Services
Coaching Services
Board Training
We help board members understand their duty to care for their organization. We help leaders assess board effectiveness and help design and support their plans for improvement.
Fund Development
The viable sources of revenue for nonprofit organizations vary widely based on the industry sector, maturity, capacity for sophistication and business acumen. We work with organizations to establish the diversified fund plan that will work for them.
Campaign Design
Donor Development | Annual Funds | Crowd Funding | Grants | Special Events | Capital Projects… We assist leaders in designing professional and effective campaigns.
Opportunity Analysis
We support leaders in identifying opportunities for collaboration, fundraising growth and improved mission impact.
Workshops
Register for one of our workshops and take time to meet other like-minded people who are working to make our world a better place.
Management Coaching
Team development | Volunteer Management | Fundraising… When a piece of the program isn’t effective as it can be, we assist with improvements, enhancement and redesign.
Donor Advising
It can be challenging to find the right place to invest charitable contributions. The Center for Community Impact supports donors in aligning their giving with organizations that effectively address the causes about which they care deeply. We educate donors on establishing Family Foundations, Donor Advised Funds and other charitable giving solutions. There is no fee for Donor Advising services.
collaborations
Cost Sharing
The Center provides overhead cost-sharing opportunities through the facilitation of community collaborations. The Center believes that cost-sharing opportunities are limitless and works with organizations to facilitate collaborations especially in the areas of marketing and fund development.
continuing education
Seminars & Workshops
Continuing education inspires donors and leaders to plan boldly, initiate innovative ways to fund a growth plan, and remove rote productivity within their giving and their work. The Center for Community Impact hosts seminars & workshops for donors, board members and NPO leaders. Our training enables leaders to plan boldly, demonstrate ways to fund a growth plan, and remove rote productivity within the organization.
Upcoming Workshops
In partnership with The Defiance Area Foundation and Defiance College, the Center is proud to sponsor the following in-person workshops.
• Building Reputation, Building Impact: Strengthening Internal & External Trust in Your Nonprofit Organization (Nov. 8)
• Lasting Impact with Corporate and Nonprofit Partnerships (Jan. 24)
• Marketing & Fundraising – The Impact Multipliers (March 14)
• It AInt Going Away – AI Experiential Learning Lab (May 2)
Uncharitable the Movie on Demand
Watch the landmark documentary movie, “Uncharitable”. It will change everything you’ve ever thought or been taught about charity, giving, solving the great problems of human suffering that have plagued humanity since the beginning of time and building a world that works for everyone. You will come away with hope and ways you can make a difference.
The BOLD Training One-Day Workshop
Transform what your entire ecosystem thinks is possible for your organization. Discover the kinds of things that might be possible if your entire ecosystem left the past behind, departed from old ways of thinking, began a quest for breakthroughs, and aligned on an impossible dream for impact in the world.
funding
Capacity-Building Funding
Through The Center for Community Impact Charitable Fund, we award capacity building grants to nonprofit organizations who want to increase effectiveness and mission impact. Grants can be used to help underwrite the fee-based services The Center for Community Impact offers. For more information, contact Aileen Meyer at aileen.meyer@gmail.com
- The current grant cycle is closed. Grant applications will be available beginning January 2025.
- Requests to The Center for Community Impact Charitable Fund must be made at least 6 weeks in advance of needed funding.
- Grants may be used to cover up to 75% of all fee-based services offered through The Center.
- Grants are available based on funding available.