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Episode 132: Find Your People: How Advocacy Helped One Founder Build a Mission-Driven Nonprofit

Episode 132: Find Your People: How Advocacy Helped One Founder Build a Mission-Driven Nonprofit

Update: 2025-07-15
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In this episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson talks with Courtney Johnson, the Founder and CEO of Culinary Care, a nonprofit that delivers meals and comfort to cancer patients undergoing treatment. Courtney shares what it's really like to start a nonprofit from scratch at just 23 years old, and how advocacy—both for her mission and herself—was the key to getting in the door with hospitals, donors, and volunteers.


You’ll learn how she built a sustainable fundraising model, why she ignored the naysayers, and what every aspiring founder needs to know before launching a nonprofit. If you’re starting out or scaling up, this episode will re-ignite your passion and give you practical tools for finding your people.


✅ Topics Covered:

  • How to turn a personal story into a powerful mission
  • Advocacy as a strategy to open doors and win support
  • Navigating nonprofit startup challenges as a young founder
  • Building community through intentional fundraising
  • Sustaining growth with aligned partnerships

  • Connect with Courtney Johnson
  • Linked In- https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-s-white/

  • Website- https://culinarycare.org/

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    Episode 132: Find Your People: How Advocacy Helped One Founder Build a Mission-Driven Nonprofit

    Episode 132: Find Your People: How Advocacy Helped One Founder Build a Mission-Driven Nonprofit

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