4-15-14: Ways to Do Good Well w/o NPO Status

Tues. April 15, 3-5 pm  Doing Good in Your Community.  Got and idea or a project for improving your community but not the time or resources for creating and running a new nonprofit organization? Come hear from practitioners about the ins-and-outs, the resulting satisfactions of, and regional supports  for volunteering,  collaborating with other organizations and/or using a fiscal sponsor to achieve your goals.  Call 3114-539-0357 or email kparks@slpl.org for more information or to reserve a place at this free G&FC event, co-sponsored by Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA)  &  Area Resources for Community  & Human Services (ARCHS) 2nd fl training rm.

Grant Management Basics Here April 10

Winning the grant is just the first step. Thurs., April 10, 2014 3 pm,  Dan Sise, instructor and community engagement manager at UMSL's NPML, will describe what your nonprofit needs to know to KEEP the granted funds coming in, including  understanding:

• the grant agreement as contract, 
• disbursement processes and issues, 
• reporting requirements and 
• plans for managing deadlines 

Dan also has lots of tips and great links to pass along, so E-mail me to sign up for this free program here at Central Library in the 2nd floor Training Room so we can have enough materials ready. 

Give STL Day + NSC Help

Area nonprofits have until April 11, 2014 to register with www.givestlday.org to participate in this Greater St. Louis Community Foundation-sponsored effort to raise $1+million for area nonprofits in 24 hours on May 6, 2014.

Once your group registers, NSC is sponsoring three free information and Q&A sessions about Give STl Day -- March 13 - 4:30 pm, March 19 - 8:30 am or March 27 - 4:30 pm at Centene Center for  Arts & Education. Sign up for the one you want -- and get details on NSC's other useful continuing  education options here: NSC Workshop Registration.

D.S.T. = More STL Nonprofit Trainings

 With more daylight, you might find it  easier to attend some of these highly recommended St. Louis area March 2014 nonprofit training events.

• March 11, CSPRC Round-Table Lunch- Question experts on a variety of Community Service Public Relations topics, 11:30 - 1:15, $40 for nonmembers
• March 12, AFP St. Louis Webinar "Firing Lousy Board Members..." with Simone Joyaux will be available for 2 weeks, $20 for nonmembers, Note: Joyaux's books Strategic Fund Development and Keep Your Donors are available through the G&FC.
• March 13, "Rebound Neighborhoods: Mark Twain Neighborhood" breakfast discussion sponsored by the UMSL Community Partnership Program, 7:30 - 9am, at New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church, Register by email or phone 314-516-6989.
• March 21, NPML class "Lead Positive" for volunteer managers, 9-1 at UMSL, $60 for non MVMA members.
• March 27, NPML class How to Develop an Effective Board for Your Nonprofit with John McClusky, Peter Ruger and Faith Sandler, UMSL, 1-5 pm, $50