January 15, 2012

A Focus on Fun Keeps a Charity Booming

A Focus on Fun Keeps Charity Booming 1

courtesy of Kaboom

KaBoom, which builds playgrounds, threads its playful mission through its organizational culture, including this office play space for workers.

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courtesy of Kaboom

KaBoom, which builds playgrounds, threads its playful mission through its organizational culture, including this office play space for workers.

By Nicole Wallace

Organization: KaBoom (Washington)

Number of employees: 80

The group’s approach: KaBoom works hard to create a playful organizational culture—think monthly peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich days and an annual Pumpkin Palooza at Halloween—both as a reflection of its mission to promote playground building and as a way to build camaraderie across the nonprofit and motivate employees. At the start of each year, the