Nonprofit Effectiveness

The Community Foundation’s commitment to strengthening and supporting our region’s nonprofit sector includes more than giving financial grants. The Community Foundation’s Common Good Funds will provide resources for grantees’ professional and organizational development. The Foundation has identified six priority areas for Nonprofit Effectiveness in 2013:     

  • Strategic Planning
  • Financial Management 
  • Board Development 
  • Resource Development 
  • Marketing Planning 
  • Human Resources & Succession Planning 

 

The Community Foundation recognizes each of these areas as important skill sets in these economic times. 

Opportunities available to nonprofits include, Nonprofit Toolbox and Nonprofit Scholarships. See below for more information.    

Nonprofit Toolbox

The Nonprofit Toolbox provides nonprofit organizations with tools to strengthen their management, governance and operations. Nonprofit Toolbox awards are not financial grants; they are custom-designed packages of management consulting to help solve a key organizational challenge or problem. Organizations selected to receive a Nonprofit Toolbox will work with a specialist who will construct a package of appropriate organizational assistance. 

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Nonprofit Scholarships

The Community Foundation recognizes that nonprofit boards and staffs benefit from the opportunity to learn from field experts and from their peers through training, workshops and conferences; however, financial resources may not allow for organizations to take advantage of these opportunities as they arise. In order to support organizations and allow them to take advantage of these capacity-building opportunities, The Community Foundation supports organizational development through

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Questions

Not sure if your organization is eligible to take advantage of these resources? If you have any questions about the Nonprofit Effectiveness opportunities please email us at NonprofitEffectiveness@cfgreateratlanta.org. You may also contact Lita Pardi, Senior Program Officer at 404-688-5525. 

Highlights

Building Our Communities through Philanthropy

While many in the region know The Community Foundation for our grantmaking programs, we play a wide variety of roles in creating philanthropic solutions to our communities’ most pressing problems. These roles are as varied as the challenges our Atlanta region faces, but they each start with the premise that communities are built, improved and strengthened by the passion, ideas and resources of its people.
 
Now available, "Building Our Communities Through Philanthropy" highlights our community leadership work and our various roles in the 23-county region. Click here to access. 
Strengthening Nonprofits

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