Leveraging Good Will: Strengthening Nonprofits by Engaging Businesses

by Alice Korngold

Leveraging Good Will shows how nonprofit organizations can access the extraordinary resources of businesses, and how for-profits can benefit from partnering with nonprofits. Written by Alice Korngold—an expert in matching business professionals with nonprofit organizations—this important resource clearly demonstrates how nonprofits can gain valuable experience, expertise, relationships, and funding that will elevate and advance their organizations while businesses can build stronger relationships with the community and develop the next generation of leaders. Filled with illustrative examples and real-life success stories, Leveraging Good Will is an insider’s guide to what it takes for nonprofits to transform their organizations through partnerships with businesses. Step by step, the book outlines how to create a solid plan based on proven-in-practice techniques.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Alice Korngold, President & CEO, Korngold Consulting LLC, provides strategy advisory services for board members and executives of multinational companies and global and regional nonprofits. Drawing on nearly forty years of experience, Alice's expertise is in board governance; sustainability and ESG; DEI; and measurement and ratings. Korngold authored three books, including A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future (Palgrave Macmillan, July 2023). She has been a visiting professor and guest lecturer at a number of graduate business schools. She is a keynote speaker at global meetings including most recently for the U.N. Global Compact Network USA.