For the final quarter of 2018, the GFC is offering programs on measuring outcomes (October!), legal issues nonprofit boards should be aware of (November!), and nonprofit financial management (December!) Click below for links to the SLPL Events Calendar to register (or visit slpl.org & search "Events" for "GFC"): How Do You Measure Success? Thursday October…
In case you missed it, CQI was great, & Grant Writing 101 is coming soon!
We had an engaged group at the recent "Better Outcomes for Nonprofits with CQI" program with Sarah Buek (Insight Partners Consulting LLC) at Central Library, where we learned what CQI is ("Continuous Quality Improvement"), what it is NOT (CQI ≠ compliance), and how it can benefit your nonprofit organization (lots of ways - see bottom slide at right). This librarian…
Major Gifts (done!), CQI (up next!), & Grant Writing 101 (register now!) – & that’s not all!
Dan Reynolds, President of Holmes, Radford & Reynolds, Inc., presented "Planning and Implementing a Major Gift Program for Your Nonprofit Organization" to an enthusiastic audience of nonprofit superheroes who took time out of their Saturday morning and braved the crowd who were at the Library for Comics Central. Dan walked us through the impact that developing…
Donors give some inside scoop!
Periodically, Gateway Center for Giving hosts a "Meet the Donors" program where a panel of grantmaker representatives share info about the organizations that they represent, give guidance on what they are looking for in a grant proposal and/or grant recipient, and answer some questions from the audience. On May 24 the GFC librarian (moi!) attended…
MO Common Grant App & a few “Save the Dates” (GFC & elsewhere)
News You Can Use - Missouri Common Grant ApplicationAs previously mentioned in this space, Gateway Center for Giving has developed the Missouri Common Grant Application (now in version 2.0 which added a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens) in an attempt to facilitate the grant making process for both the funders and the nonprofits searching for…
GFC Greetings, Upcoming Programs, & More
Hello from the SLPL Grants & Foundation Center at Central Library, where we had a nice turnout for "Grant Management Basics" last month with Dan Sise, J.D., from the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, a frequent and welcome guest lecturer in our intermittent GFC program offerings. We are taking April…
GFC Potpourri
This busy, short month has led to a mismatch between intentions and implementation - so rather than several lengthy, informative blog posts (as we had hoped), we come to you with a breathy, end-of-the-month compendium of highlights and potential teasers (we reserve the right to flesh one or more of these out into a full-length…
What’s happened, what’s next, & a bonus non-SLPL program
We've started 2018 strong with a great 2-part program by our friends at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts on starting a nonprofit (thanks Tracy James and Sue Greenberg!) - if you missed it, give us a buzz and we can share some of the handouts and information…
GFC Programs for the New Year!
Here is the lineup of the SLPL Grants & Foundation Center's early 2018 programs (FREE!), and please see our prior blog post about offerings from other local organizations (usually not free, but not that expensive) & SLPL online courses that may be of interest. So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit – Sue Greenberg of…
Upcoming 3rd Party Programs (& Reminder re SLPL Online Offerings)
The Grants and Foundation Center wrapped up its 2017 programming with Kent Hornberger's "After the Grant" program where participants learned how to articulate their nonprofit's goals and objectives, and how to measure and demonstrate success to funders. We will be posting soon about our 1st quarter 2018 programs (including the "back by popular demand" repeat session of "Grant…
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