LSS in Forbes: The Cost of Doing Nothing
For the third time this year, Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS) has been featured in Forbes.
President & CEO Héctor Colón shared insights on one of the nonprofit sector’s most pressing challenges: how organizations can preserve their mission while adapting to a rapidly changing landscape.
“The sector’s most important question is not only how we fund the work, but how we organize ourselves to sustain it.”
The article, Preserving Mission By Rethinking Structure In The Nonprofit Sector, explores why mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships should be considered not as signs of weakness, but as opportunities to strengthen sustainability, expand impact, and better serve communities facing increasingly complex needs.
Drawing on LSS’s own experience, the article challenges nonprofit leaders and boards to rethink traditional structures and ask a critical question:
What becomes possible when organizations work together to advance their mission?