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by Susan Kenny Stevens and Lisa Andersen Venkatrathnam
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by Susan Kenny Stevens, Deb Ruegg and Terry Fraser, CPA.
© Susan Kenny Stevens; August 2004.
This article first appeared in the Grantmakers in the Arts Reader; Spring 2005.
Introduction
Five years ago, after more than twenty years as a nonprofit management consultant, I went back to the classroom to pursue a doctoral degree in organizational behavior. Although personal renewal was my primary goal, I was also eager to put a set of theoretical legs under two decades of consulting practice.
Reprinted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity by Susan Kenny Stevens. (c) 2008, second edition.
It is almost impossible to discuss nonprofit lifecycles, particularly the earlier stages, without considering the critical role of the nonprofit founder in the organization's inception, development, and ultimate maturation.
