Leadership Acceleration Program
2025 Program Application
Please complete the application form below to apply for participation in the Leadership Acceleration Program, which will begin in October, 2025.
Application Process
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Complete the online application form below. You can download the LAP application information sheet (available in PDF or Word formats) to help you prepare to submit your application materials. It notes selection criteria for your proposed project or opportunity, as well as all the information requested in the online application.
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Submit the following addition documents (either within the application form or separately by email*).
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Resume
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Letter in support of your application from your Board Chair
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Letter in support of your application from a professional peer
*Note: If submitting required additional documents by email, send your email to LAP (at) nonprofitnet.org.
All your application materials must be received by Thursday, September 18, 2025. Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
Note a recording of the informational webinar on the LAP program is available here.
LAP at a Glance
Nonproft Net's Leadership Accelerator Program (LAP) focuses on enhancing the confidence and leadership skills of organizational leaders as they take on an important initiative. Each participant works with an Executive Coach throughout the nine-month journey and joins a valuable peer group for support and honest feedback.
By the Numbers*
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100% satisfaction rate in progress toward Performance Challenge
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100% are likely to recommend LAP to a colleague
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100% found the peer group valuable
*Source: Post-program survey of the 2024/2025 LAP cohort
No applicants will be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.
Selection Criteria
Please keep the following selection criteria in mind when proposing the project or challenge that you will focus on during the program:
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The project proposed is one of the two or three most important opportunities or challenges facing your organization. (Success is important to many people.)
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Executive director engagement and leadership is essential to the project.
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Significant progress is possible within nine months.
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Many people must contribute to the challenge to achieve success. These may include, for example, Board members, staff members, and external stakeholders – not just you.
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The proposed project will demand doing things differently. (It’s not just business as usual.)
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The project is an effort that will require the executive director to step out of their comfort zone.