The Rich Nonprofit

63. The 6 Sins of Performative Impact: Why Caring Isn't Building

Last week, Lisa told you why she renamed her community to Impact Rebels. This week, she's going deeper. She's calling out the six patterns she sees in women who care deeply about a cause but haven't built anything yet: Some of them she's been guilty of herself. This isn't Lisa on a soapbox. It's her handing you a mirror.  Main Topics Covered in this Episode: * The Mission Statement Mirage and why your About page isn't impact * Why showing up at the gala once a year doesn't count * Why polished leadership doesn't move people * The lie of "I just need more revenue first" * The single move to take this week if any of these landed Resources Mentioned in the Episode: * Book your Impact Reality Check, 30 minutes, $97 (https://tidycal.com/poppygrovellc/impact-reality-check [https://tidycal.com/poppygrovellc/impact-reality-check]) Connect with Lisa Avila: * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/] * Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/] * TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@lisaavila.co [https://www.tiktok.com/@lisaavila.co] More About The Rich Nonprofit Podcast: The Rich Nonprofit is for cause-driven women who are starting or scaling a nonprofit, or integrating impact into their brand. Each week, Lisa Avila delivers straight talk on strategy, leadership, and legacy.

62. Good Girl to Impact Rebel: Why I Renamed My Community

Lisa sat down for a four-hour Telegram session with her mentor this week and realized something had to shift. Not the business. Her. In this episode she tells the story of what happened, why the good girl identity has to go, and what it means for every woman still showing up as the polished version of herself in her business. Built for Bigger is now Impact Rebels. This is where she explains why. If you were raised to be nice, agreeable, and not too loud, and you're starting to feel that version of yourself isn't going to build what you came here to build, this episode is for you. Main Topics Covered in this Episode: * Why the Catholic school good girl training was killing her business voice * The moment she decided to shed the polished version * What Impact Rebels stands for and who belongs in it * Why the polished version of your content doesn't land the way you think it does * Finding the women who've been waiting for your volume to come up Resources Mentioned in the Episode: * Join the Impact Rebels FREE Telegram Community (https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/impact-rebels [https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/impact-rebels]) Connect with Lisa Avila: * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/]) * Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/]) * TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@lisathestrategist_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@lisathestrategist_]) More About The Rich Nonprofit Podcast: The Rich Nonprofit is for cause-driven women who are starting or scaling a nonprofit, or integrating impact into their brand. Each week, Lisa Avila delivers straight talk on strategy, leadership, and legacy.

61. Why You Can't Stop Fighting for Your Community (Even When It Costs You)

Last week Lisa talked about the women who stop showing up for you. This week, she's talking about why YOU don't stop — even when it's thankless, even when it costs you friendships, even when you're exhausted and nobody's clapping. Inspired by a blog post she read about justice and why some people are wired at a deep level to fight for fairness, Lisa breaks down the difference between ambition and a calling, why women in impact work burn out, and how to build sustainability around the fire inside you. She also gets into what happens when the people around you feel threatened by your growth, and why their reaction is never about you. If you've ever laid awake thinking about funding, programming, and why the city council still hasn't emailed you back, this is Part 2 of a two-episode series. Start with Episode 60 if you haven't heard it yet. Main Topics Covered in this Episode: * The difference between ambition and a calling, and why it matters for how you build * Why some women are wired to fight for justice and literally cannot look away from unfairness * The burnout trap: how "I'll just do it myself" keeps your impact small * What happens when people around you feel threatened by your growth * How the 4 P's framework turns your calling into something sustainable and scalable Resources Mentioned in the Episode: * Brand Impact Strategy: build impact into your business without burning out (https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy [https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy]) Connect with Lisa Avila: * Join impact rebels free Telegram community (https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/impact-rebels [https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/impact-rebels]) * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/]) * Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/]) * TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@lisathestrategist_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@lisathestrategist_]) More About The Rich Nonprofit Podcast: The Rich Nonprofit is for cause-driven women who are starting or scaling a nonprofit, or integrating impact into their brand. Each week, Lisa Avila delivers straight talk on strategy, leadership, and legacy.

60. The Loneliness of Leading: Why Women Don't Support Women

You drove home from the event. You checked your phone. Nobody said anything. Nobody recorded your talk, nobody tagged you, nobody sent you a text that said "that was amazing." And you sat with that. This week on The Rich Nonprofit, Lisa gets personal about the loneliness of leading as a woman building impact. She shares what happened with a friend she supported for over a decade who got a big opportunity and then acted like she barely knew her. She talks about the pattern she sees in her own life and in her clients' lives: women who pour into other women, champion them, believe in them, and then one day look around and those women are gone. This episode is about what happens when "empowered women empower women" doesn't play out the way it should, why it hurts so much when the people closest to you go quiet, and why Lisa is choosing boundaries over bitterness and not slowing down. Main Topics Covered in this Episode: * The pattern Lisa sees in her own life and her clients': pouring into women who disappear once they level up * Lisa's personal story about a decade-long friendship that went silent after a big opportunity * Why nobody talks about what happens when "empowered women empower women" doesn't play out * The difference between setting boundaries and getting bitter * Archangel Michael energy: boundaries up, heart open, vision clear Resources Mentioned in the Episode: * Brand Impact Strategy: build impact into your business without burning out (https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy [https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy]) * DM Lisa on Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/]) Connect with Lisa Avila: * Join Built for Bigger FREE Telegram Community (https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/built-for-bigger [https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/built-for-bigger]) * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila/]) * Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/]) More About The Rich Nonprofit Podcast: The Rich Nonprofit is for cause-driven women who are starting or scaling a nonprofit, or integrating impact into their brand. Each week, Lisa Avila delivers straight talk on strategy, leadership, and legacy.

59. The Money Side of Starting a Nonprofit with Erika Millard

You've got the mission on your heart and the drive to match. But should it be a nonprofit, or should you keep running a mission-driven business? And once you decide, what does the money side of this look like when nobody's handing you a manual? This week on The Rich Nonprofit, Lisa sits down with bookkeeping and QuickBooks expert Erika Millard for an honest, back-and-forth conversation about what it takes to start and scale a nonprofit, from both the strategic and financial sides. They cover when a nonprofit makes more sense than a business, the systems you need before you think you need them, how to stop avoiding your numbers, and why paying yourself as a founder is not optional. If you've been sitting on a nonprofit idea or you're early in the build and feeling overwhelmed by the financial piece, this episode gives you the clarity and the structure to move forward. Main Topics Covered in this Episode: * How to know if your idea should be a nonprofit or stay a mission-driven business * Why Lisa recommends starting with impact in your brand before going full nonprofit * The first systems every nonprofit founder needs (donor management + bookkeeping software) * TechSoup: the money-saving hack most founders find out about too late * Finance Friday and other ways to make bookkeeping a habit you keep * Why keeping personal and nonprofit finances separated matters from day one * How networking fuels nonprofit funding (and it's simpler than you think) * Board relations, grant applications, and why your numbers need to be dialed in * When and why nonprofit founders should start paying themselves Resources Mentioned in the Episode: * Brand Impact Strategy: 90-minute intensive to map impact into your brand - https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy [https://poppygrovellc.com/brand-impact-strategy] * TechSoup: discounted software for nonprofits (techsoup.org [http://techsoup.org]) Connect with Lisa Avila: * Join Built for Bigger FREE Telegram Community - https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/built-for-bigger [https://poppygrovellc.myflodesk.com/built-for-bigger] * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamavila] * Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/ [https://www.instagram.com/lisathestrategist/] Connect with Erika Millard: * Website: https://erikamillard.com/ [https://erikamillard.com/] More About The Rich Nonprofit Podcast: The Rich Nonprofit is for cause-driven women who are starting or scaling a nonprofit, or integrating impact into their brand. Each week, Lisa Avila delivers straight talk on strategy, leadership, and legacy.