Reality Check:

This is the Month When You Find Out If Your 7-Figure Nonprofit Is Actually Financially Stable

Learn how to avoid slipping into payroll stress, donor strain, and reactive leadership by fixing the structural fragility February exposes.

This live diagnostic strategy session for leaders of established $1M+ nonprofits who want to prevent another year of scrambling and overwhelm before early-year decisions lock in another cycle of reactivity.

Join nonprofit strategist Brooke Richie-Babbage to diagnose the exact design gaps that will determine whether your growth will create stability or quietly break you.

What This Session Will Clarify

→ The 4 signals that show when structural strain is reaching the breaking point
You’ll learn how to recognize the early patterns most leaders miss until the pressure is already landing on them.
→ A clear diagnosis of your specific Design Deficits
You’ll see exactly where your structure is breaking down—and why growth hasn’t translated into stability across your team, board, or revenue.
→ What to fix first (and why sequence matters)
You’ll leave knowing where early intervention will have the biggest impact—and what addressing the right system now prevents later in the year.

For many leaders, the hardest part isn’t recognizing these patterns — it’s knowing how they interact inside their organization.

Because every organization’s design gaps are different, I’ll also show you how I work with leaders who want help translating this into a clear Q1 plan for their organization.

The beginning of the year is a complicated time to lead a nonprofit...

There's real excitement — new goals, fresh energy, a clean slate.
And at the same time, there’s a quieter weight you can’t necessarily name.

The stakes feel higher.
The margin for error feels smaller.

If you’re holding both optimism and anxiety right now, nothing has gone wrong. That tension comes with leadership at this stage.

What often gets labeled as “stress” is actually the feeling of carrying more responsibility than your systems were ever designed to hold.

More decisions land on your desk.
More money flows through the organization.
More expectations come from every direction — funders, boards, staff, the communities you serve.

And when the structure underneath hasn’t fully caught up, that weight doesn’t spread out.

It settles -- on you.

That’s why:

Raising more money hasn’t created the relief you expected
Delegation still loops back for reassurance or cleanup
Your team is capable, but you remain the backstop
February feels heavier than a "fresh start" should

Who This Session Is For (And Who It's Not)

This session is for you if:

You’re the CEO or Executive Director of an established $1M+ nonprofit
Growth has added complexity—but not the stability you expected
You’re tired of being the glue holding everything together
You want to use January to design stability, not manage strain all year

This session is not for you if:

You’re looking for fundraising tactics, grant strategies, or quick wins
You’re still building basic infrastructure
You want reassurance instead of diagnosis
You’re not positioned to act on structural insight

This is a diagnostic session for leaders who are ready to look clearly at how their organization is built and what that means for the year ahead.

Your Guide

Brooke Richie-Babbage has spent more than 25 years inside nonprofit organizations — as a founder, executive leader, and strategic advisor — helping CEOs design organizations that can grow without breaking the people inside them.

She works exclusively with leaders of established, scaling nonprofits who are navigating the tension between growth and stability — especially when increased revenue hasn’t delivered the relief they expected.

Brooke is known for helping leaders name what’s actually happening beneath the strain, diagnose structural gaps with precision, and intervene early — before reactivity becomes the norm.

This session reflects the same diagnostic approach she uses with CEOs across the country who are redesigning how their organizations carry responsibility, pressure, and impact.