The conversations that move the work forward.
Explore practical insights and thoughtful perspectives from Elizabeth “E” Kitzenberg, created to help nonprofit leaders dig deeper, navigate complexity, and advance their missions.
Proof of Impact Podcast
The nonprofit sector is filled with people doing extraordinary work. Yet its most important challenges are not always discussed openly. Challenging questions may be simplified, productive tension avoided, and difficult realities left unexamined.
Proof of Impact creates space for a more candid conversation.
Host Elizabeth ‘E’ Kitzenberg draws on decades of experience in nonprofit advancement, including major-gift work at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University, as well as her current leadership of The Kitzenberg Group. In each episode, she speaks with nonprofit leaders about the decisions, challenges, and opportunities influencing their work, providing a thoughtful and honest examination of what it takes to lead, fund, and sustain meaningful impact.
Writing from the Kitzenberg Group
Ideas and observations from our work and the broader sector
On Substack, Elizabeth shares perspectives on nonprofit leadership, advancement, and the questions shaping the sector.
The publication includes original essays, field notes, practical recommendations, and a monthly dispatch highlighting where we have been speaking, what we have been reading, and who we have been talking to.
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Explore recent conversations and perspectives from The Kitzenberg Group.
You Don’t Win by Looking Needy | Steve Grove, CEO of The Minnesota Star Tribune
In a recent episode of Proof of Impact, Elizabeth Kitzenberg sits down with Minnesota Star Tribune CEO and publisher Steve Grove to discuss what it takes to reinvent a nearly 160-year-old newspaper. Grove shares how he’s working to build a sustainable digital future while preserving the trust, credibility, and public mission that make local journalism essential.
Their conversation explores the difficult decisions behind institutional change, the cost of losing local news, and a lesson for nonprofit leaders: people are more likely to support an organization when they can see the value of what it makes possible.
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