nonprofit excellence

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Nonprofit Excellence Services

Shared Services

This program provides high-quality, professional back-office services to nonprofit organizations at below-market rates. Currently, the Shared Services program offers human resources support, graphic design, and grant writing. You can learn more about Shared Services here.

Nonprofit Excellence Grants

Nonprofit Excellence Grants provide small-scale, one-time support (typically $2,500-5,000) for capacity-building activities and high-impact, innovative solutions which help nonprofit organizations work more effectively and efficiently over the long term, including training, technical assistance, technology, equipment, facilitation, and more. You can apply for a Nonprofit Excellence Grant by visiting our Grant Portal.

Cohort Learning Communities

Longer-term/ongoing group training and 1:1 support for organizations with similar learning goals. Currently, we offer two cohort learning opportunities: The Equity & Excellence grant readiness cohort for grassroots and community-led organizations (GCLOs) and the Culture of Equity cohort for larger, more established, and primarily white-led organizations.

Training Library

UNDERSTANDING AND NAVIGATING CANCEL CULTURE

Cancel culture is an accountability tool that has affected all forms of media. Nonprofit marketing and communications leaders must understand how it is used, how to avoid it, and – most importantly – how to address it if and when their organization is affected. 

In this presentation participants will: 

  • Understand the historical implications of cancel culture 
  • Learn how to recognize accountability from canceling 
  • Work in small groups to hone their personal skillset in timed, scenario-based conversations 
  • Build a toolkit that helps give grace and accountability in order to build an inclusive community 

Powerpoint Slides
Webinar Recording

This training opportunity was part three of United Way’s Advancing Equity in Larimer County training series facilitated by Patrice M. Palmer of eRoot Consulting. Please click here to learn more about this series. 

Building a Business case for Diversity

We are keenly aware that diversity is a change agent, but how do we make the business case for systemic change? This 60-minute interactive workshop for nonprofit board members and executive leadership showed the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion through promising techniques that are sure to lead the change they seek. 

In this presentation participants will: 

  • Understand how diversity affects business performance 
  • Understand the value of diversity’s impact on innovation  
  • Learn to recognize the value of new markets and streams of revenue through diversity 
  • Build a toolkit that helps to understand and acknowledge how to create a more inclusive community for all 

Powerpoint Slides
Workshop Recording

This training opportunity was part two of United Way’s Advancing Equity in Larimer County training series facilitated by Patrice M. Palmer of eRoot Consulting. Please click here to learn more about this series. 

What's the deal with inclusivity?

This session challenged, enlightened, and expanded the perspectives of program coordinators and other direct-service staff and volunteers as they learned how to center inclusion in their agency culture and interactions with clients. This training enabled participants to: 

  • Understand the definition of inclusivity 
  • Begin thinking about how to create an inclusive workplace
  • Put inclusive techniques into practice that can be seen and felt immediately

Powerpoint Slides
Resource Guide

This training opportunity was part one of United Way’s Advancing Equity in Larimer County training series facilitated by Patrice M. Palmer of eRoot Consulting. Please click here to learn more about this series. 

FIVE ESSENTIALS TOOLS FOR GRANT WRITING SUCCESS

This session of our Nonprofit Excellence Series: Five Essential Tools for Grant Writing Success, was a virtual training to help nonprofit staff and volunteers with little to no grant writing experience understand the key elements involved in building a foundation for grant-seeking success. 

Powerpoint Slides
Webinar Recording

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