For established nonprofits carrying growth and change
Nonprofit Place helps leaders make clear decisions, share responsibility, and follow through—so the mission can grow without exhausting the people carrying it.
Serving nonprofit leaders, boards, and teams in San Antonio, South-Central Texas, and beyond.
What is Nonprofit Place?
Founded by David Runnels, Nonprofit Place helps nonprofit executive directors, boards, and leadership teams clarify decisions, align responsibility, and turn important conversations into practical next steps.
It is based in San Antonio and serves established nonprofits in South-Central Texas and beyond. The work includes focused counsel, facilitated planning, practical leadership resources, and ongoing decision support.
A recognizable leadership problem
We help make decision ownership, priorities, and next actions visible—without pretending every nonprofit needs the same structure.
Ways to work together
Begin with a focused conversation, bring your people together, or make space for counsel as the work unfolds.
Focused engagement · Scope agreed together
Work through one important question with focused counsel and a practical next step.
A written decision briefThe question, the options, the tradeoffs, and a useful next step.
Explore the engagement: Clarity SessionFacilitated engagement · Tailored to your group
Build shared priorities and a practical plan with your board or leadership team.
A 90-day action planAgreed priorities, clear owners, and dates to review progress.
Explore the engagement: Planning and AlignmentRecurring partnership · Agreed cadence and boundaries
Maintain a steady rhythm of reflection, decisions, and progress as conditions change.
Written decisions and next actionsCurrent priorities, open questions, and adjustments as the work develops.
Explore the engagement: Ongoing CounselEach engagement begins with an agreed scope, deliverables, timing, and fee. You do not have to choose an offer before reaching out.
How the work begins
The work should leave you with something you can use.
Start with what your organization is working through. A complete brief is not required.
Define the question, the people involved, and the shape of a useful engagement.
Carry decisions and next steps into the organization, with a written record to help the work continue.
A practical starting point
Six prompts. One clearer conversation.
Make room to think
Use this two-page clarity worksheet with your board, leadership team, or on your own. Put the question into words, surface assumptions, and name a next step.
PDF · 2 pages · No sign-up required
Nonprofit Place is part of David Runnels’s wider work. When your next step calls for systems, marketing, or visibility, there is a clear place for that conversation.
Explore the related workBring the question your organization is carrying. We’ll start there.