In 2025, nonprofit CEOs left their roles at record levels — over 860 exits by April alone. The highest number ever recorded for that time period. Only 29% of nonprofits had a succession plan. That gap: record departures, almost no preparation. That isn't a planning problem. It's a capacity problem. And it didn't start the moment someone handed in their resignation. It started years earlier, in the moments when building the bench felt less urgent than executing the work. I've