform that reaches over 1.4 million nonprofit and philanthropy leaders, emerging leaders, frontline workers, and movement organizers every year. Our publishing channels include our website, newsletters, equity-centered trainings from nonprofit leaders, print magazine, books, and multimedia products. We are supported by a combination of earned revenue and philanthropic funding.

Note: 2025 board applications are closed, but people are welcome to fill out this form to express future interest.

End of Year Reflections from our Interim CEO

December 2024

Dear NPQ Reader,

When I was 11, my cousin Diego moved in with us so he could attend an American high school. One night, as we were studying at the kitchen table, he let out a frustrated sigh.

“What’s wrong?” I asked. 

“I know a lot of history,” he said, “but my teacher told me my history doesn’t matter.” 

As NPQ’s interim Editor in Chief and CEO, I think constantly about whose stories and histories we choose to amplify—not only on our platforms but also within our own organization.

In 2025, NPQ will double down on bold, equity-driven leadership and management solutions for progressive, justice-focused nonprofits. But today, I want to share the story of our team—and the work we’ve done in 2024 to model the equity-centered leadership we champion.

In 2024, NPQ:

  • Launched a staff-driven Kitchen Cabinet to guide our organizational design work
  • Restructured our leadership model and began expanding our board
  • Established a compensation philosophy and equity-based pay structure
  • Integrated IT systems to improve collaboration and transparency
  • Built systems to measure culture, wellbeing, and feedback

These milestones reflect our deep belief that diverse stories and voices matter—and that equity-centered leadership isn’t just a concept. It’s a practice we aspire to every day.

But values-driven work like this takes time and resources.

If you have the financial security to do so, could you contribute to our $50,000 year-end fundraising goal? Any amount helps. Your donation directly supports our ability to expand narratives, amplify the histories of justice-driven leaders, and strengthen our team’s capacity to lead boldly from the inside out.

DONATE TO NPQ TODAY

Partnerships make our work possible. Whether you are a reader, contributor, subscriber, member, or donor, we are profoundly grateful for your support.

Thank you for believing in the power of diverse stories, and investing in the leaders and workers building justice-centered organizations, foundations, and movements from the ground up.

With gratitude,

Sara Hudson
Interim CEO and Editor in Chief

Emergent Strategy: Our Bold Next Chapter

November 2024

Dear Reader,

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on what comes next. As NPQ’s interim leader, I keep returning to this question: How can NPQ best support you—nonprofit leaders and emergent leaders, workers, and movement activists—to sustain our fight for a just and equitable future?

Today, that is my question for you.

We are at an impact inflection. Our sector’s external challenges are clear and urgent: a pulverized democracy, white supremacy, yawning wealth gaps, deliberate racial injustice, compounding anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation, anti-immigrant violence, the overturn of Roe, catastrophic climate crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, billionaires holding democracy hostage, and, of course, the 2024 election.

Meanwhile, ongoing internal nonprofit workplace failures, including overburdening and underresourcing BIPOC leaders, threaten our ability to make both this sector and this country a place where everyone can thrive.

At NPQ, we are more than a media platform—we are a multiracial, multicultural, multigenerational nonprofit. We are fiercely committed to amplifying the voices of leaders and workers building just and liberated organizations, foundations, leadership, power, and movements from the ground up.

And in the wake of the 2024 election, we know that without healthy nonprofit institutions, we cannot build the unwavering defenses, resilient coalitions, and deep support systems required in 2025 and beyond.

Here are topics readers have already asked us to cover since last Tuesday:

  • Fundraising and Sustainability: How do we approach fundraising in such a polarized climate?
  • Legal Protections and DEI Attacks: What do we need to have and know in a period of political instability?
  • Equity-Centered Management: Can we get more training for BIPOC leaders and next-gen leaders? What about women and LGBTQIA+ leaders?
  • Burnout and Wellness: How do we manage organizational and employee health, exhaustion, and burnout in perilous times?
  • HR: What are brass-tacks best practices for genuine DEIB in multiracial, multicultural organizations?
  • Technology Risks and Opportunities: How can equity-driven but resource-strapped movements and orgs best leverage AI and other new technologies? What digital safety measures do we need to take to protect our communities?
  • Liberatory Leadership Lessons: How can we operationalize “power with” not “power over”?
  • Conflict Management: How can we improve cross-cultural communication and conflict resolution across identity groups?

As NPQ responds to our rapidly changing landscape, we want to collaborate with you. It’s early days, but we’re exploring a bold emergent strategy to meet this moment. In it, NPQ becomes the indispensable resource enabling progressive organizations to build healthy, equitable, sustainable, and high-impact workplaces. Imagine NPQ as your go-to resource for:

  • Unflinching, independent solutions journalism focused on bold and practical equity-centered leadership and management solutions for progressive and justice-driven nonprofits.
  • Actionable, on-the-ground tactics shared at monthly online gatherings, each focused on concrete solutions to 2025’s toughest organizational challenges, led by diverse field leaders with lived experience.
  • Accessibility for all, where we seek grants or sponsorships to pay for memberships for BIPOC-led, women-led, and LGBTQIA-led organizations, which are systemically underfunded.
  • Amplification of your voices, with new opportunities for people on the frontline to share experiences and expertise through paid recurring columns.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, it’s a starting point. Looking to 2025, we’ll be offering:

  1. A dedicated magazine issue uplifting stories about and by women of color in the South leading the charge for change.
  2. A holistic approach to justice by integrating our racial, climate, health, and economic justice reporting, expanding our gender and disability justice content, and sharing it all through the lens of power-building and leadership strategies.
  3. Insights into how we at NPQ are transforming our own workplace, with a new column from me about how we are embedding equity and social justice commitments into our operations, policies, and practices.

Your voice is more than important; it’s essential. You can email me directly at eic@npqmag.org to:

  • Share the workplace challenges keeping you up at night as we stare down 2025.
  • Name support you desperately need but haven’t found elsewhere.
  • Identify critical topics you think NPQ needs to tackle in this new era.
  • Offer feedback on whether this vision resonates with you or your organization.
  • Contribute your expertise as a writer, artist, or webinar leader (paid, always).
  • Nominate people leading sustainable progressive change whom you believe deserve coverage.
  • Simply share your thoughts on this pivotal moment.

I’d love to hear from you and I read every message. This moment demands collective power. NPQ is committed to building with and alongside you.

As Moe Mitchell wrote in our most-read article of the last five years, “I believe our people deserve mass movements that exude joy, build power, and secure critical victories for the masses of working people.”

We are clear-eyed in our vision of a multiracial democracy with values fully grounded in human rights, racial equity, economic and social justice, and thriving communities. We are angry but we are not defeated. And we will not give in to despair.

Thank you for your passion, your power-building, and your partnership. Onward.

With determination and hope,

Sara Hudson

Interim CEO & Editor-in-Chief

Organizational Leadership Update

July 2024

Dear friends of NPQ,

As you know, Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) advances conversations and practice in civil society—as manifested in nonprofits, social movements, and philanthropy. Our governance work is always in the interest of that mission. We want to share a change to our leadership model.

For almost a decade, NPQ has operated under a co-leadership model, successfully driving many initiatives that furthered our mission. While our organization remains strong, we recognize the challenges and evolving trends within the nonprofit media industry. To stay competitive and resilient, we must adapt.

Today, we are announcing a strategic restructuring. We are moving to a single-leadership model with the appointment of a chief executive officer. This change is designed to ensure our long-term sustainability and enhance our impact.

As part of this restructuring:

  • Co-President Joel Toner previously announced his planned retirement in early 2025. He will transition to Publisher Emeritus, overseeing the business side of publishing and assisting with the leadership transition as the board searches for our new chief executive officer.
  • Co-President Cyndi Suarez is no longer with NPQ. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Cyndi for her significant contributions, which have profoundly influenced NPQ’s focus and relevance. The board is thankful for her dedication and contributions.

In addition to these leadership changes, our governing board will grow to meet NPQ’s evolving needs. Currently, our board consists of seven members from the nonprofit, philanthropic, and business sectors, including three who joined in 2023. The board will expand, bringing expertise in critical areas and ensuring diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

During this transition, we remain committed to our current editorial direction and will continue to publish critical stories for and about the nonprofit and civil sectors and philanthropy, as well as lead monthly webinars and training for nonprofit, philanthropy, and justice leadership and members, publish our quarterly magazine, and provide weekly newsletters on nonprofit leadership and justice. Your access to these essential resources will remain uninterrupted.

NPQ envisions a world in which we live in an active democracy whose values are fully grounded in human rights, economic and social justice, racial equity, and thriving communities. As our nation prepares for a critical election year, we remain dedicated to helping our readership explore the workings of nonprofits, civil sector movements, and philanthropy. We deeply value your continued support and understanding during this transition, and we are confident that together, we will navigate this change successfully.

We appreciate your commitment to this vital work.

In solidarity,

The Board of Directors, NPQ