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Mark your calendar for this year's Giving USA briefing on the latest trends in philanthropy and special presentation regarding the … Read More

Greater Toledo Community Foundation and The Blade, in partnership with The Center for Nonprofit Resources, announce the 2023 Northwest Ohio Nonprofit … Read More

This program is designed to support current and emerging minority nonprofit leaders, board members, volunteers, executive directors and staff interested … Read More

In this workshop designed for employers, Amy Luck and Bill Beach discuss COVID mandates and accommodations for employees. Read More

Lead by Mr. Markoff, author of the Million-Dollar Moments and the Amazing Professionals Who Helped Make Them Possible, experienced fundraising … Read More

Explore how to leverage grants to sustain your nonprofit, how to be a competitive grant seeker and how to find … Read More

The Essentials of Marketing Planning presentation shares with participants the 10 key principles of marketing planning.  Read More

This year’s Nonprofit Innovation & Excellence Awards has a different look… and a new name… and increased grant money! Greater … Read More

The Center for Nonprofit Resources and Toledo Bar Association are teaming up to offer a free workshop designed for employers … Read More

Two nonprofit agencies were randomly drawn from the list of those nonprofit organizations that participated in #GivingTuesdayNWO 2021 and reported their … Read More

March 24, 2022 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Register here What will you learn? Turning 5-minute conversations into … Read More

If your organization participated in #GivingTuesdayNWO, click here to complete the results survey. Please complete the survey whether or not you registered … Read More

Keith Burwell, president of Greater Toledo Community Foundation is pleased to announce the new Director of the Center for Nonprofit … Read More

REPLAY The Center for Nonprofit Resources recently hosted Artisha Lawson, program officer of Greater Toledo Community Foundation, to discuss GTCF's … Read More

I'm Heather Bradley, the Director at The Center for Nonprofit Resources, and I'm sharing exciting news for you, our 501(c)3 … Read More

The thought process and due diligence lawyers likely will engage in before joining a board Thoughts on how lawyers are … Read More

Toledo Lucas County Public Library Prospect research can be time intensive and costly for larger organizations that have the resources. … Read More

Interactive Tool Every once in awhile an extra special tool becomes available. We consider this to be one of them. … Read More

REPLAY In this workshop, David Topoleski (Toledo Lucas County Public Library) helps you identify resources available through the library system … Read More

March 4, 2021 – Webinar At its best, board service is a satisfying mutual exchange of knowledge, leadership opportunities, and … Read More

At its best, board service is a satisfying mutual exchange of knowledge, leadership opportunities, and tangible support for a cause … Read More

REPLAY In this workshop, Zach Huber (Toledo Lucas County Public Library) and Artisha Lawson (Greater Toledo Community Foundation) help you … Read More

Largest virtual event to date REPLAY This is such a unique moment in our community’s history to have all of … Read More

Candid.Learning Are you new to the field of grantseeking? Discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and … Read More

Candid.Learning Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps … Read More

Candid.Learning Are you ready to start fundraising for your project or idea, but don’t know what and how much to … Read More

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Your #GivingTuesdayNWO campaign during this time of COVID Technical assistance offered by The Center to help strengthen #GivingTuesdayNWO campaigns has … Read More

Workshop Follow-up Make Far More Money with Your Donor Communications Session 2 of Donor Comms has concluded. Below you will … Read More

Workshop Follow-up Make Far More Money with Your Donor Communications Session 1 of Donor Comms has concluded. Below you will … Read More

Workshop Follow-up Applying a Strategic Lens Session 2 of Charitable Board Members has concluded. Below you will find links to … Read More

Workshop Follow-up The Basics Session 1 of Responsibilities of Charitable Board Members has concluded. Below you will find links to … Read More

It’s Finally Time to Write the Grants The book is divided into three sections for easier discussion. Don’t have time … Read More

No cost online workshops through the end of 2020! Read More

Storytelling 101 Session 2 Workshop – Follow-Up – The Center for Nonprofit Resources Workshop Follow-up Storytelling:101 Compelling Campaigns to Engage … Read More

Prerequisites The book is divided into three sections for easier discussion. Don’t have time to read the book but still … Read More

Workshop Follow-up Effective Board Governance: Understanding Board Purpose and Planning Session 2 of Effective Board Governance has concluded. Below you … Read More

Workshop Follow-up Effective Board Governance: Examining Board Roles and Responsibilities Session 1 of Effective Board Governance has concluded. Below you … Read More

Equity & Access Initiative Patrick and Artisha had so much to share about the new initiative at Greater Toledo Community … Read More

No cost online workshops through the end of 2020! Read More

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement on the expansion of the Main Street Lending Program to … Read More

Bipartisan Bill Would Ensure that Nonprofits Receive Federal Help for Unemployment Payments Up Front, Rather than Being Reimbursed Later WASHINGTON, … Read More

Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Program The Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Services Program is working to identify nonprofits … Read More

The Center commonly gets requests for technical assistance to help build and strengthen Boards. ​ Karl Mathiasen asserts “A board … Read More

The Center commonly receives requests for technical assistance with strategic planning.  At our most recent Board Mastermind, the group discussed … Read More

We added three new on-demand training videos to the Nonprofit 101 Fundamental series.to help you in the area of grants.  … Read More

At The Center, we LOVE these tools.  It won’t take much of your time to use them but the future … Read More

In her recent workshop, titled Operational Excellence, Gretchen Upholt from FMA shared with us a variety of resources. An organizational … Read More

How confident are you in your organization’s financial management practices? In her recent workshop, Gretchen Upholt shared a resource with … Read More

In her recent workshop, Karen Ray shared The Alliance Continuum.   It’s an important tool as we commonly use the terms … Read More

How important is increased productivity, employee engagement, and overall team satisfaction to the successful delivery of your mission? The right … Read More

Nonprofits have a language all their own. This glossary, perfect for new board and staff members or those contemplating board … Read More

IssueLab is a free Foundation Center product that gives you full access to studies and papers generated by foundation-funded research.  It … Read More

A recent Technical Assistance client was seeking tools to help with the budgeting process, Below are two helpful resources if … Read More

C4NPR recently partnered with the Toledo Lucas County Library to host a session focused on creating a strong project budget … Read More

An important element of visual literacy is the use of color.  What if changing the color of a call to … Read More

We are always on the look out for resources, tools and concepts to share with you, our nonprofit colleagues.  It … Read More

Every day, we are bombarded with so much information that our senses – our vision in particular – exist in a … Read More

Check out this excerpt from our C4NPR Chat with Mary Sobecki.  Mary shares common mistakes made by grant seekers. To … Read More

At his recent workshop focused on successful fundraising events, Jay Love highlighted the importance of a high degree of donor … Read More