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The Center for Nonprofit Resources (CNR) strives to provide you with the tools, resources and information that will help you fulfill the mission and vision of your organization. We will continue to update this page with new information, links and best practices, so make sure to check back often.

                              

 

Tips & Tidbits

The Center For Nonprofit Resources Received the Together Ohio: Community Engagement Partnership Grant - In a regional effort to strengthen families and communities, the Governor's Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives (GOFBCI) is combining effective capacity-building efforts with innovative community organizing initiatives through the Together Ohio: Community Engagement Partnership Grant program. The grant will allow The Center to deliver high quality capacity building training geared for nonprofit organizations, to provide technical assistance to organizations, and to lead a regional community organizing effort to engage faith-based and community organizations around GOFBCI's Call to Action initiative and more across northwest Ohio.   The selected providers will host quarterly capacity building trainings and offer one-on-one technical assistance which will be free to the participants. Training and technical assistance details will be posted soon on The Center's website and in future weekly e-newsletters.


Miscellaneous Office Furniture Available - Miscellaneous office furninture (free of charge to nonprofit organizations) has been posted on The Center's website.  Please click here for more information.   


Creating a Grantseeking Calendar for 2010 (article is only available to review through mid-February) - Too often we identify a grantmaker for a particular project just because a staff member walks in our door and says, "Can you find me funding for this project?" Or we draft a grant request because a board member brings a copy of a request for proposal to a meeting and says, "I think we could get this money."   Too seldom do we actually create a calendar that builds a grantseeking schedule around a set of projects identified by the board of directors or executive director.   This series of articles will help you establish an annual grantseeking calendar that will keep your grantseeking focused on those programs and projects that need the funds. Making use of this calendar will allow you to say "no" to grant opportunities coming across your desk that may sidetrack you from your overall plan. Read more...  


Going Online For Independent Fundraising Events - Each year, people fundraise on behalf of their favorite nonprofits in any number of events like runs, walks, bicycle rides, auctions, car washes and hundreds of other creative ways.  We all are familiar with the large, nationally-organized fundraising events like the Heart Walk and the Memory Walk.  But what about the numerous smaller independent fundraising events that can be as small as a simple bake sale or a single runner training for a marathon?  While not as prominent as the better-known fundraising campaigns, these events have a distinct advantage in that they essentially cost nothing for the beneficiary organization, as the expenses are covered by the independent event organizer.  Blackbaud recently partnered with Event 360 on a research project to better understand the common denominators of a successful programmatic approach to third-party fundraising.  The analysis showed that online registrations, donations and fundraising-per-participant are increasing, and that independent fundraising events represent a growing revenue source, especially online, for many organizations.  Based on a Blackbaud assessment, there was an estimated $300 million raised in 2008 in the United States from these types of events, indicating that organizations should find better ways to cultivate these fundraisers and provide the support they need to succeed.  Click here to read the five best practices for a successful program.