Empowering Nonprofit

Nonprofit organizations are learning innovative ways to sustain and grow their community impact, thanks to help from the new Broward Center for Nonprofit Excellence.

Launched last fall by the Community Foundation of Broward, the Nonprofit Center nurtures and strengthens the charitable organizations that play such a critical role in the lives of Broward residents. The Nonprofit Center is quickly becoming a premiere resource for:

• Training, mentoring and continuing education

• Support for capacity building and core mission work

• Easy-to-use online tools and information

• Grants to help nonprofits

Pathways to Excellence

Already this year, more than 150 nonprofit employees and volunteers have attended valuable training sessions available through the Nonprofit Center.

The Nonprofit Center’s new “Learning Labs” feature in-person and virtual training sessions, held at the Community Foundation, on topics that help nonprofits build needed skills. Sessions on how to write more effective grant proposals and the ins and outs of insurance for charitable organizations have been well attended. Future Learning Labs will focus on digital marketing, fostering board engagement and much more.

In addition, the Nonprofit Center’s collaboration with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy brings more top-quality training to Broward. The Nonprofit Center at the Community Foundation is the only site in the southeast where nonprofit employees and supporters can attend Lilly Family School of Philanthropy classes in person. Attendees

- Cathy Brown, Nonprofit Center Director