Donna Hill: A Profile in Third Sector Grit
Grit, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is a “firmness of mind or spirit, unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger”. The nonprofit sector is great for many reasons, but one of the main reasons for its greatness is what I term, “Third Sector Grit” and it is lived out every day by those whose many stories tell of unyielding courage in the face of hardship. It is a quality that is abundant and at times minimized in the face of “innovation”.
Third Sector Grit is most times demonstrated not in the stories of the sector’s executive leaders; more often it applies to those community champions in each nonprofit who do not have the larger titles but who are individuals that the organization could not move forward without... (continue reading this blog post)
