Center for Nonprofit Excellence News and Events

WFSI Impact 100 Grant now open!

2017-06-28T15:09:35Z

WFSI Impact 100 Grant Information
Creating a Community Where Women Thrive

The Women's Foundation of Southern Indiana is announcing the opening of our Impact 100 grant application - and we're inviting you to apply!

The inaugural grant from this group of 78 women will award a $50,000 grant to a nonprofit organization serving Clark, Floyd, and/or Harrison County to support transformational change to improve the lives of women and children in our community.

Letters of Intent to apply are due Friday, June 30th via email to impact100si@gmail.com. Details and further instructions, along with the Request for Proposals and full application due by August 17th, 2017 are on the website below.

Applications are now open!

To apply, or for more information, please visit our website at
https://www.impact100si.org/

Buy Local Fair returns Sunday, July 2 at Louisville Water Tower Park

2017-06-23T11:51:52Z

Buy Local Fair
Sunday, July 2, 12n-6pm
Louisville Water Tower Park
www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair

The Buy Local Fair returns for its 9th year on Sunday, July 2 from 12n to 6pm at the Louisville Water Tower Park.

This local favorite will include more than 200 booths from a variety of local businesses, artists and craftspeople, community organizations, and farmers, as well as live music, Trend Appliances cooking competition, craft cocktail competition, food and drink vendors, ValuMarket craft beer tent, Cox’s Back Porch area for the grownups and a children’s area as well. Presented by the Louisville Water Company, the event also gets major support from Amish Hills Furniture and Louisville Metro Council.

“It’s a great feeling to hear from our visitors and vendors about how much they love the Buy Local Fair,” says Jennifer Rubenstein, Director of the Louisville Independent Business Alliance. “We put this event on with our member businesses as the focal point, and the public really digs it. There’s such a variety of local independent businesses that are unique and fun – and that makes a community impact by keeping more dollars circulating locally!”

Attendees may not have the local economy on their mind when they’re buying the perfect birthday gift, or chowing on their favorite local burger, but the Louisville Local Impact Study shows that the money spent will circulate locally over 3 times more than when spent at a chain. And that’s the beauty of the Buy Local Fair – building community while having a remarkable experience.

Admission to the Buy Local Fair is free and parking is $5 per vehicle (or free for bicycle parking). Visit www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair for more info.

#BuyLocalFair
https://www.facebook.com/events/1726706970975347/

CNPE Board Member named CEO of James Graham Brown Foundation

2017-06-22T12:00:13Z

CNPE Board Member and former President of the James Graham Brown Foundation, Mason Rummel, has been named their new CEO.

You can read more about this exciting promotion via the sources below:

Fund for the Arts is accepting applications for NeXt program thru June 30!

2017-06-19T14:55:08Z

Fund for the Arts is accepting applications for the nationally recognized NeXt program for emerging professionals. This 10-month journey prepares the next generation of professionals for volunteer leadership roles within the arts community through rich experiences in all aspects of cultural engagement. Please consider applying by June 30 or sharing this opportunity with colleagues, friends, and others who are looking to make an impact in our community.

Click here to apply.

NeXt Ambassadors will:

Network with high profile community leaders;
Take on rewarding arts-focused projects that have a real impact on arts organizations;
Enjoy world-class art events;
Learn where their talents are most needed;
Become a defining voice in the future of the arts.

If you'd like to learn more, please contact Sibel Solagan, Fund for the Arts Events & Special Projects Coordinator, via email or 502.583.0131.

Submit a Fund for the Arts NeXt project by June 30!

2017-06-19T14:53:50Z

NeXt Project
In need of help with an Arts & Culture Project?
Submit a NeXt Project by June 30

Fund for the Arts' NeXt program offers hands-on engagement from young professionals and arts organizations through the incorporation of group projects. Projects will span an array of areas, but will most often fall into the categories of: collaborative initiatives, audience development, event management, program implementation, business operations, marketing and communications, and philanthropy.

NeXt projects are not a competition; rather, young professionals and arts organizations alike seek to better our arts and cultural community - creating leaders in service of the arts and ambassadors for life!

Click Here to Apply: http://fundforthearts.org/next-program-501c3-arts-project-request/

Project Parameters:

* Organizations must be a 501c3

* Submissions due by June 30, 2017

* 10-month or less completion time table

* Be an arts or cultural-related project

* Require hands on team engagement

Please email ssolagan@fundforthearts.org with any questions.

Louisville is One of Five Communities To Take On Youth Homelessness

2017-05-30T16:33:01Z

For Immediate Release

Contacts:
Jen Carver, (502) 418-6819
Ali Hawthorne, (502) 262-8580

Louisville is One of Five Communities To Take On Youth Homelessness
Baltimore (MD), Columbus (OH), Hennepin County (MN), Louisville (KY) and Palm Beach County (FL) will be setting ambitious goals to end homelessness among young people in their community during 100-Day Challenge.

Louisville, KY (May 30, 2017) - Building on the success of three cities that made remarkable progress last Fall, The Coalition for the Homeless is proud to announce that Louisville, Kentucky was selected by Rapid Results Institute (RRI), A Way Home America, and HomeBase as one of five cities to launch a 100-Day Challenge to accelerate efforts to end youth homelessness. The other cities selected were Baltimore (MD), Columbus (OH), Hennepin County (MN), and Palm Beach County (FL). This work is made possible through funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and private philanthropic partners. Rapid Results Institute (RRI) and HomeBase will offer technical support to each a community as they strive to meet their goals.

A 100-Day Challenge is a project where a community decides together on an incredibly ambitious goal: to end experiences of homelessness for a large number of young people in their community. With just 100 days to meet their goal, everyone from community leaders down to front-line workers are invited to do their work differently, change systems and innovate. In order to make great strides, communities must take on great challenges. The limited timeframe, the high-profile effort, and the intensive support from RRI results in communities progressing on three major tasks: problem solving, innovation, and partnership-building.

The Coalition for the Homeless in Louisville began working to understand youth homelessness in 2013, including two studies on the needs of youth and the creation of a committee called the Coalition Supporting Young Adults (CSYA), now a separate partner organization. The CSYA undertook community mapping to understand existing resources, including youth shelter; drop in centers; and education, employment and housing opportunities available for homeless youth. This mapping process enabled CSYA and the community to identify gaps and potential opportunities to re-allocate existing resources. The collaborative work of CSYA has already supported the development of new resources including two new drop-in centers, a community-wide plan to reengage out of school youth and a professional development program to train a cohort of "connectors" who can quickly link homeless and disconnected youth. In addition to CSYA, a Youth Advisory Board, an Education/Employment Collaborative, and a Homeless Youth Committee consisting of 41 community leaders have also all been formed. These entities will be crucial as Louisville continues to address youth homelessness during the 100-Day Challenge.

"Our plan and implementation must not only address the housing needs of approximately 868 youth, but also create preventive solutions to keep the large number of precariously housed youth counted by JCPS not only out of the shelters, but in a safe setting that allows them to thrive," says Natalie Harris, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless in Louisville. "One of our main focuses will be in creating transitional and rapid rehousing programs integrated with education and employment."

By meeting and then exceeding their goals, Austin, Cleveland, and Los Angeles set the bar Fall 2016: together, they housed nearly 450 young people in just 100 days. These three communities were the first round of 100-Day Challenges on youth homelessness.

Individuals, organizations, and communities interested in following the 100-Day Challenge progress can sign up to receive news from AWHA at awayhomeamerica.org. Those interested can also follow the challenges using #100DayChallengeAccepted and #endyouthhomelessness on Twitter.

For more information about the efforts of the Coalition for the Homeless in Louisville, visit www.louhomeless.org or call (502) 636-9550.

About the Coalition for the Homeless
The Coalition for the Homeless, located at 1300 S. 4th Street, Suite 250, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to prevent and eliminate homelessness in Louisville. The Coalition has a three-pronged approach to this mission: advocacy, education, and coordination of their 31 member agencies that provide a variety of services to the homeless throughout the city. The Coalition for the Homeless and 41 partners began a city-wide effort to end youth and young adult homelessness in 2017. You can change a life. Be a mentor or hire a young adult in need in our community. For places to get involved, go to: http://louhomeless.org/?p=4321. To learn more about the Coalition visit www.louhomeless.org, call (502) 636-9550, or find The Coalition for the Homeless on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LouHomeless or on Twitter @louhomeless.

About A Way Home America
AWHA is a national initiative to build the movement to prevent and end homelessness among young people. AWHA is made up of local and state public sector organizations, advocates, researchers, young people, homeless youth providers and philanthropists united behind the goal of ending youth homelessness by the end of 2020. www.awayhomeamerica.org

About The Rapid Results Institute
RRI is a non-profit organization that creates transformative and sustained impact on tough societal challenges. RRI enables front-line teams to deliver seemingly impossible results, often in 100 days or less, and helps leaders leverage these initial results into sustained, long term, impact. www.rapidresults.org

About HomeBase
HomeBase is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the social problem of homelessness. The mission is to end homelessness, prevent its recurrence, and decrease its effect on communities. HomeBase works on the state and national level to support communities in implementing responses to homelessness while fostering collaboration in addressing the political and economic causes of homelessness. www.homebaseccc.org

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