Posted on August 27, 2025 by ISS Value -
As the regulatory climate evolves, filing an accurate and complete Form 990 is no longer just a compliance requirement —it's a strategic imperative. Please join us on Zoom on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. for this 1-hour long session. Learn about the latest insights to navigate new risks and responsibilities tied to recent Executive Orders and shifting federal priorities.
Key takeaways include:
- How recent Executive Orders may impact funding, partnerships, and IRS scrutiny, including for organizations with DEI or gender-affirming programs.
- What to watch for as the IRS reviews existing guidance and enforcement in light of Supreme Court decisions.
- Proactive steps to assess risk, align mission statements, and avoid unintended compliance pitfalls.
- Stay ahead of regulatory changes and ensure your Form 990 tells your story clearly and accurately.
Everyone is welcome and no one will be turned away. We invite you to pay what you can—whether that means covering just your spot, giving a little extra to support others, or simply joining us. Every contribution strengthens our community!
1-hour program typically valued at $45.00 per person
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 6, Evaluation on March 16th from 1pm-4pm, you’ll learn strategies for figuring out what is and isn’t working, including how to build a foundation for evaluating volunteer engagement and how to use surveys and feedback to improve outcomes for volunteers, staff, and the organization as a whole.
Objectives
Examine strategies for figuring out what is and isn’t working:
- Build a foundation for evaluating volunteer engagement.
- Recognize the difference between Program Evaluation and Stakeholder Evaluation.
- Explore Impact Statements, Mutual Feedback and Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys to improve outcomes for volunteers, staff and the organization as a whole.
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 5, Supervision & Support on February 16th from 1pm-4pm, you’ll learn tools and strategies to ensure volunteers feel supported, effective and appreciated, including strategies for volunteer supervision and support, causes of and options for addressing volunteer performance problems, and effective ways to reward and recognize volunteers.
Objectives
Provide tools and strategies to ensure volunteers feel supported, effective and appreciated:
- Articulate the benefits of supporting and supervising volunteers.
- Design and implement strategies for volunteer supervision and support.
- Explore causes of and options for addressing volunteer performance problems.
- Identify effective ways to reward and recognize volunteers.
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 4, Intake & Onboarding on January 19th from 1pm-4pm, you’ll learn how to create systems to screen, place, orient and train volunteers, including techniques for interviewing and matching volunteers with positions, designing effective volunteer orientation, and assessing and meeting volunteer training needs.
Objectives
Acquire tools to get the volunteers you need in the door:
- Examine trends in volunteerism and how they might inform opportunities and outreach.
- Develop position descriptions with a Volunteer Experience Lens.
- Explore targeted recruitment concepts and consider potential audiences.
- Develop an Outreach Strategy.
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 3, Opportunities & Outreach on November 17th from 1pm-4pm, you’ll acquire the tools to attract the volunteers you need by examining trends in volunteerism and how they might inform opportunities and outreach, developing position descriptions with a Volunteer Experience Lens, exploring targeted recruitment concepts, and developing an Outreach Strategy.
Objectives
Acquire tools to get the volunteers you need in the door:
- Examine trends in volunteerism and how they might inform opportunities and outreach.
- Develop position descriptions with a Volunteer Experience Lens.
- Explore targeted recruitment concepts and consider potential audiences.
- Develop an Outreach Strategy.
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 2, Planning for Volunteer Engagement on October 20th from 1pm-4pm, you’ll start planning for how and where volunteers fit in your organization, learning about each step of volunteer engagement, how to conduct a Volunteer Engagement Assessment, risks to consider when deciding how to engage volunteers, and the resources and support needed to effectively engage volunteers.
Objectives
Start planning for how and where volunteers fit in our organizations:
- Describe the many steps of volunteer engagement.
- Learn how to conduct a Volunteer Engagement Assessment.
- Consider risk when deciding how to engage volunteers.
- Identify resources and support needed to effectively engage volunteers.
Posted on July 16, 2025 by -
Volunteers play critical roles in nonprofit organizations. Are you looking to boost your nonprofit’s capacity with volunteers? This 6-part Volunteer Engagement and Management training includes sessions on establishing the framework, planning, recruiting, onboarding, supporting, and evaluating. Register for any and all that interest you.
In Module 1, Establishing the Framework on September 15th 1:00 pm-4:00 pm, you’ll learn about volunteerism, the key elements of volunteer engagement, how to apply a volunteer-centered framework, and how to work with challenges to and motivators for volunteer engagement.
Objectives
- Describe volunteerism and its role in civic life today.
- Apply a volunteer-centered framework to volunteer engagement.
- Identify elements of volunteer engagement.
- Explore barriers to and motivators for volunteer engagement.
Posted on July 3, 2025 by -
The Power of Partnership: Protecting Communities and Essential Programming through Partnerships, Collaboration, & More
The nonprofit sector is facing massive financial cuts and uncertainty. Many organizations are considering downsizing, and many even risk having to close their doors. Nonprofits need better tools to defend critical services and programs. In 2025, strategic partnerships—and in some cases, mergers—will be essential strategies for survival and impact.
Join this timely discussion led by partnerships and mergers expert Michael Anderson of Tangelo Tree Consulting. In a time of threat and urgency, how can staff leaders and boards efficiently evaluate their partnership and merger options? What steps and mindsets are essential for success along the continuum of options from collaboration to full merger?
Participants will leave with concrete tools for designing powerful partnerships that protect communities and sustain vital programming.
Posted on May 21, 2025 by -
What if your nonprofit could retain just 10% more than the industry average of recurring givers? Not only would this help you raise more funds and meet your fundraising goals, but it’s possible to do simply by focusing on online giving tools and best practices.
In this session, we’ll share lessons learned from our online giving study. We donated $25 to 300 organizations across the U.S. and tracked the giving experience and the thank you results. We’ll share actionable tips to improve your donation experience, landing page, receipting email, thank you process, and follow up activities. Spend less time worrying about your budget and more time on your mission!
If you require any accessibility accommodations, such as language interpreters, please contact staff@thecne.org.
Posted on May 12, 2025 by -
Having the right data matters. But more than just data collection, program evaluation allows you to set clear goals, track performance towards them, communicate your results, and justify funding for your programs. It gives you an essential piece of what it means to lead and manage effectively. This workshop focuses on building participants’ skills in the following areas:
- How evaluation integrates into all aspects of an organization
- How to engage staff in the cycle of evaluation
- The importance of building a culture of evaluation across your Organization
- The impact considerations of diversity, equity, and inclusion can have on evaluation
- General ethical consideration relevant to evaluation
