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PPLD is THE spot for nonprofits. With workshops, top nonprofit resources, and trained researchers ready to help, your nonprofit organization will be on the road to doing good in no time! |
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The wait is finally over! Penrose Library, located at 20 N. Cascade Ave., is reopening after being closed for a little more than two months. We are celebrating with an open house; coinciding with National Library Week.Read more about the changes and closure to Penrose Library, here. - Access to Foundation Directory will return to Penrose Library beginning April 10th.
- Any questions can be directed to Katie Edson.
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Grant Search Orientation Thu., April 11, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.Penrose Library, Computer LabNot sure where to begin with your search for foundation funding? New to grant seeking or just looking for a refresher? Join us for a Grant Search Orientation workshop, where we cover the basics of grant-seeking and start you on your way with tips for searching using the Colorado Grants Guide. Register here.
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Learn how to maximize the Foundation Directory Professional's tools to identify potential grants. The Foundation Directory database provides information including grant recipients, their location, dollar amounts granted, and suggested funders. The class is designed for participants who have already taken Grant Search Orientation. Register here. |
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Is your board thinking about a self-assessment? Are they asking, "How can we do this better?" A new resource guide has been created on this very topic, providing tools and free downloadable evaluation options to assist your board with their self-assessment. A board self-assessment can: - Tell you how the board thinks it is doing at this particular point in time.
- Provide a summary of responses that can serve as a baseline from which to work in your governance improvement efforts.
- Help you begin the essential conversation with your board about its strengths and weaknesses.
- Provide a format for discussing some ongoing issues and concerns (term limits, lack of board support for fundraising, recruitment, etc.).
- Serve as a launching pad for an ongoing governance committee, the development of a governance agenda, and a continuing effort to strengthen your board.
A board self-assessment cannot: - Take the place of an organizational assessment or serve as a vehicle to evaluate the work of the executive director.
- Solve your problems with that "difficult" board member.
- Miraculously transform the board overnight.*
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Are you thinking about conducting prospecting research? Data Axle is the perfect tool to help identify new potential donors. Data Axle contains information on 44 million businesses, 4.1 new businesses, and 148 million residents data. Data Axle also includes lifestyle and consumer data on over 60 market segments to help identify new market opportunities. Data Axle now includes 2.5 million job and internship postings. Access is available remotely with a Pikes Peak Library Card or at any one of the district's 15 branch locations. |
Have you visited the Robert Hilbert Nonprofit Resource Center at Penrose Library lately?
The RHNRC is an incredible resource with a wide variety of nonprofit books ranging in topics from how to start a nonprofit to board governance to grant writing. The RHNRC also has a dedicated computer for nonprofit research, as well as plenty of room to spread out and read or do research. Come and enjoy the space! |
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