A big thank you to those of you who gave up a beautiful Indian Summer evening to learn more about the craft of grant writing at the recent workshop sponsored by the Greater Pine Area Endowment and the Initiative Foundation. Below you’ll find some further resources to assist you in your grant writing efforts. As [...]
If you attended our breakout session at the 2011 MCN Annual Conference, you may be interested in digging in further to explore research and tips for cultivating donors across generations. Check out our Key Resources List for a list of resources that helped to shape our discussion. Thanks for all who attended the session. We had [...]
Members of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, now is your opportunity to vote for your preferred representatives for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits’ Board of Directors. From the MCN website: The competitive election will shape the future of the membership association for years to come. MCN member organizations are represented by an elected board of [...]
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence and Social Innovation is presenting its 3rd annual Innovation Summit from 8-11 a.m. at St. Cloud’s River’s Edge Convention Center. The Summit will include a presentation of the 2011-2012 St. Cloud Area Nonprofit Innovation Awards, Innovation Roundtable invitations and table conversations to further explore approaches presented by the speakers. [...]
Have you ever considered that the process of keeping those donors and volunteers who have given to your organization over several (or many!) years is among the most valuable uses of your time and budget? Don’t quit your efforts to acquire new donors, but here are a few reasons to pay attention to those already [...]
(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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It was my pleasure to be one of the hundreds of people in the audience to hear Robert Egger, Founder of DC Central Kitchen, speak at the 2011 Annual Forum of the Charities Review Council. Although Egger covered several topics, the one that struck me was the impact that nonprofit transparency has on volunteers of [...]
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