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To transform how your community engages with you and your work, consider listening before you act.     In 2019 and 2020, Mission Partners served as the messaging and communications partner for NewsMatch—the largest grassroots fundraising campaign designed to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Through research, collaborative strategizing, and community listening, their fundraising goals exceeded the years prior despite the pandemic and politically charged attacks on the free press.     What might your community be trying to tell you that could drive your mission to new heights?    🔹Read more about our work with NewsMatch: https://lnkd.in/eXWx4tAX  🔹Learn more about how Mission Partners can help you build community engagement: https://lnkd.in/e-p458pc 

It's interesting to see what happens when you speak out. In this case, it’s an invitation via Tim Eby to join the board at the St. Louis Civic Pride Foundation and the honor that comes with serving. The Foundation is an education non-profit, part of Explore St. Louis, our local convention and tourism bureau. The mission: to energize St. Louisans to support their community. Here’s where I editorialize. This is an example of passion + need = opportunity. I'm passionate and vocal that each of us needs to SHOW UP to improve the cities we live in, for ourselves and the generations to come. And my home town, which has so much potential and resources, also has many challenges. Improving civic pride is one of dozens of things needed to address those challenges. Which leads to opportunty: when someone comes knocking, asking for help, in my experience you find a way to help. Bottom line: just say yes! I’m excited to join my fellow board members, roll up my sleeves and get to work!

Diversity matters, especially in nonprofits where decisions shape lives. Help guide nonprofit decisions by applying for our free United Horizons Board Training Program. This unique program offers skill-based board training with tailored tracks for individuals from underrepresented groups and organizations aiming to enhance board diversity. Learn more: https://loom.ly/tF_R-y0

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❓ Did you know that 63% of our staff provide board or advisory services to at least one other nonprofit or governmental organization, ultimately supporting over 30 local, regional, and national entities? And that's just one way that we build capacity in the nonprofit ecosystem. We also increase individual, organizational, and community capacity by building connections across our programs and with external partners. In 2023, we: ➡️ Supported 374 small businesses. ➡️ Organized or attended 272 community building events. ➡️ Formed or maintained 100 partnerships. ➡️ Completed 1,710 hours in staff training and volunteer efforts. Explore: Building Capacity at https://bit.ly/3KmwAbY

Hear from Lerii F. Smith, CFRE in our latest Good Advice blog post: Develop Your Precious Volunteer Resources. Lerii shares, "It is ‘high season’ for our community’s nonprofit events, campaigns, and board meetings, which inspired me to pull this ‘Key Points Summary’ regarding developing volunteer resources from a presentation I made a few years ago to our AFP Chapter.” Click here to read the principles Lerii says stand the test of time: https://lnkd.in/gqiV6dFt #goodadvice #volunteerengagement

Nonprofit organizations are constantly faced with a wide variety of challenges. Read on to learn how the Nonprofit Advisory Services team at FORVIS can help your organization make mission-critical decisions.

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Head to https://lnkd.in/eSYw9tVK to read this and more resources and studies. The 2024 State of Black Nonprofits Report draws from existing Giving Gap data consisting of survey responses from Black nonprofit leaders as well as 990 data. #purposepossible #dispatches #resources #blacknonprofits