Nonprofit Lowdown
Nonprofit Lowdown
Rhea Wong
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#341- Building A Nonprofit From Scratch with Dr. Nastassia Harris
34 minutes Posted Jun 9, 2025 at 11:00 am.
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This week on Nonprofit Lowdown, I sit down with the phenomenal Dr. Nastassia Harris (@perinatalhealthequity) to talk about her journey from professor and nurse to full-time founder and CEO of the Perinatal Health Equity Initiative.


We talk about:

✅ Making the leap into nonprofit leadership

✅ Facing fears around fundraising & salary

✅ “Burning the ships” and doing it scared

✅ Why YOU are the bottleneck in your org (and how to stop it)

✅ Building a donor base that actually cares

✅ Hiring lessons every founder needs to hear


This is a must-listen for anyone who's ever wondered if they can turn their mission into a sustainable movement. Nastassia did—and she's sharing how. 💜


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Nastassia’s LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnastassiakharris  

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