S1E438 - 438: The Power Of Shared Infrastructure with Bob Burbridge

Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...

The Power Of Shared Infrastructure

There is a quiet assumption baked into how most nonprofits operate. If you need something, you build it yourself. Need a fundraising event, plan one. Need HR, handle it in-house. Need systems, cobble them together. The nonprofit shared infrastructure that could carry all of this rarely enters the conversation, because the default is to go it alone.

I understand where the instinct comes from. Nonprofits are scrappy by necessity. Budgets are tight, and doing it yourself feels like the responsible, frugal choice.

But...