Nonprofit Capacity Building: The Allstate Foundation Greater Good Nonprofit Leaders Program

To strengthen leadership in the nonprofit sector, The Allstate Foundation partnered with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management's Center for Nonprofit Management in 2014 to launch the Greater Good Nonprofit Leaders Program.

Now in its second year, Greater Good brings together emerging nonprofit leaders from across the country to engage in a unique leadership development program designed to transform their organizations, their communities, and the nonprofit sector as a whole.

Highly motivated, mid-career nonprofit professionals who have demonstrated exceptional innovation and creativity in their leadership abilities are encouraged to apply between January 1 – March 31, 2016 to be considered for the next Greater Good class.

The Allstate Foundation is particularly interested in supporting a diverse range of leaders from mid-size organizations in need of additional resources to further develop their own leaders. Therefore, priority consideration is given to leaders from organizations with the following profiles:

Directly serving the community (i.e. social service, education, health, etc.)

Annual budgets between $3-10 million

What makes Greater Good unique?

Throughout this year-long program, leaders experience four in-person academic sessions led by Kellogg faculty, complemented by one-on-one executive coaching and individual development opportunities. All program elements are customized to participants' needs based on data collected in a 360-degree assessment of each leader at the start of the program. The Greater Good program and related travel are funded by The Allstate Foundation and offered to participants at no cost to their organizations.