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Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership344: Thanksgiving 2025: 7 Reasons to Be ThankfulThanksgiving 2025: 7 Reasons to Be ThankfulSpecial Edition Show Notes #344This Thanksgiving episode highlights seven standout guests from 2025 - along with their books - plus three bonus titles from Patton’s Picks.Thanks to our partners:TowneBank: https://TowneBank.com/NonprofitBankingArmstrong McGuire: https://armstrongmcguire.comMastermind Leadership Program: https://PMAnonprofit.com/mastermindFeatured Guests & BooksMary Kelly — Ep. 317: Crisis-Proof Your LeadershipEpisode: https://www.podpage.com/your-path-to-nonprofit-leadership/317Book: https://www.amaz...
2025-11-2721 min
Giving Done RightHow to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising, From The Chronicle of PhilanthropyThis week on Giving Done Right, we’re introducing you to another podcast we love: Nonprofits Now: Leading Today, from The Chronicle of Philanthropy. In this episode, two leaders, Kathleen St. Louis Caliento and Nick Grono, join Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to explain how they have engaged their board in financial efforts.
As nonprofits face economic headwinds — including losses in federal funding, rising costs, and the possibility of a global recession — nonprofit boards play an increasingly essential role. Trustees help with strategy and can also be powerful donors and fundraisers. Yet fewer than a quarter of respondents to a Ch...
2025-11-0635 min
EdVanceBuilding trust through transparent leadershipIn this episode, Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund, shares how real leadership isn’t about control, it’s about creating space for honest conversations. From anonymous staff Q&As to bold leadership surveys, Nick reveals the habits that foster transparency, strengthen culture, and empower every voice in the room. Whether you're leading a small team or a global organisation, his insights offer a refreshing blueprint for building trust from the inside out.
2025-06-0536 minYour Path to Nonprofit Leadership315: Lessons Nonprofit Leaders Can Teach the Business World (Nick Grono)315: Lessons Nonprofit Leaders Can Teach the Business World (Nick Grono)SUMMARYSpecial thanks to TowneBank for bringing these conversations to life, and for their commitment to strengthening nonprofit organizations. Learn more about how they can help you at TowneBank.com/NonprofitBanking.Let’s flip the usual script! Rather than learning from business practices, what if the business world learned from you? In episode #315 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Nick Grono shares powerful insights on why purpose-driven leadership is nonprofits' greatest strength, and why corporations are st...
2025-05-0843 min
Nonprofits Now: Leading TodayLessons in Leadership From Women of ColorAs nonprofit leaders grapple with increasingly dire threats to their funding and missions, it’s more important than ever to understand what it takes to lead resilient organizations.For a look at what skills are most important, we hear from Vanessa Priya Daniel, who interviewed 45 social-justice leaders for her new book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning.Daniel combines her extensive research for the book with her own experiences as an organizer and founder of Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund — which together have distributed more than $100 million to over...
2025-05-0631 min
Nonprofits Now: Leading TodayTwo CEOs on How to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising and MoreTwo leaders, Kathleen St. Louis Caliento and Nick Grono, join Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to explain how they have engaged their board in financial efforts.St. Louis Caliento runs Cara Collective, a Chicago nonprofit that helps low-income people find jobs. Grono heads the Freedom Fund, an organization that pools funds from donors who want to fight modern-day slavery. He’s the author of How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World, published in 2024.As nonprofits face economy headwinds — including losses in federal funding, rising costs, and t...
2025-04-2935 min
Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio734: Nonprofit Leadership For Current & Aspiring – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week:
Nonprofit Leadership For Current & Aspiring
There’s a new compassionate, inspiring and valuable guidebook on nonprofit leadership. It’s aptly named, “How To Lead Nonprofits.” The author, Nick Grono, shares his thinking on the role of the CEO, your team and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), because the success of the people leading throughout your nonprofit, now and in the future, is essential to your mission success. Nick is CEO of Freedom Fund.
There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
2025-04-041h 03
The Brand Called YouLeading Nonprofits with Purpose | Nick Grono, CEO, The Freedom Fund; Author, 'How To Lead Nonprofits'On this episode of "The Brand Called You", the host interviews Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund. With over a decade of experience leading efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking, Nick shares his unique insights on nonprofit leadership, challenges in recruitment, the importance of diversity, and the need for strategic partnerships. Discover how purpose-driven leadership is reshaping the nonprofit sector.
00:35- About Nick Grono
Nick is the Chief Executive Officer of The Freedom Fund.
He is the author of a book titled ‘How To Lead Nonprofits’.
2025-02-1523 min
The Nonprofit ShowUnlocking Nonprofit Leadership With Purpose, Impact and CollaborationThe CEO of the FreedomFund.org, Nick Grono, discusses his new book, How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World. Nick shares his deep wisdom on leadership in the nonprofit sector, drawing from his extensive career that transitioned from corporate law and finance to public policy and, ultimately, nonprofit leadership.Nick highlights the Freedom Fund's vital work in combating modern slavery, emphasizing the importance of collaboration with over 150 grassroots organizations worldwide. He describes how nonprofit leadership differs from corporate leadership, pointing to the lack of structured training for nonprofit executives. His book addresses...
2025-01-2231 min
The Job Hunting PodcastNonprofit Leadership (Ep 265)Episode 265 - The Challenges and Rewards of Transitioning from Corporate to Nonprofit LeadershipAs I reflect on my latest podcast interview with Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund, I am struck by the growing interest among corporate professionals to pivot into nonprofit leadership. It's a topic I often discuss with my clients—seasoned executives who, after years of building a career defined by financial success, now seek purpose and fulfillment. This desire for purpose has never been stronger, as we navigate an economic landscape where layoffs and corporate restructuring are leaving professionals questioning the sustainability of th...
2024-11-1853 min
Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipNick Grono, author of 'How to Lead Nonprofits' and CEO of the Freedom Fund, on the Complexities of Nonprofit LeadershipNick Grono, author of How to Lead Nonprofits and CEO of the Freedom Fund, delves into the unique challenges and responsibilities of nonprofit leadership, offering valuable insights drawn from two decades of experience in the sector.
Grono reflects on the complexities of guiding purpose-driven organizations, contrasting the quantifiable metrics of success in the private sector with the more elusive task of measuring impact in the nonprofit world.
He underscores how nonprofit leaders must grapple with ambiguity, balance diverse stakeholder expectations, and navigate the tensions between aspirational goals and practical realities.
We explore the...
2024-11-1134 min
FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnisS12 E15 The Power of Purpose: Nick Grono's Lessons in Non-Profit LeadershipWhat does it take to lead a nonprofit in today’s world? This week on FOMO Sapiens, Nick Grono, author of "How to Lead Nonprofits" and CEO of the Freedom Fund, an organization dedicated to ending modern slavery, joins Patrick J. McGinnis and shares his journey that began at 16, sailing around the globe and learning the discipline that would shape his career. Together, they dive into the experience of growing up on a 100-year-old sailing ship and leading a global organization that has liberated over 30,000 people from modern slavery. Nick challenges the conventional wisdom about non-profits, arguing that they re...
2024-11-0734 min
The Business of GivingNick Grono on Nonprofit Leadership: Balancing Mission and Impact in Challenging Times.Welcome to The Business of Giving. I'm your host, Denver Frederick.
Today we have the distinct honor of welcoming a guest whose life's work is dedicated to combating one of the most heinous crimes of our era – modern slavery. Nick Grono, the CEO of the Freedom Fund, is a tireless advocate in the global fight against human trafficking.
In addition to this extraordinary work, Nick recently authored the timely and insightful book, How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World. Drawing from his two decades of experience leading organizations tackling complex gl...
2024-09-2435 min
Shaping PhilanthropyNick GronoNick Grono, the CEO of The Freedom Fund, the world’s first private donor fund dedicated to tackling slavery around the world, joins Anissa Punjani for this episode of Shaping Philanthropy to talk about his new book on nonprofit leadership.Nick has had a long and rich career spanning the public, private and non-profit sectors. A corporate lawyer by training with a spell at an investment bank, Goldman Sachs, he has been chief of staff to the Australian attorney general, spent ten years at International Crisis Group, latterly as deputy president and chief op...
2024-09-0238 min
New Books in Human RightsNick Grono, "How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World" (BenBella Books, 2024)Non-profit organizations play an indispensable role in the world today, and are consistently rated higher than governments, the media or businesses in term of public trust. Yet many non-profit organizations suffer from dysfunction. New non-profit leaders find themselves unprepared for the challenges ahead, and even seasoned leaders often struggle to ensure their organizations achieve the impact they aim for. In How to Lead Non-Profits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World (BenBella Books, 2024), Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund and former Deputy President of the International Crisis Group (ICG), provides a leadership framework that focuses on what tr...
2024-08-161h 13
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingNick Grono, "How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World" (BenBella Books, 2024)Non-profit organizations play an indispensable role in the world today, and are consistently rated higher than governments, the media or businesses in term of public trust. Yet many non-profit organizations suffer from dysfunction. New non-profit leaders find themselves unprepared for the challenges ahead, and even seasoned leaders often struggle to ensure their organizations achieve the impact they aim for. In How to Lead Non-Profits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World (BenBella Books, 2024), Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund and former Deputy President of the International Crisis Group (ICG), provides a leadership framework that focuses on what tr...
2024-08-161h 13
New Books in EconomicsNick Grono, "How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World" (BenBella Books, 2024)Non-profit organizations play an indispensable role in the world today, and are consistently rated higher than governments, the media or businesses in term of public trust. Yet many non-profit organizations suffer from dysfunction. New non-profit leaders find themselves unprepared for the challenges ahead, and even seasoned leaders often struggle to ensure their organizations achieve the impact they aim for. In How to Lead Non-Profits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World (BenBella Books, 2024), Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund and former Deputy President of the International Crisis Group (ICG), provides a leadership framework that focuses on what tr...
2024-08-161h 15
Indulge In This High-Impact Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.How to Lead Nonprofits by Nick GronoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/94316to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Lead Nonprofits
Author: Nick Grono
Narrator: Michael Langan
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Release date: 07-16-24
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Non-Profits & Charities
Publisher's Summary:
Nonprofit leadership is hard. Most new nonprofit leaders are ill-prepared for the challenges they will face, and even those who are more experienced struggle to ensure their organizations deliver the change they are committed to.
2024-07-167h 43
The Longest Day PodcastS2 E1 Nick Grono (Freedom Fund)Welcome to season two of The Longest Day! To kick things off we interview Nick Grono, the co-founder and leader of Freedom Fund, a global fund that aims to end worldwide, modern slavery. He is a leader who prioritises the humanity of people at the centre of the crisis. His longest day was witnessing the September 11th terrorist attacks whilst in New York working for the Australian government. Join Leah as she speaks to Nick, and hear about his desire to make the greatest impact on the vulnerable by working at the level of their communities.
2023-09-1423 minThe Longest Day PodcastS2 E1 Nick Grono (Freedom Fund)Welcome to season two of The Longest Day! To kick things off we interview Nick Grono, the co-founder and leader of Freedom Fund, a global fund that aims to end worldwide, modern slavery. He is a leader who prioritises the humanity of people at the centre of the crisis. His longest day was witnessing the September 11th terrorist attacks whilst in New York working for the Australian government. Join Leah as she speaks to Nick, and hear about his desire to make the greatest impact on the vulnerable by working at the level of their communities....
2023-09-1423 min
What Donors Want#FundingFrontlineImpact With Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom FundRachel Stephenson Sheff speaks with Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund, all about their new resource for donors and philanthropic advisors: #FundingFrontlineImpact (www.fundingfrontlineimpact.org).
I.G. was thrilled to work with the Freedom Fund to create this resource, which shares advice, stories and tools to help donors of all kinds on their own frontline grantmaking journeys - no matter the cause or geography. Rachel & Nick discuss:
🟡 The importance of funding frontline organisations (and what this term actually means).
🟡 Why The Freedom Fund wanted to create this resource.
🟡 Why funders being transparent in their grant-making processes is necessary - and radic...
2023-07-2537 min
System CatalystsEnding Slavery Through Local Partnerships with the Freedom FundCollaboration among organizations in the social sector is not as common as one might think, partly because nonprofits often compete for funding. But this week’s story reveals that systemic issues — including slavery — can only be solved through collective action.As a global catalyst, The Freedom Fund has been identifying, supporting and unifying clusters of frontline organizations to combat slavery. In this episode, we learn how the Freedom Fund is collaborating with funders, organizations and community leaders to drive change — and the immense payoffs they are seeing. Featuring Nick Grono, CEO The Freedom Fund and...
2023-06-2730 min
One DecisionOnline Porn and the Global Trafficking CrisisThe biggest porn upload site Pornhub is facing a slew of lawsuits by women who accuse the site of enabling and profiting from sexual exploitation. The advent of the internet means that the abuse of victims of human rights violations including rape and violence now, arguably, is compounded - every time someone views the material. To get a sense of the scale of the issue of trafficking and where these long chains of abuse can begin, we speak with Laila Mickelwait who leads the campaign to shut down Pornhub, and Nick Grono, CEO of Freedom Fund on where vulnerable p...
2023-04-2035 minDo One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipNick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund, on modern-day slavery and human traffickingThis episode looks at modern-day slavery and we host Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund — a collaborative fund tackling slavery and human trafficking globally.
Many people think of slavery as something from 200 years ago but, in reality, it is a serious problem plaguing our world today — not just in developing countries but in the UK and US as well. The scale and prevalence of the problem is eye-opening.
Nick Grono shares insight on key trends and statistics, and causes and solutions to this problem -- indeed, slavery takes many forms and we explore some of th...
2023-01-0933 min
The Business of GivingThe Freedom Fund: A Workplace Culture Guided by ValuesRecent events have compelled nonprofit organizations to change the way they get work done, how they deliver their services, and what they do to achieve a more just and equitable society. So, The Business of Giving has connected with those organizations that are doing this exceptionally well in a segment we call: The Paths Forward. Because there is more than just one way.
On this edition of The Paths Forward, we’re going to speak to team members at The Freedom Fund. Their mission is to mobilise the knowledge, capital and will needed to end slavery. We’ll be...
2022-02-2809 min
The Impact RoomBreaking the chains of modern slaveryWe'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.Are global efforts to end exploitation making progress, or are countries and campaigners failing in their fight? Three experts weigh in. More than 40 million people around the world today are thought to be enslaved, a shadow economy of coerced labour, sexual exploitation and rights abuses estimated to be generating $150bn in illegal profits a year.In recent years, there's been a surge in legislative efforts to combat slavery, alongside a rise in philanthropy-funded initiatives lobbying for change.But a...
2021-09-2052 min
The Business of GivingThe Freedom Fund: Systems Change to End Modern-Day SlaveryThe following is a conversation between Nick Grono, the Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Fund, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving.
Modern slavery is a hidden crime with over 40 million people around the world finding themselves in this horrific situation. Given that it is prohibited under international law in almost every country, why is it so widespread and pervasive? And what is being done to address it? For the answers to those questions, it's a pleasure to have with us, Nick Grono, the chief executive officer of The Freedom Fund.
2021-05-2534 min
Eco Futures - Welcome to the New Generation of Planet Restoration: Join the EvolutionModern Slavery: Nick Grono CEO of international organisation 'The Freedom Fund' speaks with Michelle Michels about the approaches and strategies undertaken by the agency to ameliorate Modern Slavery Nick Grono is an Australian (ex-pat) human rights campaigner who heads the Freedom Fund in London – the world's first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery. hels about the work 'The Freedom Fund' is doing throughout modern slavery affected countries to assist in reducing the incidence of human trafficking into modern slavery. Nick is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation, and a board member of Girls Not Brides, the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. Nick was the inaugural CEO of the Walk Free Foundation, a leading international actor in the fight against modern slavery. Prior to th...
2021-03-1818 min
Eco Futures - Welcome to the New Generation of Planet Restoration: Join the EvolutionModern Slavery: Food and Fashion Fail. Terry Fitzpatrick speaks about the history of slavery, regulation and law with Michelle Michels. Part 1 35 min listen 'Free The Slaves' is a front line organisation in the movement against slavery in Washington US. The world has NOT moved on from slavery which was abolished 150 years ago in the worlds western democracies. It's still exists and many of the products we wear and eat are by-products of exploitation.2020 was the 20 year anniversary if the abolition of slavery recognised in the of the Palermo Protocol (to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children). Palermo Protocol 2000 and the Treaty for Trafficking Victims Protections Act was enacted. Terry Fitzpatrick discusses these protocols....
2021-03-1035 min
Lessons from Lockdown, SHINEfest The Podcast05: Nick Grono, CEO The Freedom FundNick Grono is committed to ending modern slavery, human trafficking, child marriage and other egregious human rights abuses. He is CEO of the Freedom Fund, a leader in the global movement to end modern slavery. He is also a board member of Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, and was previously the Chair of the Jo Cox Foundation.In this episode Nick shares how spending three years on a sailing ship helped him prepare for the lockdown and how younger people are so alive to the aspiration of sustainability. SHINEfest...
2020-06-0430 min
Cry Power Podcast with Hozier and Global CitizenEpisode 3: Nick GronoPresented with our friends at Global Citizen. To take action on the issues discussed in this episode head to GlobalCitizen.org/CryPower .Australian activist Nick Grono joins Hozier on Episode 3 of the Cry Power podcast. Nick is CEO of the Freedom Fund - an organisation established to work towards ending modern slavery. He is also the former head of the Walk Free Foundation, where he helped launch the first ever Global Slavery Index.The views expressed in this podcast do not reflect those of Global Citizen or its partners
2019-10-2200 min