Opinion

Scary Nonprofit Stories to Tell in the Dark 2025

Written by Vu Le

Hi everyone, Halloween is coming up next week, which means it’s time for the annual scary stories. These are terrifying tales that are guaranteed to send chills up your spine. Gather your coworkers and read these stories together, because I don’t recommend you read them alone. Add your scary stories in the comment section.

100 MORE YEARS

The gala was well attended. It was a Poe-themed event in celebration of a hundred years of service, and attendees wore elaborate ball gowns and coats and tails, their faces half-obscured by intricate raven masks. The air was light and joyful, and food and drinks were plentiful.

Suddenly the music died down and a hush fell over the room, the space darkened by tall vermilion curtains cinched with golden ropes. A dashing man, the board chair, stood at the ornate lectern, the spotlight framing his salt-and-pepper hair and refined features.

“It has been 100 years since our founding,” he said, holding a silver chalice of red wine, “and during this time, we have fed the hungry, found clothes for the cold, shelter for the homeless. We have served thousands.”

He raised the chalice. “To 100 more years!” he said, and the crowd raised their glasses and applauded, the feathers of their masks shaking softly, stirring the air.

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About the author

Vu Le

Vu Le (“voo lay”) is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms.

Known for his no-BS approach, irreverent sense of humor, and love of unicorns, Vu has been featured in dozens, if not hundreds, of his own blog posts at NonprofitAF.com.