Archive for August, 2011

(Very) Early Year End Fundraising Tips

August 24th, 2011

(Very) Early Year End Fundraising Tips I know, it’s just the start of the Minnesota State Fair this week.  For some reason, this time of year always starts me thinking about year end.  Apparently I’m not the only one.  Guidestar produced a set of year end fundraising tips that worked well in 2010 in its [...]

Immediate Funding Available for Capacity Building

August 16th, 2011

Christmas has come a few months early for Central Minnesota nonprofits. The Initiative Foundation has recently announced the availability of funds for a variety of activities that can help your organization do good better. That’s right, you identify your capacity-building need/s and our friends at IF will help connect you with a consultant AND foot the bill. [...]

Board Leadership Academy Accepting Apps through Sept. 9

August 8th, 2011

Originally posted by Sheri Holm on West Central Blogger All nonprofit organizations in west central Minnesota are invited to apply for the Board Leadership Academy – a customized training program designed to help nonprofit board and staff members work together to strengthen their organizations’ performance and success. Up to 10 nonprofits will be chosen for [...]

Daring to Lead 2011

August 1st, 2011

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and the Meyer Foundation have recently published Daring to Lead 2011, the third study in the series which began in 2001.  A total of 3,000 development executives were surveyed for the study.  According to MAP for Nonprofits July 27 Newswire, 225 nonprofit leaders in our region were surveyed and our regional results [...]