The Nonprofit Hero Factory
Episode 40: How CoachArt Is Using Tech and 10x Thinking to Scale Impact, with Greg Harrell-Edge
December 16, 2021
When Greg Harrell-Edge first joined CoachArt, they were doing great work in the Los Angeles area. They knew that there were so many more kids who could benefit from their services, but with their current systems, it was taking 7 hours to match one child to a volunteer. In the last 5 years since Greg joined, CoachArt has quadrupled impact, doubled revenue, quintupled cash reserves and have now gone nationwide. The journey began with questions about what was holding them back, and what it would look like if they could grow. That led them to exploring and adopting technology and dramatically changing their story. Greg joins us to talk through the challenges they faced, successes they’ve realized and how other organizations can adopt innovation into their own strategy. ** Episode Links and Shownotes: https://nphf.show/ep40 ** What we’ll be discussing: • Identifying the bottlenecks and obstacles in a nonprofit’s work • The growth questions every nonprofit should be asking • Developing and adopting tech solutions that help you scale without breaking the budget • Persevering in the face of pushback and setbacks • The impact of innovation on culture and fundraising
When Greg Harrell-Edge first joined CoachArt, they were doing great work in the Los Angeles area. They knew that there were so many more kids who could benefit from their services, but with their current systems, it was taking 7 hours to match one child to a volunteer.

In the last 5 years since Greg joined, CoachArt has quadrupled impact, doubled revenue, quintupled cash reserves and have now gone nationwide.

The journey began with questions about what was holding them back, and what it would look like if they could grow. That led them to exploring and adopting technology and dramatically changing their story.

Greg joins us to talk through the challenges they faced, successes they’ve realized and how other organizations can adopt innovation into their own strategy.

** Episode Links and Shownotes: https://nphf.show/ep40 **

What we’ll be discussing:

 • Identifying the bottlenecks and obstacles in a nonprofit’s work
 • The growth questions every nonprofit should be asking
 • Developing and adopting tech solutions that help you scale without breaking the budget
 • Persevering in the face of pushback and setbacks
 • The impact of innovation on culture and fundraising