Lisa Cohen

Lisa Cohen

Lisa is the CEO and Principal of Capital Motion, a boutique consulting firm serving charitable nonprofits and mission-driven organizations. Engagements with Capital Motion develop, grow and support organizational capacity for sustainable mission delivery over time, focusing on key drivers of success including strategic and business planning and board development.

May 21, 2019 Getting Past the Chicken-and-Egg Cycle of Nonprofit Strategic Planning Skepticism

There is a lot of room for improvement in the usual nonprofit strategic planning process; so much so that current approaches can create fiduciary and organizational risk. Root causes are not hard to find...

December 5, 2018 Make Your Nonprofit Financially Sustainable

You know that delivering on your organization’s mission over time requires financial resources. The alternative is not pretty—no money, no mission, as it is said. As a board member, one of the most important components of your governance role is to ensure that the finances of the nonprofit you help oversee are sustainable...