{"podcast":{"title":"Fundable by Design","slug":"fundable-by-design-547744","podcast_index_feed_id":547744,"rss_url":"https://nonprofitnuggets.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://fundablebydesign.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/a/b/2/bab25ce286763e9516c3140a3186d450/podcast_cover-20260129-655hr4xd4p.png","author":"Jennifer Yarbrough","episode_count":97,"summary":"Are you a nonprofit leader who is looking for real insight into how to successfully startup, fundraise for, or successfully lead your nonprofit organization. If you answered yes, this podcast is for you. In this podcast you will discover: 1. What a nonprofit really is; 2. Grant tips; and, 3. Ways to raise money for your nonprofit I share with you how I have raised hundreds of millions of dollars stretching beyond traditional grants, and trained thousands of organizations across the globe. Sign up for my newsletter. Http://Bit.ly/jnnpodcastlist","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744"},"episode":{"title":"The Dangerous Mistake: Starting a Nonprofit Based on Your Idea (Not the Community's Need)","slug":"the-dangerous-mistake-starting-a-nonprofit-based-on-your-idea-not-the-community-s-need","published_at":"2026-04-11T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744/the-dangerous-mistake-starting-a-nonprofit-based-on-your-idea-not-the-community-s-need","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744","url":"https://nonprofitnuggets.libsyn.com/the-dangerous-mistake-starting-a-nonprofit-based-on-your-idea-not-the-communitys-need","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nonprofitnuggets/The_Dangerous_Mistake__Starting_a_Nonprofit_Based_on_Your_Idea_Not_the_Communitys_Need_PTx9etRZgxc.mp3?dest-id=495072","summary":"I want to talk about a mistake I see far too often — and it's a dangerous one. Starting a nonprofit based on your idea… instead of the community's actual need. If your organization is built around your idea instead of real, validated need, it will struggle to gain traction, trust, and funding. Nonprofits are not built to express our ideas. They are built to respond to real problems. If you're in the early stages or even if you've already started, this conversation will help you step back and ask a critical question: Who is this really for? Because when your work is aligned with actual need, everything changes — from impact to trust to funding.","meta_description":"I want to talk about a mistake I see far too often — and it's a dangerous one. Starting a nonprofit based on your idea… instead of the community's actual…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2597,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fundable-by-design-547744/episodes/the-dangerous-mistake-starting-a-nonprofit-based-on-your-idea-not-the-community-s-need/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744/the-dangerous-mistake-starting-a-nonprofit-based-on-your-idea-not-the-community-s-need.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}