The Nonprofit Quarterly

Name

The Nonprofit Quarterly

Legal name

The Nonprofit Quarterly

Website

https://nonprofitquarterly.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Trade Media

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Investigative & Nonprofit News Organizations (MPAJADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nonprofit & Cause Communications (BPAFADAK)

Keywords

• Nonprofit trade media
• Civic journalism
• Membership publishing
• Issue advocacy reporting
• Sector analysis content

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Leading Edge Membership: Premium membership program offering exclusive webinars, expert advice columns, and on-demand content for nonprofit sector leaders. Members can submit anonymous questions for expert advice and access specialized resources.
2. Donations and Philanthropic Support: Charitable contributions from individuals and funders supporting civic journalism and nonprofit sector empowerment, with explicit #Wethecivic giving campaign reference.
3. Premium Webinars: Expert-led sessions with live access and exclusive insights, sold to Leading Edge members. Includes topics like fundraising trends, financial pressure points, and organizational risk management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is a nonprofit media organization that publishes original journalism, expert-led column series, and analysis on social justice movements, civic news, and nonprofit leadership. It distributes this content through a free-to-read website, an email newsletter, and the paid Leading Edge Membership program, which gates premium webinars, expert Q&A submissions, and on-demand learning resources. The organization also runs co-published storytelling projects and partner webinars that extend its content reach.

Product overview

The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) operates as a nonprofit media organization offering a suite of content and membership products. Its core offerings include the NPQ Newsletter (news publication delivering nonprofit sector analysis), NPQ Columns (expert recurring content series like Ask Rhea! and In Defense of Civil Society), and NPQ News Content (journalistic coverage across social justice and nonprofit leadership topics). The premium tier, Leading Edge Membership, provides exclusive access to webinars, expert Q&A submissions, and on-demand learning. NPQ Online Events delivers virtual programming including partner events and the Learn Out Loud peer discussion series. NPQ also partners on The New Harvest Project, a food systems storytelling initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Leading Edge Membership: Premium membership program offering exclusive access to webinars, expert advice columns, and additional resources for nonprofit sector leaders.
• NPQ Online Events

Products and services

• NPQ Newsletter NPQ's primary email newsletter delivering analysis, commentary, and actionable strategies from experienced nonprofit sector leaders directly to subscribers, covering social justice movements, civic news, nonprofit leadership, and resourcing topics.
• Leading Edge Membership Premium subscription membership program offering exclusive access to expert-led webinars with live insights, the Ask a Nonprofit Expert benefit for anonymous question submissions, Learn Out Loud peer-level closed-door discussions, and an on-demand webinar library for nonprofit sector leaders.
• NPQ Online Events / Webinars Virtual event platform featuring Premium Webinars exclusive to Leading Edge members, Learn Out Loud closed-door peer discussions, Partner Events co-created with select organizations, and On Demand recorded sessions covering topics like financial management, organizational risk, equitable compensation, and fundraising.
• NPQ Columns Recurring expert-led content series including Ask Rhea! (fundraising advice by Rhea Wong), Ask a Nonprofit Expert (field leader guidance), Hope in the Dark (Joe Goldman on democracy), Inside the States (state policy by EJ Juárez), In Defense of Civil Society (Protect Democracy analysis), Notes from the Frontlines (Deepa Iyer), and other series exploring nonprofit challenges and justice-centered practices.
• The New Harvest Project Multimedia storytelling advocacy project showcasing New York's local farming and food systems, featuring original reporting, a video podcast, and a living resource hub. NPQ serves as partner and co-publisher alongside founder Iris M. Crawford-Maskell.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The New Harvest Project (Iris M. Crawford-Maskell)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNPQ serves as partner and co-publisher for The New Harvest Project, a storytelling advocacy initiative showcasing New York's local farming and food systems. Iris M. Crawford-Maskell serves as editor at NPQ while leading this multimedia food justice project featuring original reporting, video podcast, and living resource hub.
• Protect DemocracycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProtect Democracy contributes the 'In Defense of Civil Society' column series providing timely research-driven analysis on democracy protection, civil society threats, and authoritarian playbook tactics. Column authors include Ellinor Heywood, Genevieve Nadeau, and other Protect Democracy staff.
• Building Movement ProjectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Building Movement Project, curates the 'Notes from the Frontlines' column exploring stories of frontline organizations and solidarity building for multiracial democracy.
• Partner Organizations (Webinar Collaboration)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNPQ collaborates with select partners for webinar programming including the 'Partner Events Section' featuring co-created sessions with tailored perspectives and collaborative dialogue for the nonprofit sector.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The leading news publication covering the nonprofit sector, foundations, and philanthropy. Directly comparable to NPQ in audience (nonprofit executives, funders) and editorial mission of informing the civil society ecosystem.
• Nonprofit Times: Trade publication serving nonprofit management professionals with news, analysis, and resources. Closely overlaps NPQ's executive-director and senior-leader audience on governance, fundraising, and operational topics.
• Stanford Social Innovation Review: Magazine and digital platform publishing cross-sector solutions for social change, targeting nonprofit leaders, funders, and social entrepreneurs. Closely aligned with NPQ's audience and equity-centered editorial framing.
• Inside Philanthropy: Digital media outlet covering philanthropy and foundation funding strategy. Comparable to NPQ in covering funders and grantmaking trends, though with a more funder-centric rather than nonprofit-centric lens.
• Civil Beat: Nonprofit investigative news outlet covering Hawaii civic and policy issues with a membership/donation model. Closely analogous to NPQ in nonprofit media structure, member-supported model, and civic-justice editorial orientation.

Broad incumbents

• BoardSource: Established national nonprofit focused on board governance leadership, research, and member resources. Comparable as a nonprofit-sector knowledge and membership organization, though narrower (governance only) than NPQ's editorial breadth.
• The Conversation: Nonprofit online publication featuring academic-authored analysis across civic and policy topics. Comparable as a nonprofit digital media outlet producing original expert journalism, though broader in scope than NPQ's nonprofit focus.
• ProPublica: Larger nonprofit investigative journalism organization with donation-driven revenue. Comparable in nonprofit media structure and civic-justice editorial positioning, but with substantially broader scope and national reach.

Others

• The Bridgespan Group: Nonprofit consulting and advisory firm that publishes widely read content for nonprofit leaders and funders. Adjacent peer — overlaps NPQ's audience but monetizes via consulting services rather than subscriptions/donations.
• Center for Effective Philanthropy: Nonprofit research and advisory organization serving foundation leaders. Comparable as a knowledge intermediary to NPQ's philanthropic audience, though monetizes via research reports and consulting rather than editorial subscriptions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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