Vicki Pozzebon
@vickipozzebon.bsky.social
Founder, CEO - www.prosperapartners.org, cultivating communities for social good. Follow us on https://bsky.app/profile/prosperapartners.org
Writer, blogger on all things social impact. Read more on Substack https://pozzebon.substack.com/
Writer, blogger on all things social impact. Read more on Substack https://pozzebon.substack.com/
Happy Giving Tuesday, everybody!
Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Musk himself, who is the world's richest man.
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy Giving Tuesday, everybody!
The more you know…
Locally owned independent businesses are using local services for payroll, accounting and other services, circulating money right back in our community.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The more you know…
Had the pleasure of meeting the legend and author, Julia Cameron, tonight. 13 years ago this month, I picked up a copy of her book Transitions and launched my consulting company and have built my facilitation and leadership work with her inspirations. Now I have to write a Substack about it all! ❤️🙏🏻📖
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Had the pleasure of meeting the legend and author, Julia Cameron, tonight. 13 years ago this month, I picked up a copy of her book Transitions and launched my consulting company and have built my facilitation and leadership work with her inspirations. Now I have to write a Substack about it all! ❤️🙏🏻📖
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I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Why, yes I do have a TBR pile next to my bed. You?
I recently told a colleague that my blood pressure immediately goes down when I enter a bookstore or start a new book, so I thought I’d share some good books that are also useful for these chaotic and difficult times. Plus, they just might inspire some social impact ideas for you, too! — Vicki
Five Books to Get You Through This Fall
The weather outside is frightful (and so is the daily barrage of news) and I sure could use a distraction from it all.
bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Why, yes I do have a TBR pile next to my bed. You?
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Celebrating People and Planet First week gives us a great excuse to share—in plain terms—what we do.
As a People and Planet First verified business, we are proud to work for the greater good, creating real change for communities and putting people and planet first.
#PPFWEEK #PeopleAndPlanetFirst
As a People and Planet First verified business, we are proud to work for the greater good, creating real change for communities and putting people and planet first.
#PPFWEEK #PeopleAndPlanetFirst
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Celebrating People and Planet First week gives us a great excuse to share—in plain terms—what we do.
As a People and Planet First verified business, we are proud to work for the greater good, creating real change for communities and putting people and planet first.
#PPFWEEK #PeopleAndPlanetFirst
As a People and Planet First verified business, we are proud to work for the greater good, creating real change for communities and putting people and planet first.
#PPFWEEK #PeopleAndPlanetFirst
I’ve done a lot in my 13 years of consulting biz, but this is my proudest of achievements so far. #socialenterprise #reponsiblebusiness
We're proudly People and Planet First Verified and joining a global celebration of enterprises that put purpose before profit during People and Planet First Week 2025! #PPFWEEK #PeopleAndPlanetFirst #PurchasingwithPurpose
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ve done a lot in my 13 years of consulting biz, but this is my proudest of achievements so far. #socialenterprise #reponsiblebusiness
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The Race to Lead 2025 survey will offer critical insights into race, leadership, and equity in the nonprofit sector. Anyone who currently works for pay at a np org in the US or its territories, regardless of role or title, should fill this out 1/2
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8366111/n...
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8366111/n...
Race to Lead 2025 Survey
survey.alchemer.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Race to Lead 2025 survey will offer critical insights into race, leadership, and equity in the nonprofit sector. Anyone who currently works for pay at a np org in the US or its territories, regardless of role or title, should fill this out 1/2
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8366111/n...
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8366111/n...
Really looking forward to leading this discussion tomorrow with nonprofit leaders on how to survive, and thrive, in the current chaos of our times, with @theamiba.bsky.social .
Vicki will be leading a Local Leaders Roundtable for the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social on November 13
Learn more and register here:
amiba.net/events/#!eve...
Learn more and register here:
amiba.net/events/#!eve...
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really looking forward to leading this discussion tomorrow with nonprofit leaders on how to survive, and thrive, in the current chaos of our times, with @theamiba.bsky.social .
The northen lights tonight. Santa Fe, NM
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The northen lights tonight. Santa Fe, NM
Now is the time to give what you can to nonprofit orgs. Read on for how to do it easily.
Just (F*cking) Do It - Give Now!
An open letter from Vicki of Prospera Partners and Cecile of Ripple Catalyst Studio on how to give with impact right now.
prosperapartners.org/do-it-give-n...
An open letter from Vicki of Prospera Partners and Cecile of Ripple Catalyst Studio on how to give with impact right now.
prosperapartners.org/do-it-give-n...
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Now is the time to give what you can to nonprofit orgs. Read on for how to do it easily.
Happy Halloween! 👻🎃👀
Parents, PLEASE check your kids' candy. I just found a 2017 theory of change inside this Kit Kat.
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Happy Halloween! 👻🎃👀
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
May I have the energy of the first and second pitch home runs of game five of the Jays in the World Series. 😂🥳🔥🙌🏻
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
May I have the energy of the first and second pitch home runs of game five of the Jays in the World Series. 😂🥳🔥🙌🏻
Interested in sustainable, affordable housing and our strategic consulting process for social enterprises? Listen to this great podcast!
Hear Crooked Forest spill the beans ...
... On what it was like to work with us!
crookedforestinstitute.podbean.com/e/the-prospe...
... On what it was like to work with us!
crookedforestinstitute.podbean.com/e/the-prospe...
The Prospera Partners Process for Crooked Forest | The Crooked Forest Podcast
Join Joe and Holly for a conversation about the organizational audit and optimization process that we went through with our nonprofit consultants, Prospera Partners. We reviewed all of our foundationa...
crookedforestinstitute.podbean.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Interested in sustainable, affordable housing and our strategic consulting process for social enterprises? Listen to this great podcast!
My heart will forever live in these New Mexico mountains.
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My heart will forever live in these New Mexico mountains.
This is such a good interview with Vu Le on the changes the nonprofit sector needs now. Vital reading for anyone in nonprofit work and in philanthropy. Thank you @npquarterly.bsky.social
@nonprofitaf.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/reinvigorati...
@nonprofitaf.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/reinvigorati...
Reinvigorating the Nonprofit Sector: A Conversation with Vu Le - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The nonprofit sector is in a rut and it needs to change. This includes replacing “best practices” with liberatory practices and centering equity in the work.
nonprofitquarterly.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is such a good interview with Vu Le on the changes the nonprofit sector needs now. Vital reading for anyone in nonprofit work and in philanthropy. Thank you @npquarterly.bsky.social
@nonprofitaf.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/reinvigorati...
@nonprofitaf.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/reinvigorati...
Another substack for you. Social enterprise Lessons from Down Under #socialenterprise #nonprofits open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Lessons from Down Under
What the US Can Learn from Australia When it Comes to Social Enterprise Advocacy
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another substack for you. Social enterprise Lessons from Down Under #socialenterprise #nonprofits open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
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"Send in the Clowns-or Puppets-to All the Protests"
Read Vicki's latest reflecting on her Bread and Puppet Theatre days and more open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Read Vicki's latest reflecting on her Bread and Puppet Theatre days and more open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Send in the Clowns or Puppets - To All the Protests
Long before I worked with local economies and social enterprise, I cut my social justice theatre chops with Bread and Puppet Theatre Company performing in the Domestic Resurrection Circus as a giant f...
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"Send in the Clowns-or Puppets-to All the Protests"
Read Vicki's latest reflecting on her Bread and Puppet Theatre days and more open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Read Vicki's latest reflecting on her Bread and Puppet Theatre days and more open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Reposted by Vicki Pozzebon
My latest Substack - theatre as protest. Let's go!
open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
Send in the Clowns or Puppets - To All the Protests
Long before I worked with local economies and social enterprise, I cut my social justice theatre chops with Bread and Puppet Theatre Company performing in the Domestic Resurrection Circus as a giant f...
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My latest Substack - theatre as protest. Let's go!
open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
open.substack.com/pub/pozzebon...
“We know from past experience that we will see lower sales than we would have as long as the government shutdown lasts,” said Mike Roach, co-owner of Paloma Clothing, a 50-year-old women’s clothing retailer in Portland, OR. www.wsj.com/business/gov...
How Businesses Are Already Feeling Shutdown Pain
From a medical-device maker to marketers, companies are feeling the pinch of stalled contracts.
www.wsj.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“We know from past experience that we will see lower sales than we would have as long as the government shutdown lasts,” said Mike Roach, co-owner of Paloma Clothing, a 50-year-old women’s clothing retailer in Portland, OR. www.wsj.com/business/gov...
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Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.
About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed | KFF
This analysis estimates that 48% of adults under age 65 with individual market coverage are either employed by a small business with fewer than 25 workers, self-employed entrepreneurs, or small…
www.kff.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.
Books targeted for bans more often than not depict characters who challenge oppressive systems and who question authority and established norms. And from October 5th to October 19th, Bookshop.org is making it a little easier to read them.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Books targeted for bans more often than not depict characters who challenge oppressive systems and who question authority and established norms. And from October 5th to October 19th, Bookshop.org is making it a little easier to read them.
It’s fall in Santa Fe. Enjoy the view!
October 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It’s fall in Santa Fe. Enjoy the view!