Season 12: A Season of Change
About This Episode
Nonprofits and foundations have always done the quiet, essential work of holding communities together. Season 12 starts with the premise that the work hasn’t changed—but the conditions have. The pace is faster, the decisions are knottier, and “resilience” is being redefined in real time.
This season, Mission Forward goes behind Mission Partners’ new research report to surface what leaders are seeing on the ground and how they’re responding: navigating financial strain while demand rises, filling emerging gaps, and leaning harder on collaboration, community, and responsible uses of AI to scale impact without losing the plot. It’s less a tour of what’s shifting than a close listen to the choices leaders are making inside the shift—so you can carry what’s useful back to your own mission.
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Hey there, it's Carrie, host of the Mission Forward Podcast.
As a social impact consultant, I have been guiding organizations and their leaders on how to move missions forward for over 25 years.
And I have come to understand what it really takes to effect lasting and positive change.
Now, in this 12th season of our podcast, we are taking that knowledge to the next level.
This season, we will go behind the scenes of our brand new 2026 Insights on Purpose Research Report.
Which reveals how nonprofits and foundations are readying themselves for the year ahead and will spotlight several leaders who are at the forefront of navigating change.
So why do these insights matter now?
Because nonprofits and foundations have always been there Holding our communities together, stepping into the gaps, advancing the public good when it matters most.
But this moment is asking more.
As the pace of change quickens, leaders are navigating complex uncertainty, making difficult decisions, reassessing what resilience really looks like. and finding new ways to deliver on missions that can't wait.
This isn't just a series about what's changing.
It's about how leaders like you are responding.
From Mission Partners, I'm Carrie Fox, and this is Mission Forward, Season 12.
Join us and hear how today's leaders are navigating changing times.
To move their missions and all of our world forward.
All new episodes starting February 3rd, 2026.
See you soon.
