Habitat for Humanity: The Evolution of a High-Performing Nonprofit Network
DECEMBER 06, 2011
RICK COHEN, The Nonprofit Quarterly
High-performing organizations do not all look alike. The measure for one might be output; for another, impact; for a third, synoptic leaps in efficiency. Missing from most literature is the turbulence surrounding the political and economic environment that compels truly stellar nonprofits to continuously adjust, adapt, and change. Habitat for Humanity International is an example of an unusually high-performing organizational network facing the challenge of constant learning and adaptation to the complexities of operating in diverse cities and nations, while holding true to an identity at the nexus of their faith-based mission of creating affordable homeownership for those in (continue to nonprofit quarterly)
