Redemptive Impact Accelerator
A resource for faith-based non-profits to strengthen both executive and program-level leadership skills and impact through a Redemptive Leadership approach.
The Accelerator
The Redemptive Impact Accelerator (RIA) focuses on the key components of leading a Nonprofit with a redemptive impact. We will cover the Redemptive Frame: Strategy, Leadership, and Operations. Leaders are partnered with coaches who walk alongside the organizations throughout the experience. Nonprofit Leaders emerge with clear impact goals and plans for their organizations, leading to new levels of impact and sustainability.
The Redemptive Impact Accelerator (RIA) is a collaborative training provided by FPU Center for Community Transformation and Every Neighborhood Partnership, in partnership with Praxis.
Modules
Experience a new format of our Redemptive Impact Accelerator, crafted into 3 4-week sprints around Leadership, Operations, and Strategy. We are thankful for the generous support of local sponsors and donors who have helped reduce the cost of this experience to Central Valley nonprofits.
Module 1
Leadership
Why We Build
The leadership module will equip you to clarify direction, strengthen organizational foundations, and lead with greater purpose and impact. Walk away with actionable tools and a clearer picture of what redemptive leadership looks like in your nonprofit.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a north star strategy
- Explore your mission, vision and values through a redemptive lens
- Explore mental models and how to build them into your nonprofit
- Explore your nonprofit’s capabilities and the value you deliver to our community
- Define and determine your sensemaking strategy for opportunities and challenges
- Walk away with a clearer sense of what Redemptive Leadership looks like in your nonprofit.
April 10 – May 1
Fridays • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fresno Pacific University, North Hall Room 124
Optional catered lunch to follow
Cost: $30
Module 2
Strategy
What We Build
The strategy module will equip you to build redemptive value propositions and effective program design for long-term impact and sustainability.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the difference between exploitative, ethical, and redemptive strategies
- Design programs that dignify and empower, not merely serve
- Develop a culture of monitoring and evaluation for long-term change
- Apply redemptive innovation methods to enhance existing programs
Coming Fall 2026
Module 3
Operations
How We Build
The operations module will equip you to design efficient systems for your team while stewarding your finances for a redemptive organizational culture.
Learning Objectives
- Build simple, redemptive practices into HR systems
- Making operational decisions that protect mission integrity
- Workflows that reduce burnout
Coming Fall 2026
Accelerator Highlights
As a faith-based non-profit or community benefit organization leader, in the often lonely and challenging role of leading, you are faced with questions that do not have easy answers.
- How can we make sure we are having the impact we are looking for?
- How can our work be more sustainable?
- How can I find joy in this calling?
- How can we train our staff and board for maximum effectiveness?
- Are we tapping appropriate revenue streams?
- How can we tell our story without hurting those we serve?
Join the accelerator for the answers you need.
RIA Cohort 2
Hear from previous RIA participants and their takeaways.
Impact Accelerator Updates
3½ Months of Growth: What These Nonprofit Leaders Learned
On June 7, leaders from six local nonprofits celebrated their graduation from the second cohort of the Redemptive Impact Accelerator (RIA)—a 3½-month journey equipping them
First Redemptive Impact Accelerator Cohort Graduates!
The first Redemptive Impact Accelerator cohort celebrated it’s completion in June! Thank you to all our participants, speakers, advisors, and partners (Every Neighborhood Partnership, Ten Talents Foundation, and Randy White & Associates) for making this a successful launch.
