Like the development of any entity, cause-driven grassroots nonprofits evolve. Generally speaking, they have stages they go through, from a few determined people deciding to do something, to a nationally recognized cause-related brand.

Nonprofits driven by the need to change society for the better often start via a conversation. People decide they want to try to change something, to right an injustice, to protect the unprotected, to provide services where non are offered. Efforts start, momentum build, people learn of the cause and some are convinced to join. A movement, big or small, is born.

More to come.