Nonprofit Solutions

To cultivate nonprofit organizations through connection, innovation and investment in the whole person.

Transform the sector by investing in the whole person, building the capacity of every organization t

Goal One: Nonprofit Solutions will increase capacity as evidenced by an engaged, broad and diverse team that is fully engaged in furthering the mission.

Goal Two: Nonprofit Solutions will Increase impact on team and community by diversifying fundraising efforts that are strategic, diverse and intentional.

Goal Three: Nonprofit Solutions will have a strategic marketing initiative that is demonstrated by increased workshop attendance, client fees and and membership.

Over the past 18 months in my tenure as executive director, we have implemented a strong and robust internship program, which provided interns opportunities to work with board leadership. In addition, volunteers have become employees, then promoted to be managers. In addition, new positions have been created that encourage growth and expansion, such as "Associate Executive Director", "Director of Strategic Partnerships", "Business and Communications Manager", and most recently, "Innovative Solutions Manager". In addition, our board has expanded from 4 members to 7 members, with diverse representation through ethnicity, age, and religious backgrounds.

Due to the pandemic Nonprofit Solutions’ offices shut down in response to the stay at home order. We canceled all trainings for the next two weeks, and the Director of Learning quickly began working to revamp all the organization’s curriculum from a 3-hour in-person to 2.5-hour Zoom format. Nonprofit Solutions had never used this technology before, and Zoom accounts needed to be purchased and learned, as well as research completed to include the best practices for highly effective, interactive and engaging virtual learning. Within two short weeks, Nonprofit Solutions workshops were operational and available to the nonprofit community. To assist the sector, we expanded programming to include any furloughed employees since nonprofit organizations were hit hard during the shutdown. Enrollment was stronger than expected. Nonprofit Solutions workshops became a lifeline for the nonprofit community who were dispersed and working remotely or recently furloughed. Despite losing about 50% of our membership dues/operating revenue and our own staff through the pandemic we gave $1,870 in scholarships to attendees with financial hardship due to the pandemic. Without a proper Learning Management System (LMS), we relied on free Google Drive and email communications to share links and electronic materials. In the past year we rebuilt our website, created a full service career portal and implemented a full AMS/CRM. This was done all after we rebranded.