Executive Director Mona Johnson-Gibson and longtime volunteer Marguerite Rupar discuss establishing and running the Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, and the role volunteers have played in its survival and success.

Ep 5: Volunteers Make the House a Home

Researchers Jason Coupet and Jessica Berrett discuss their recent paper "Does the Overhead Ratio Measure Efficiency?" and the complex dynamics between academic research and nonprofit practice.   

To read a translation of their research, visit https://pj.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2018/10/22/the-overhead-ratio-is-not-a-measure-of-efficiency/

Ep 10: Rethinking Efficiency

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA) is a nonprofit residential recovery center that helps men and women with substance use disorders rebuild their lives. TROSA is unique in that it also provides ways to advance one's education, by getting a GED or taking college courses, thanks to a partnership with Durham Technical Community College. Before Kim Connolly became staff at TROSA, she was a resident in their program. Kim sits down with GED Teacher Mariann Smith to talk about feelings of accomplishment in both their individual work and throughout the organization as a whole.

Ep 30: It's All Worth It

Mark Little shares plans for combatting economic disparity in North Carolina’s poorest counties, while on the personal level creating strong historical and ancestral foundations for his children. Co-founder of the Black Communities Conference, his work facilitates and fosters community-engaged research partnerships, between universities and communities, in support of Black community life. Little is Executive Director of CREATE, Co-Founder of SmartUp and former Executive Director of the Kenan Institute. He launched NCGrowth, a program that helps North Carolina’s rural and under-served communities grow and retain business, facilitates strategic regional economic development, and researches solutions to pressing energy, environment, and climate related problems. This music composer is also a native North Carolinian with a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics.

History + Culture = Everything: Mark Little

The Nonprofit Experience is a podcast project that brings together nonprofit practitioners, supporters, academics, and service beneficiaries for conversations about what it's like to be impacted by the sector. These creative collisions show us that there is no one nonprofit experience, but a whole community of people dedicated to and affected by nonprofit work.

Ep 30: It's All Worth It

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