The Cristine Nardi Fund at CNE

For more than 15 years, Cristine Nardi brought boundless dedication, intellect, and service-inspired leadership to her role as executive director of Center for Nonprofit Excellence. Under her direction, CNE has grown to deliver mission-driven programs, leadership training, and technical services to more than 800 hundred nonprofits across Virginia. 

To honor Cristine as a champion of the social impact sector, we established the Cristine Nardi Fund to bolster CNE’s ability to expand our community of practice and create additional opportunities that are critical to keep organizations running.

Your support will enable CNE to provide capacity-building services including:

• Strong Governing Boards
• Proficient Team Members
• Sustainable Nonprofit Workforce
• Strategic Mission Delivery
• Healthy Financial Position
• Amplified Voice for the Social Sector

A Community Resource for Virginia’s Nonprofits

CNE is a community resource to empower Virginia’s nonprofits and the people who power them. We offer leadership programs and staff development, research and consulting services, discussion groups, and capacity-building at every stage of an organization’s life cycle. Importantly, we are tackling systemic racial and economic inequities at an institutional level to build equitable, thriving, and just communities.

There is no better way to demonstrate your shared appreciation for Cristine’s legacy by ensuring CNE’s sustained and deepened impact. Your donation to the Cristine Nardi Sustainability Fund is an investment in the next chapter of CNE’s vital work in building community across the commonwealth.