GoodWORKSconnect Micro Grants
Awarded Grants
| Grant Opportunity: | Region 1: 2010 Micro-Grant s |
| Region: | Region-1 |
| Eligible locations: | Macon County | | Description: | Micro-grants are up to 1,500 dollars for attendance by nonprofit staff and board members at trainings and professional development programs of their own choosing. For more information, visit the "About Us" section. |
| Contact: | Lucy Murphy
Community Foundation of Decatur/Macon County
217.429.3000 |
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Mar 02, 2010 | | Awarded to: | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois was awarded $1040
Project description: Jeanne Stahlheber, the Executive Director, will attend the "executive track" training sessions focused on building a better fundraising board, partnership development, outcome evaluation, and sustaining your organization after a large grant expires. This training will provide the tools to help us retain 3 full-time staff members after the grant that funds their positions expires in September 2010.
Decatur Area Arts Council was awarded $900
Project description: The Decatur Area Arts Council will send Executive Director, Bert Gray to this training opportunity. The symposium will involve +/- 300 arts administrators, individual and teaching artists, arts educators, board members, and cultural policy advocates. Ber
Decatur Family YMCA was awarded $900
Project description: Matt Whitehead, Finance Director and I wish to attend the conference. This premier Y conference will allow us unparallel networking opportunities with Y professionals. The opportunity to attend professional development seminars which will allow us to enha
Decatur Public Schools Foundation (DPSF) was awarded $897
Project description: Both the executive director and an incoming officer of the DPSF would like to attend this conference in order to improve the DPSF board and staff capability in the areas of marketing, fundraising, board management, and donor management.
Dove Inc. was awarded $900
Project description: Employees that supervise will participate in the training. Since Dove like many not for profits does not have a dedicated human resources department, the training will provide support to managers. The support will assist supervisory/management staff with gaining confidence to deal with personnel issues, as well as developing staff talent.
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| Grant Opportunity: | Region 2: 2010 Micro-Grants |
| Region: | Region-2 |
| Eligible locations: | Champaign, Vermilion, Edgar, Douglas, Moultrie, and Piatt Counties | | Description: | Micro-grants are up to 1,500 dollars for attendance by nonprofit staff and board members at trainings and professional development programs of their own choosing. For more information, visit the "About Us" section. |
| Contact: | Joan Dixon
Community Foundation of East Central Illinois
217.359.0125 |
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Mar 02, 2010 | | Awarded to: | Cunningham Children's Home was awarded $1500
Project description: Cunningham's Advancement Department staff work in Raiser's Edge every day, entering gifts, pulling reports, and referring to records containing donor information. While we are proficient in using this software, we feel we are not maximizing the ways Raiser's Edge could work for us. Issues range from consistency and quality control to pulling more complicated queries; and we have long known of the need for more customized consultation on our database.
When we learned of the Lumpkin Foundation micro-grants this year, we decided to apply although our budget is not in your preferred range because we believe this training is so essential, yet so difficult for us to plan for in our current budget climate. While extensive trainings are offered every year for our direct care staff, and our Board of Directors is planning to receive in-house training by a consultant who is donating his fees, we find that training for our fundraising professionals is both expensive and difficult to explain to most donors and funders, who expect organizations to direct their financial support to direct services.
The grants funds of jumi,500 would be applied to the total anticipated cost of [scripts/grants/grants_main.php],570 for consultant’s fee and travel costs for a one day consultation. Ms. Marziala will visit Cunningham and customize the standard MMC Canada training program to our specific fundraising needs. If we are more efficient in our fundraising operations, we will save our organization money while helping to bring more resources to support the needs of our youth; but these are tight budget times. We are therefore grateful for the opportunity to apply for a grant program that specifically supports professional development for administrative staff.
While this training is not inexpensive, the cost of sending one staff to a regional Raiser's Edge Training in Chicago would be in the range of jumi,500 including transportation and accommodations. For slightly more, all six members of our Advancement Department team can receive highly-recommended, customized and relevant training on how to improve our information management systems.
Eastern Illinois Foodbank was awarded $752.8
Project description: The Foodbank has seen a 30% increase in demand for emergency food over the last fiscal year. Consequently, our agencies and programs have been expanding to keep pace. My position as Development and Agency Relations Assistant was created in August of 2009 in response to an increased need for staff capacity to support this rapid growth. The Foodbank operates on very limited resources with a staff of twelve full-time employees. Before my position was created, there was just one full-time staff person devoted to monitoring, supporting, and managing 220 distinct agencies and programs. As my responsibilities in Agency Relations are being expanded, it has become essential that I rapidly increase my knowledge in this area. By attending this conference I will gain valuable information regarding efficiency, organization and interaction with Foodbank agencies and programs. I will also be able to network with and gain knowledge of best practices from experienced professionals in the food banking sector. Attending this conference will be exceptionally valuable in building my knowledge and skills to add value to our agency relations department and to allow the Foodbank to continue to grow to meet the needs of people at risk of hunger.
YMCA of the University of Illinois was awarded $800
Project description: The purpose of our request is to provide Annual Fund sustainability training for Rebecca Guyette. Now finishing her 7th year with the University YMCA and 4th year as Development Director, Rebecca has implemented the first strategic annual fund drive for the University YMCA in over 10 years. After implementing this fund drive in the fall of 2009, it was apparent additional annual fund sustainability training was needed. The objective is to create a long-term annual fund drive plan that will help the University YMCA increase it's annual giving capacity. Two years ago Rebecca attended the Fundraising School's Principles and Techniques of Fundraising and feels this will be a critical addition to her professional development for the University YMCA.
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| Grant Opportunity: | Region 3: 2010 Micro-Grant |
| Region: | Region-3 |
| Eligible locations: | Sangamon, Christian and Montgomergy Counties | | Description: | Micro-grants are up to 1,500 dollars for attendance by nonprofit staff and board members at trainings and professional development programs of their own choosing. For more information, visit the "About Us" section. |
| Contact: | John Stremsterfer
The Sangamon County Community Foundation
217.789.4431 |
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Mar 02, 2010 | | Awarded to: | Contact Ministries was awarded $1500
Project description: The purpose of the grant will be to provide a series of trainings to increase the leadership of our Board Members.
During 2009, only two committees met on a consistant basis. Outcomes of the trainings will include 1)Board members who are equipped to recruit additional community members from the community; 2)Board members will demonstrate an increased knowledge of their responsibilities within the organization; 3) an updated, three year strategic plan will be developed; 4) a succession plan will be implemented for future Board officers; 5)an annual Board performance review will be completed and on file; 6) Board Manual developed.
Faith Coalition for the Common Good was awarded $1492
Project description: Funding from the GoodWorks Connect micro grant will be used for registration fees, lodging, food and travel for four clergy/organizational leaders as well as the FCCG Executive Director to attend the Gamaliel National Clergy Caucus Training in April. Those who will attend are pastors, elders, deacons or other leaders from FCCG member congregations/organizations. They will learn the tools to become more effective leaders in their churches and in the community. They will also learn the techniques to positively impact decisions being made in the public arena. Those who attend the training will help build capacity within FCCG so it becomes a more powerful and engaging organization in the community.
Midwest Mission Distribution Center was awarded $500
Project description: Pat Wright, the executive director, would like to be trained in the method of grant writing and resource development and receive information for public and private funding sources.
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation was awarded $1456.8
Project description: We are requesting funding to support 80% of the costs associated with send two individuals to the How You Build It conference. Currently, we are proposing that both the MCEDC Executive Director and CED Educator attended the event. However, an alternate has been identified as the City of Litchfield's Economic Development Director. The alternative serves on our Community and Economic Development Committee, and other subcommittees as needed. The information gained from this opportunity will be used in programming planning for the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, its member communities, and other entities served. The goal is to gain additional ideas, resources and contacts for community development projects. By sending two representatives, one will attend the sessions focusing on the critical pre-development process and the second will attend the sessions focusing on innovative developments.
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| Grant Opportunity: | Region 3: Micro-Grants Rd. 2 |
| Region: | Region-3 |
| Eligible locations: | Sangamon, Christian and Montgomergy Counties | | Description: | Micro-grants are up to 1,500 dollars for attendance by nonprofit staff and board members at trainings and professional development programs of their own choosing. For more information, visit the "About Us" section. |
| Website: | www.sccf.us |
| Contact: | John Stremsterfer, The Sangamon County Community Foundation, 217.789.4431, stremsterfer AT sccf.us |
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Aug 16, 2010 | | Awarded to: | Girls on the Run of Central Illinois was awarded $1400
Project description: Deb Shultz is the current Executive Director (volunteer). In January 2011, she will become Board Chair and Tracy Zeman will become Executive Director (paid). Both women will attend the training to focus on program growth and managing a larger organization. Deb has led the program as a volunteer for 7 years through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield. In 1/2010, Girls on the Run of Central Illinois was established, so the program could be aggressively expanded to serve more girls. Our 3 year goal is to grow the number of girls served per year from 200 to 700. This significant growth requires us to develop additional fundraising, volunteer management, program evaluation, etc. skills. The training also provides the opportunity for Tracy, the new Executive Director to develop mentoring contacts from other Girls on the Run councils and meet national organization leaders.
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| Grant Opportunity: | Region 4: 2010 Micro-Grants |
| Region: | Region-4 |
| Eligible locations: | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby, and Fayette counties | | Description: | Micro-grants are up to 1,500 dollars for attendance by nonprofit staff and board members at trainings and professional development programs of their own choosing. For more information, visit the "About Us" section. |
| Contact: | Joedy Hightower
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation
217.342.4988
jhightower@enrichingourco |
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Mar 02, 2010 | | Awarded to: | Central Illinois Honor Flight was awarded $1292
Project description: Request is for development of president of Central Illinois Honor Flight, Donald Niehart, to attend DC Fundraising Summit in Washington DC. After summit participation expectations will be enhanced relationship building skills and overall fundraising management to increase effectiveness of and garner new ways to transport our veterans the soonest way possible.
Lincoln Heritage RC&D NFP was awarded $1160
Project description: Both the Lincoln Heritage Resource Conservation and Development council and the Post Oak Flats Resource Conservation and Development council will participate for a total of 27 council members. We expect our councils to take the next step in growth.
Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters was awarded $800
Project description: The purpose of this request is to provide funds to allow Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters to address board governance changes, engage the Effingham Advisory Committee in the planning process and get new board members, veteran board members, staff and committee members "on the same page" as we move forward. We expect to engage the Effingham Advisory Committee in planning for future growth in Effingham County. We will develop a strategic plan for the entire agency which incorporates many of the goals developed during the first event and which discusses the process by which the agency will maintain engagement and communication with the committee. The "mini" retreat which is the final event will bring everyone together to celebrate success and commit to the future through the strategic plan developed during the first two events. We believe this process will bring all partners to the table, develop trust and commitment and bring focus to our future plans.
Unit 40 Mentor Program was awarded $1200
Project description: The Unit 40 Mentoring Program recently formed a Sustainability Committee to meet the financial needs of the program when funding was cut from the Unit 40 budget. Short term financial needs for the Mentoring Program have been met. Now the Sustainability Committee has the task of moving forward to find funding sources that will sustain the program into the future, securing it, if necessary, to stand independent from Unit 40's budget.
This one day training retreat, and later follow-up visit, will involve the program supervisor, facilitators, and committee members. The Consultant will help define the role of the committee, and establish future financial goals for the Program. We expect that by taking advantage of the knowledge and expertise of a planning consultant, we will have a better, more efficient plan of action, to best assist us in achieveing a secure financial future.
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