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SUMMARY:Boards in Gear - live Spanish interpretation
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 11\, 2023\n12:00PM – 2:00PM PT\nOnline via Zoom – This session will be recorded \nThis webinar will have Spanish interpretation \n\n\n\n\n\nYou joined a nonprofit board because you care about the organization’s mission. You want your contributions as a board member to positively affect the issues addressed by the organization. As a board\, you want your nonprofit to thrive and make a difference in the communities served by your organization. Whether your nonprofit is just starting or is long established\, getting your board in gear can help put your organization on a clear path forward.\n\n\n\nThis interactive\, virtual workshop is based on the Boards in Gear resources developed in partnership with some of our state’s leading board experts. You will leave with concrete action steps\, tools\, and connections.\n\nThe virtual workshop will cover:\n\nBoard responsibilities\nBoard operations\nComposition and development\nFundraising\nAdvocacy\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will be recorded. Registrants will receive the recording by email after the event. If you can’t attend the training but you are interested in learning about this topic\, please register so you we can send you the recording and materials. \n\n\n\n\nCost\nFREE – This event is free thanks to a partnership with the Washington Office of the Secretary of State.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\nThis workshop is designed for board members and the people who work with them\, namely executive directors and program staff. It offers ideas for new board members and those who have served for a long time. It is appropriate for organizations of all sizes\, whether they have staff or not. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\nCaptioning: We will have automated captioning enabled. \nInterpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically\, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter. \nVisual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision\, blind\, or calling in without video a sense of space and place. \nIf you have additional accessibility requests\, please let us know when you register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nPamela J. Oakes\, The Profitable Nonprofit Pamela is a Fund Development expert\, helping nonprofits achieve funding sustainability. Having worked successfully with organizations\, nonprofits\, foundations\, universities\, government\, and community organizations around the world\, Pamela’s passion is to ensure that those who want to change the world for ‘good’ have the funding and resources to do so. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to Our Partner\nPresented by Nonprofit Association of Washington in partnership with the Washington Office of the Secretary of State. 
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/boards-in-gear/
CATEGORIES:Partner Learning Events
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SUMMARY:April Legal Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Communities Rise offers FREE monthly legal clinics to provide legal assistance to Washington-based small businesses and nonprofits! Legal clinics are held virtually via Zoom video call. Qualifying clients are paired with an attorney for a free 1-hour limited engagement legal consultation to discuss business-transactional matters\, such as questions around: \n\nIncorporation and application for tax exemption status (general questions only)\nFederal Tax-Exempt Status (general questions only)\nNonprofit Governance\nBusiness Entity Formation\nMaintenance and Compliance with State and Federal Law\nAdvice on Corporate Governance\nTaxes (general questions only)\nEmployment\nReal Estate\nIntellectual Property \nRisk and Liability Assessment\n\nPlease keep in mind that questions which can be answered in a short amount of time are best suited for the clinic due to the 1 hour appointment time limit. As such\, the clinic is not suited for document review of documents (leases\, contracts\, bylaws\, Articles of Incorporation\, etc) that are longer than 4 pages. \nTo learn more about our legal clinics and what legal matters we can and cannot assist with\, please view our Clinic FAQ. \nOur legal clinics are intended for small businesses and nonprofits who meet the eligibility requirements- click here for small business eligibility information. For nonprofit clinic appointments\, priority is given to nonprofits with annual budgets under $500\,000. \nTo request an appointment or for more information\, please email legalclinic@communities-rise.org. Please note: Unfortunately\, we cannot accommodate same-day appointments. Due to the logistics required in setting up the clinic\, we recommend requesting an appointment 7-10 days prior to the desired clinic date. \nAll clinics will be held virtually via Zoom until further notice. \nCan’t attend this clinic? Don’t worry\, these clinics occur monthly! \nOur partnerships are important to us and we are thankful to Ventures for their collaboration in serving small businesses at our legal clinics! \nThis clinic is exclusively for small businesses and nonprofit organizations and does not provide legal services for individual or personal concerns. Consultations are by appointment only and often fill up quickly\, please reach out to legalclinic@communities-rise.org to learn more.
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/april-legal-clinic/
CATEGORIES:Partner Learning Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240423T100000
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SUMMARY:201 Advanced Grant Writing - Pateros
DESCRIPTION:101 Grant Writing Essentials is required before taking 201 Advanced Grant Writing \nBuilding from your work in the first session\, cruise into advanced strategies of grant writing such\nas incorporating storytelling\, empowering language\, framing theory\, powerful statistics\, and\npowerful impact. \nLearning Objectives:\n• Continue writing a ‘real-life’ grant proposal from grantwriting essentials and receive\nfeedback and encouragement from the instructor and your peers on your writing.\n• Understand framing theory and how it applies to grant writing to focus your writing on\nthe needs of the community\, which is much more compelling than focusing on the needs\nof the organization.\n• Learn to level up each section of your grant proposal to incorporate powerful sentences\,\nstatistics\, and impact statements. \nCapacity: There is space for 25 participants (no more than 1 participant from a single organization). \nVenue: Pateros Brewster Community Resource Center (169 Pateros Mall\, Suite A\, Pateros\, WA 98846) \nGrant Writing Road Trip Summit: \n\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 20th in Omak\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 21st in Wenatchee\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 22nd in Moses Lake\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 23rd in Pateros\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 24th in Quincy\n301 Government Grants: April 25th in Wenatchee\n\nThis workshop series is taught by Allison Jones\, founder of Spark the Fire Grantwriting Classes\, and is brought to you by the Nonprofit Practices Institute (a partnership between Community Foundation of NCW and Icicle Fund) and Thriving Together NCW. \nNOTE: The courses must be taken sequentially. You may sign up for the entire series if you plan to take 101\, 201\, and 301. You can also sign up for just 101 if you do not plan to take the others\, but you cannot take 301 without 201 or 201 without 101. \nReminder only one person per organization can register.
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/201-advanced-grant-writing/
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit Practices Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T100000
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SUMMARY:201 Advanced Grant Writing - Quincy
DESCRIPTION:101 Grant Writing Essentials is required before taking 201 Advanced Grant Writing \nBuilding from your work in the first session\, cruise into advanced strategies of grant writing such\nas incorporating storytelling\, empowering language\, framing theory\, powerful statistics\, and\npowerful impact. \nLearning Objectives:\n• Continue writing a ‘real-life’ grant proposal from grantwriting essentials and receive\nfeedback and encouragement from the instructor and your peers on your writing.\n• Understand framing theory and how it applies to grant writing to focus your writing on\nthe needs of the community\, which is much more compelling than focusing on the needs\nof the organization.\n• Learn to level up each section of your grant proposal to incorporate powerful sentences\,\nstatistics\, and impact statements. \nCapacity: There is space for 25 participants (no more than 1 participant from a single organization). \nVenue: Quincy Business & Event Center (101 F St. SW\, Quincy\, WA 98848) \nGrant Writing Road Trip Summit: \n\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 20th in Omak\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 21st in Wenatchee\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 22nd in Moses Lake\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 23rd in Pateros\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 24th in Quincy\n301 Government Grants: April 25th in Wenatchee\n\nThis workshop series is taught by Allison Jones\, founder of Spark the Fire Grantwriting Classes\, and is brought to you by the Nonprofit Practices Institute (a partnership between Community Foundation of NCW and Icicle Fund) and Thriving Together NCW. \nNOTE: The courses must be taken sequentially. You may sign up for the entire series if you plan to take 101\, 201\, and 301. You can also sign up for just 101 if you do not plan to take the others\, but you cannot take 301 without 201 or 201 without 101. \nReminder only one person per organization can register.
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/201-advanced-grant-writing-quincy/
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit Practices Institute
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SUMMARY:301 Government Grants - Wenatchee
DESCRIPTION:101 Grant Writing Essentials and 201 Grant Writing Essentials are both required before taking 301 Government Grants \nIn this final session\, learn how to find federal grant opportunities\, understand requests for proposal (RFPs)\, and write federal grant proposals. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand how to search for federal grant opportunities and determine if your organization is a good fit.\nPrepare tools for presenting a project’s goal\, objectives\, timeline\, work plan\, outputs\, outcomes\, and demonstrating project success.\nPractice transforming a grant proposal for a foundation into a government grant proposal.\n\nCapacity: There is space for 25 participants (no more than 1 participant from a single organization). \nVenue: Confluence Technology Center (285 Technology Center Way #102\, Wenatchee\, WA 98801) \nGrant Writing Road Trip Summit: \n\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 20th in Omak\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 21st in Wenatchee\n101 Grant Writing Essentials: March 22nd in Moses Lake\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 23rd in Pateros\n201 Advanced Grant Writing: April 24th in Quincy\n301 Government Grants: April 25th in Wenatchee\n\nThis workshop series is taught by Allison Jones\, founder of Spark the Fire Grantwriting Classes\, and is brought to you by the Nonprofit Practices Institute (a partnership between Community Foundation of NCW and Icicle Fund) and Thriving Together NCW. \nNOTE: The courses must be taken sequentially. You may sign up for the entire series if you plan to take 101\, 201\, and 301. You can also sign up for just 101 if you do not plan to take the others\, but you cannot take 301 without 201 or 201 without 101. \nReminder only one person per organization can register.
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/301-government-grants/
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit Practices Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T120000
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SUMMARY:Rising Tides: A Roundtable of Development Professionals in Greater Wenatchee
DESCRIPTION:Rising Tides: A Roundtable of Development Professionals in Greater Wenatchee \nQuarterly on the 4th Thursday of the Month from 12:00 – 1:00 PM \nCommunity Foundation of NCW (9 S Wenatchee Ave) \nBring your lunch and connect with other development professionals in the Wenatchee Valley! \n2024 Dates: \n\nJanuary 25\, 2024: Donor Advised Funds\nApril 25\, 2024: Grantwriting\nAugust 15\, 2024: Appeal Letters\nOctober 24\, 2024: Sponsorship Benefits\n\nAre you a local nonprofit development and fundraising professional interested in connecting with your peers? Reach out to Denise Sorom\, Director of Philanthropy\, at denise@cfncw.org to be added to the roster.
URL:https://cfncw.org/event/rising-tides-a-roundtable-of-development-professionals-in-greater-wenatchee/
CATEGORIES:Nonprofit Practices Institute
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