Regardless
of the answer, there is little doubt that the more savvy and ambitious local
nonprofits avail themselves of what the Foundation Center has to offer. Next
week that includes two free programs dealing with key elements of today’s
nonprofit scene.
On
Tuesday, June 18 from 10AM-11:30AM the FC will offer Introduction
to Corporate Giving, an introduction to the world of corporate support for
nonprofits and funding research tools to help identify corporate prospects.
Following
the class, Joseph Cornell from Cleveland Public Library will be on hand to discuss
specialized resources available through the library for locating hard-to-find
company information.
On
Wednesday, June 19 from 1:00PM-3:00PM,
the FC offers a class on Understanding Collaboration, dealing with the
increasing importance of strategic collaborations, joint programming, and
mergers that are becoming more and more essential to helping achieve the
mission-critical impact by which nonprofits are increasingly judge.
Afterwards,
Susan Neth, executive director of MHS, Inc., will talk about the human aspect
of collaboration and how to get all your stakeholders on the same
page.
Both
programs will be held in the Stephen A. Minter Conference Center, located in
The Hanna Building at Playhouse Square, 1422 Euclid Avenue, 12th Floor, Cleveland,
OH 44115. [Foundation Center offices are on the 16th Floor].
To
register, visit http://bit.ly/12PaFwZ [Corporate
Giving] or http://bit.ly/17tyd1b [Collaboration]
or call 216.861.1933
x325.
Campaign for Black Male Achievement
A
few weeks ago the Foundation Center hosted a program on a nationwide initiative
that has developed to increase the structural supports and opportunities that
black men and boys need to survive in a society where social justice and racial
equity seem less real than pie-in-the-sky for so many black males.
The
initiative took shape following a 2006 front-page story in the New York Times,
headlined “The Plight of Black Men Deepens”, about the steady and precipitous
decline in the collective physical, political, educational and economic health
of black males relative to their nonblack counterparts.
This
Monday, June 17, from 1:00 to 2:30PM, those interested in exploring how this
initiative can gain traction locally will be meeting at the Foundation Center’s
offices on the sixteenth floor of the Hanna Building. For more information:
216.861.1933 x325 or jlm@foundationcenter.org.
Offshore Wind
Power in Cleveland?
Lake Erie Energy Development
Corporation’s manager of communications and strategy, Eric
Ritter, will present "How Do We Build an Offshore Wind POWER
Industry?" to members of the Northeast Ohio Group of the Sierra Club next
Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30PM. The meeting is open and the public is invited to
attend. The meeting will be at the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Center, 3450
Lee Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120.
LEEDCo’s
initial project, called Icebreaker, is scheduled for completion in 2017
and will consist of 6 wind turbines in Lake Erie about 7 miles off the coast of
Downtown Cleveland. Proponents expect Icebreaker will not only create hundreds
of jobs and power thousands of homes, but also be an important first step
toward building an entire industry in Northeast Ohio around offshore wind
power, creating a local clean and sustainable alternative to coal and natural gas,
help reduce air and water pollution in our community, and become a symbol of
our region’s leadership on clean energy issues.
Click here to
see/print a flyer for the meeting.
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