Articles by George Overholser

  • (Tactical Philanthropy , March 15, 2010)

  • The toughest thing about building or expanding a nonprofit enterprise is getting the funding. Here's a different way to find the money you need without ending up on the fund-raising treadmill.
    (Community Wealth Vanguard Newsletter, June 1, 2008)

  • This speech discusses why nonprofit capital funding often backfires, and how we can adapt traditional capital campaigns to fix the problem.
    (NFF Paper, February 1, 2006)

  • Building an enterprise is fundamentally different than buying services from that enterprise. And yet, standard nonprofit accounting sheds no light on the building vs. buying distinction. George Overholser believes that this missing distinction is a major reason why a market for nonprofit growth capital has failed to materialize. The good news is that the system can be fixed more easily than one might expect. Read this report to find out more on this subject.
    (NFF Paper, January 1, 2006)

George Overholser, the Founder and Managing Director of NFF Capital Partners, is a recognized leader in the field of capitalizing high-performing nonprofit organizations. Since its launch in 2006, NFF Capital Partners has served as advisor on... read more