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Center for Nonprofit Excellence

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News and Information
from the CNE website 

NOTICE:   Beginning October 1 access to many pages on CNE's website will require a member login, including Funding Opportunities, Classes & Conferences, and Articles Online.  To ensure that your access to these resources is uninterrupted, become a member.  Not convinced?  View the full list of member benefits.

CNE Seminar: Elevator Speeches and Much More!  August 22, 9am - 12 noon.  Are all your board members able to sum up what your organization does and stands for in five minutes or less?  Are they saying the same things?  Leave this seminar ready to get everyone on the same page.  $25 members, $50 nonmembers.  Find out more.  

Before You Mail...Special Information Session August 28, 9am - 11am.  Learn what you need to know to make your next mailing successful, including what to do about the new postal regulations.  $15 members, $30 nonmembers.  Find out more!
 

New Job and Volunteer Opportunities from the CNE website

  • Interested in volunteering with school-age children?  JABA's Friends in Schools Helping Program is looking for volunteers.  More info.
  • This nonprofit art gallery seeks a part-time Communications/Outreach Coordinator.  See more.
  • This artist-run nonprofit art space seeks a part-time Gallery Manager.  Find out more.
  • This nonprofit promotes healthy, active lifestyles for those 50+ and seeks a part-time Volunteer Coordinator.  Details.
  • This humanities-focused nonprofits seeks an Assistant Director of Development.  See more. 

New Articles and Tools from the CNE library. 

  • You have your mission and purpose, but are you making things happen?  Learn how to get from idea to action.  Learn more.
  • How is your organization dealing with problems?  Find out how to develop strategic and innovative solutions.  Read more.
  • Government funding, the governing board, volunteers, and executive directors... find out how they interact in this study of LA nonprofits.  Find out more. 

Share What You Know, Find What You Need
Let us know what you need help finding or what you know and would like to share!

  • SunTrust's will donate $100 to the nonprofit of your choice when you open a checking account. Learn more.
  • Are CNE's online articles not giving you enough information?  Come visit our library and see what our books have to offer!


Funding Updates
from the CNE database  

  • The EPA is accepting proposals for brownfield-related projects.  See more. 
  • This Program's funding priorities focus on changing policy and preventing the use of tobacco products.  Find out more. 
  • Have an idea for a project to fill a need in your hometown?  See if this initiative might not be the funder for you!  Learn more.
  • This Program encourages tourism by supporting projects that protect or educate people about exceptional sites.  Find out more. 
  • Review our list of grant opportunities with rolling or open deadlines!


Upcoming Local Events from the CNE calendar

CNE MEMBERS: Submit your upcoming events to jessica@thecne.org by Wednesday at 2pm to have them listed!

August 16 - Open House celebrating the Community Mediation Center of Charlottesville's new office.  Details. 

August 16 - WHTJ's Virginia Currents will feature UVa professor of art Richard Crozier.  Details. 

August 18 - The Senior Center will host its Furniture Sale Fundraiser.  Details.

August 19 - Riprap Trail Hike with Wild Virginia.  Details. 

August 20 - Birth Circle with Birth Matters.  Details. 

August 22 - Elevator Speeches and Much More! CNE Seminar.  Details. 

August 22 - Pre- and Post- Purchase Class hosted by Piedmont Housing Alliance.  Details. 

August 22 - Meet Your Delegates sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.  Details. 

August 25 - Rivanna River Cleanup with the Rivanna Conservation Society.  Details.   

August 28 - Special CNE Info Session "Before You Mail..." to make sure you have your bases covered before your fall mailing.  Details.

August 30 - WHTJs Virginia Currents  will feature Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Crozet.  Details. 

September 3 - Labor Day

September 5 - Nonprofit Internship Fair at PVCC.  Details.

September 6 - CNE Brown Bag Lunch on Program/Project Media Planning. Details.

September 11 - Mental Health America hosts its Stamp Out The Stigma Annual Golf Challenge.  Details.

September 16 - Rivanna River Canoe and Kayak Trip with the Rivanna Conservation Society.  Details. 

Browse all upcoming events calendars here.

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Please join the CNE in our effort to maximize the impact of the nonprofit community. Contact us.

Sincerely,
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence
PO Box 5652
Charlottesville, VA 22905
434.244.3330
www.thecne.org

Center for Nonprofit Excellence