{"id":14547,"date":"2025-06-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpirdev.wpengine.com\/?post_type=learning-center&#038;p=14547"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:10:48","slug":"how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success","status":"publish","type":"learning-center","link":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/","title":{"rendered":"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Featuring PIR\u2019s Jon Nevett on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What role does workplace culture play in the success of a nonprofit? Quite a big one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon Nevett, President and CEO of<a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/\"> Public Interest Registry<\/a> (PIR), recently joined Stephen Halasnik on the <em>Nonprofit MBA Podcast<\/em>, a go-to resource for nonprofit leaders, to talk about why creating a healthy, supportive culture is essential\u2014not just for your team, but for your mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-listen-to-the-episode-or-read-the-executive-summary\"><strong>Listen to the Episode or Read the Executive Summary<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Episode: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/financingsolutionsnow.com\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\">How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this thoughtful conversation, Jon shares what it means to lead with a people-first mindset and how that approach has helped shape Public Interest Registry\u2019s success as the nonprofit behind the .ORG domain. From embracing flexibility and well-being to building an inclusive workplace that attracts top talent, Jon breaks down what culture really looks like behind the scenes and why it\u2019s a long-term investment worth making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-guests\"><strong>About the Guests<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon Nevett<\/strong> is the President and CEO of<a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/\"> Public Interest Registry<\/a> (PIR). A longtime leader in tech and domain policy, Jon brings experience from both the private and public sectors\u2014including his work as a co-founder of Donuts Inc. and as a member of the Obama Administration\u2019s Online Safety and Technology Working Group. Under his leadership, PIR continues to center transparency, trust, and employee happiness as key drivers of impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Stephen Halasnik<\/strong>\u00a0is a Managing Partner at\u00a0<strong>Financing Solutions<\/strong>,\u00a0which is a leading provider of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/hdRbCNkyl0Fq6YNTmfGsySRpA?domain=financingsolutionsnow.com\/\">loans to nonprofits<\/a>\u00a0and is the Host of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/082PCOYzm8CLODAUvhMsGl5E2?domain=financingsolutionsnow.com\/\">The Nonprofit MBA Podcast<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0. Through his podcast, he brings financial and operational insights to nonprofit leaders navigating growth and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14551,"template":"","article-type":[575],"bit-type":[],"learning-center-category":[573],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success - PIR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Featuring PIR\u2019s Jon Nevett on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast What role does workplace culture play in the success of a nonprofit? Quite a big one! Jon Nevett, President and CEO of Public Interest Registry (PIR), recently joined Stephen Halasnik on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, a go-to resource for nonprofit leaders, to talk about why creating [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PIR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIRegistry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T13:10:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@piregistry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\",\"name\":\"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success - PIR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-26T14:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T13:10:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/\",\"name\":\"Public Interest Registry\",\"description\":\"Making Mission-Driven Organizations Successful Online\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"PIR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Public Interest Registry\",\"alternateName\":\"PIR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/logo_pir-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/logo_pir-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Public Interest Registry\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pir.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIRegistry\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/piregistry\"],\"description\":\"Public Interest Registry is a nonprofit organization created by the Internet Society to manage the .ORG domain. We operate and manage the .ORG Family of Domains and are also active participants with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and within the global Internet community.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success - PIR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success","og_description":"Featuring PIR\u2019s Jon Nevett on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast What role does workplace culture play in the success of a nonprofit? Quite a big one! Jon Nevett, President and CEO of Public Interest Registry (PIR), recently joined Stephen Halasnik on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, a go-to resource for nonprofit leaders, to talk about why creating [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/","og_site_name":"PIR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIRegistry","article_modified_time":"2025-09-02T13:10:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@piregistry","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/","url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/","name":"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success - PIR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png","datePublished":"2025-06-26T14:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T13:10:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OLC_NonProfitMBA_Thumbnail-1.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/for-orgs\/learning-center\/resources\/how-culture-affects-your-nonprofit-success\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pir.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Culture Affects Your Nonprofit Success"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/","name":"Public Interest Registry","description":"Making Mission-Driven Organizations Successful Online","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#organization"},"alternateName":"PIR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pir.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#organization","name":"Public Interest Registry","alternateName":"PIR","url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/logo_pir-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/logo_pir-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Public Interest Registry"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pir.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIRegistry","https:\/\/x.com\/piregistry"],"description":"Public Interest Registry is a nonprofit organization created by the Internet Society to manage the .ORG domain. We operate and manage the .ORG Family of Domains and are also active participants with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and within the global Internet community."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learning-center\/14547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learning-center"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/learning-center"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=14547"},{"taxonomy":"bit-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bit-type?post=14547"},{"taxonomy":"learning-center-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learning-center-category?post=14547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}