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Passion Isn’t Enough is an essential handbook for anyone striving to turn purpose into lasting impact. Drawing from real-world experience and expert insight, this guide goes beyond inspiration to deliver actionable strategies on fundraising, team leadership, sustainability, and navigating the complex challenges of nonprofit work. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or leading an established organization, this book equips you with the tools, mindset, and structure to transform passion into meaningful, measurable change. Empowering, honest, and deeply practical—it’s the leadership manual every changemaker needs.

Winner of the Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal in Sustainability.

David S. Rohde is a highly respected American investigative journalist and author, serving as Senior Executive Editor for National Security at NBC News. Previously, he held leadership roles at The New Yorker and reported for The New York Times, Reuters, and Christian Science Monitor. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner—first in 1996 for international reporting on the Srebrenica massacre, and again in 2009 as part of a Times team covering Afghanistan and Pakistan—Rohde is also known for surviving a Taliban kidnapping in 2008. He has authored several acclaimed books including A Rope and a Prayer, Endgame, and Where Tyranny Begins, and sits on the board of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.