Author: Alyson Best

Nonprofits: Visit us the last Wednesday of every month for OneSource Center Shoppers Club’s “Open Shopping Day”! All qualifying tax-exempt organizations including public and private schools, government bodies and religious institutions can shop monthly on this day. Nonprofits wanting unlimited weekday access to the Shoppers Club are asked to become Shoppers Club members, with membership usually recouped at the first visit. 

Open Shopping Day details:  Please provide proof of tax-exempt status, and payment must be made by organization check, purchase order or credit card.

Want to learn more about our Shoppers Club? (There is even a video tour on this link!)  Visit here. 

OneSource Center is constantly listening to our nonprofit friends and striving to find ways to support your organization in better fulfilling its mission. One thing we repeatedly hear is how to address the need for meeting and training space.  We’ve listened to you! OneSource Center has researched and located facilities that are available for FREE to nonprofits. Check our website for a list of available rooms with reservation information. The website will be continually updated as more spaces are available. Be sure to bookmark this page for future reference! OneSource Center is a nonprofit ourselves, and we are constantly working to help you more!

United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Procter and Gamble (P&G) have partnered together to provide over 1,900 nonprofit staff members unlimited access to Coursera for one year at no cost. Coursera is an online platform that provides universal access to world class learning.  Coursera partners with over 200 university and industry partners to provide a variety of guided projects, courses, specializations, certificates, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Nonprofits can use Coursera to learn about fields such as information tech, data science, IT support, project management, UX design, and much more! Users can also brush project management, UX design, and much more! Users can also brush up on basic skills like word processing, new languages, and math and science fundamentals.

For more information, visit here, or fill out this short survey to notify Coursera you are interested in this opportunity.

Following feedback from nonprofit clients, OneSource Center recently tested and added a DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) component to our FREE Nonprofit Checkup. The Nonprofit Checkup helps agencies narrow down the top priorities to undertake in the upcoming year. With the new DEI component, the free assessment can be used to review governance, recruitment, and organizational culture — all important elements for review! Other modules included in the FREE Nonprofit Checkup include leadership capacity, management capacity, operational capacity and readiness to adapt to change.  Organizations that have utilized this evaluation tool sing its praises.  (Read a testimonial here.)  

Demonstrate to your stakeholders that you are on the cutting edge of service delivery with this DEI-sensitive Nonprofit Checkup tool. Contact Vickie Ciottii, Vice President, Consulting Services to schedule your assessment today! A conversation is FREE, and could get your organization on a path to improved DEI initiatives.

Friends, sponsors, supporters and volunteers joyfully gathered on Thursday, September 2 for OneSource Center’s “A Celebration of Partners” event – recognizing the collaborative partnerships instrumental in supporting our community’s nonprofits. Held at the newly opened The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center, guests experienced tours, cocktails and delectable bites and experienced programming that highlighted the work of Collaborating Nonprofit Partner Award honorees. The program, guided by Emcee Kathy Wade, CEO of Learning Through Art, recognized these award winners:

Nonprofit Partner Award: Champions of Local Arts
Cincinnati Music Accelerator, PAR-Projects, Revolution Dance Theatre
Corporate Partner Award: Deloitte
Founder’s Awards: Mark Luegering and David Wallace

The program for the evening highlighted three nonprofit partners that embrace and encourage performing artists calling Cincinnati home. Their combined story is yet one more example showing how the ripple effect of collaboration and connections between funders, corporations and nonprofits work together for community good. Through word of mouth referrals, all three organizations worked with OneSource Center, ArtsWave and IDEA Schools to obtain $60,000 in stage and production equipment through the decommissioning of a local college. Because of OneSource Center’s relationships, items destined for the landfill found a new home and are now benefiting the community.

Evening highlights included performances through the Cincinnati Music Accelerator, artistic displays by PAR-Projects and an engaging dance production by Revolution Dance Theatre.

Thank you to OneSource Center sponsors, donors and friends who made this magical event possible.

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