Be the Lighthouse | Giving Tuesday, December 1

Someone helped light the way for you.

This Giving Tuesday, help light the way for another leader.

Add your light

A lighthouse doesn't steer the ship. It helps you see.

All fall, our community has told us about the people who helped them find clarity, confidence, and courage when it mattered most. Coaches, mentors, colleagues, board members. People who didn't hand over answers, but helped someone see clearly enough to find their own.

That is the work Coaching for Community Leaders (C4CL) exists to do for the leaders advancing equity and justice.

Who supports the leaders supporting our communities?

Nonprofit leaders are carrying more with less.

46%of nonprofit CEOs call their own burnout a major concern
66%are concerned about their organization's financial stability

A mission is only as buoyant as the people leading it.

Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy, State of Nonprofits 2026.

How C4CL lights the way

  • 1-on-1 leadership coaching

    For established and emerging leaders, with ICF-credentialed coaches who are sector-fluent, culturally attuned, and equity-centered.

  • Team coaching and workshops

    Designed around a team's real challenges, not a generic, off-the-shelf program.

  • The Lighthouse Leadership Fund

    C4CL's pro bono initiative, providing the same coaching and team development as our paid programs, at no cost, to qualifying nonprofits navigating extraordinary change.

  • Partnerships

    With foundations and grantmakers who invest in their grantees' leadership.

What your gift makes possible

Your Giving Tuesday gift helps nonprofit leaders get coaching when cost would stand in the way, work with a coach who already understands their world, bring their whole team along through workshops built around real challenges, and reach more organizations through partnerships with funders.

When a leader has support, their whole organization feels it.

Every gift adds light.

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Stories from the light

"Our sessions are the one time on my calendar that is focused on re-orienting myself to my core values and rediscovering my bearings in the midst of significant change."

Sylvia Lee, Dean, Howard Community College

"This is such a gift. It was the respite I needed in the midst of all of this, and the inspiration I needed to keep thinking about how I want to lead."

Jade Leedham, CEO, Second Story

"Moving from self-reflection around our individual DiSC styles to practical strategies for collaborating effectively across different types gave us actionable tools we can use right away."

Linda M., Interim Associate Dean, Howard Community College

Who was your lighthouse?

Someone who helped light the way for me was _____ because _____.

Share your story with #BeTheLighthouse, or email it to us with "My lighthouse" in the subject line.

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Coaching for Community Leaders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.