Month: October 2019

“Project Impact” connects local agencies with first year students in the College of Business. Project Impact began nearly a decade ago and involves partnerships with local nonprofits. If you have a need or opportunity, 15-20 students could be assigned to work with your organization during the 2020 Spring Semester (January – April). Previous examples of Project Impact assignments include, but are not limited to: coordinating events; social media projects; assistance with newsletters; and beautification initiatives.

A link to the proposal application for Project Impact will be available via our Nonprofit Community Calendar on October 15 and is to be submitted to U.C. College of Business by November 22 @ 5pm.

Applications for The Andrew Jergens Foundation grant are due November 15. The Foundation supports programs which benefit children, generally through high school age, in the Greater Cincinnati area (Hamilton, Butler, Clermont and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana). More information available at the OneSource Center website calendar.

CORRECTION: Impact 100 Grant application information sessions will be held on October 30 and November 5, 9:30 – 11 a.m. at Interact for Health. Applicants will review in-depth the steps needed to complete the Letter of Intent as well as review the overall timeline. Impact 100’s funding cycle runs from fall of the current year to fall of the following year. The organization wants to understand the needs of nonprofits in the Tri-State through the application. Grants are in the area of culture, environment, family, health and wellness and education. More information available at the OneSource Center website calendar.

OneSource Center is now offering a new series of agency-strengthening and enrichment workshops, geared directly to young nonprofits or to nonprofits interested in starting a re-branding process. The program, in overview, provides an introduction on best practices for nonprofits to follow. The course can be tailored to each client’s needs, offering individual components as needed, but the full offering includes three workshops in the areas of:

• Getting Started (Mission, Vision, Values and Understanding Your “Why”)
• Pumping the Tank (Building Capacity through Collaborations) and
• Steering the Way (The Path to Long-Range Financial Stability)

Each segment is a three to four-hour workshop allowing time for small group discussions.

The complete series combines both structured learning and peer-to-peer learning, with supplementary worksheets designed to provide practical tools for participants to utilize in their work. Participants in previous workshops give this series high marks, and particularly cite the peer-to-peer learning as highly effective.

Interested in learning more? Please contact Vickie Ciotti to discuss opportunities.

A recent blog by Shawn Kemp from Guidestar, shares some interesting suggestions re: the importance of social media in your marketing mix. In the article, Kemp relates, “In case you’re wondering if Facebook is still worth investing in, consider that nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents spend at least 30 minutes a day on the platform and receive the majority of their news from Facebook feeds. If your nonprofit isn’t appearing in those feeds, you’re missing a valuable opportunity to connect with your supporters and donors on a regular basis and build a reputation as a trusted information source.”

Interesting read! To learn more, go to their website here.