JCCF provides opportunities for non-profits

Non-profits are a critical part of a community’s fabric, providing essential services that governments lack the capacity to deliver and building support for addressing community challenges. Yet non-profits often carry out their work with limited resources, which can constrain their impact.

Jones County Community Foundation (JCCF) is passionate about strengthening the non-profits in our area, and thus strengthening our communities as a whole. That’s why, thanks to their affiliation with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, they’re offering several opportunities for non-profits to raise needed dollars and improve operations!

Registration is now open for Great Give Day, a 24-hour, online giving event established by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque to celebrate and support area non-profits and build stronger communities. Since 2014, Great Give Day has raised more than $1.7 million for non-profits across the region. Last year, the campaign collected over 2,300 gifts — 22 percent of which were from first-time donors — and raised over $240,000 for local non-profits.

Non-profits who hold funds at the Community Foundation can register for Great Give Day. The event will be held on Thursday, May 14. Donations go further on Great Give Day thanks to sponsors who award hourly prizes. Last year, non-profits received more than $28,000 in prizes.

The Community Foundation provides a variety of tools and trainings to help non-profits succeed on Great Give Day. A kickoff meeting will be held on Thursday, March 5. Participating non-profits can also benefit from a free social media training on Monday, March 30. The training will focus on maximizing the impact of Great Give Day, and is applicable to any social media campaign a non-profit might conduct in the future. Trainings will be held in-person at the Community Foundation’s McCarthy Center for Nonprofit Learning, 700 Locust St., Dubuque, and live via webinar.

For more information about Great Give Day, visit greatgiveday.org or contact Peter Supple at peter@dbqfoundation.org or 563- 588-2700.

The Nonprofit Strength Builder workshop series will start on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Building on the Community Foundation’s 17-year history of strengthening non-profits, this interactive and engaging seven-session workshop series is designed to help you become a more effective leader, enhance your organization’s capacity for driving change, deepen your impact and make your organization more resilient.

Registration is now open for the full series or individual workshops. All sessions will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Community Foundation’s McCarthy Center for Nonprofit Learning in Dubuque. Each workshop will focus on building leadership capacity in a different area of non-profit operations: Non-profit Board & Governance (Feb. 11); Leadership: Culture, Mission, Planning (March 3); Measuring Your Organization’s Success: Operations and Data (March 24); Financing Your Cause: Budget, Revenue, Fundraising (April 14); How to Attract Continuous Improvement in Your Volunteers and Board (May 5); Teamwork and Teambuilding (May 19); and Participants’ Choice ( June 9).

To register for the full series or individual sessions, visit dbqfoundation.org/ strengthbuilder. For more information about Nonprofit Strength Builder, contact Shirley Templeton Vaughn at shirley@ dbqfoundation.org or call 563-588-2700.

To learn about the many opportunities and resources the Community Foundation offers non-profits, visit dbqfoundation.org/ nonprofits.

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