About this Event
As the region advances economic mobility, workforce development, and community well-being, many of the nonprofit organizations doing this work are navigating staff burnout, leadership succession challenges, workforce retention issues, growing community needs, and persistent funding gaps. Building on conversations started on 9/22 at NFF's convening, this session for nonprofit leaders will explore how these challenges are connected to the full cost of delivering impact and why understanding those costs is essential to organizational sustainability.
For more than 40 years, NFF has partnered with nonprofits and funders to understand and resource the full cost of mission delivery. NFF believes that "Full Cost" is an ecosystem approach that aligns resources with the people, leadership, infrastructure, and organizational capacity required to achieve meaningful outcomes over time.
This session will allow nonprofit leaders to explore together:
- The connection between workforce well-being, organizational health, and financial reilience - and a full cost approach for both nonprofits and funders
- What "full cost" really means and how it differs from conversations about overhead and administrative expenses
- Practical tools for identifying, communicating, and advocating for the true cost resources your organization needs to support worker well-being (with boards, funders and other stakeholders)
This is not a session about cutting costs or defending overhead rates. Full cost is a framework for understanding and communicating the complete set of resources required to deliver programs effectively, support staff, strengthen operations, and sustain impact over time.
Participants will leave with practical language, tools, and strategies to assess their organization's resource needs, communicate funding gaps, and advance conversations about long-term sustainability.
Whether you are an executive director, senior leader, finance professional, program leader, development staff member, or board member, this session will provide actionable insights to help strengthen your organization's capacity and resilience.
Space is limited to encourage meaningful discussion and peer learning.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Philadelphia Foundation, 1835 Market Street, Philadelphia, United States
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