Run The Mission
Run The Mission
Brad Wendling
Your mission is solid. Your operations aren't — yet. Run The Mission is the weekly podcast for nonprofit leaders who know their org could run better but don't have a COO to show them how. Host Bradley Wendling brings 25 years of real nonprofit ops experience — food banks, disaster response, federal compliance — to every episode. Practical frameworks, honest conversations, zero filler. Because when operations break down, the mission suffers. Get started: wendlingconsulting.com
Ep 04: How to Scale a Nonprofit Program Without Breaking What's Working
A field-tested framework for multi-site expansion. Most programs don't fail at scale because the model was wrong — they fail because the infrastructure didn't scale with it.Learn more and Book a Discovery call at wendlingconsulting.com
May 14
21 min
Ep 03: Federal Compliance for Nonprofits: What Most Organizations Get Wrong
After 25 years managing CACFP, SFSP, and multi-funder compliance — the 5 most common gaps and the 3-binder framework that prevents most findings.Learn more and Book a Discovery call at wendlingconsulting.com
May 7
20 min
Ep 02: 5 Signs Your Nonprofit Is Growing Faster Than Its Systems
How to recognize the gap between program success and operational capacity before it becomes a crisis. The five warning signs and the three questions that tell you where you are.Learn more and Book a Discovery call at wendlingconsulting.com
Apr 30
19 min
Ep 01: Why Nonprofit Operations Is Mission — Not Overhead
The case for treating infrastructure as a strategic investment. Why the overhead myth damages the organizations it's meant to protect — and what strong operations actually looks like in practice.Learn more and Book a Discovery call at wendlingconsulting.com
Apr 14
21 min