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Center for Nonprofit Excellence
News and Information
  • The Board Cycle: From Cultivation to Emeritus. CNE Brown Bag Lunch. Today! 12 noon - 1:30 pm at Live Arts.  Learn from Ray Mischler of Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation how to find the right people and engage them in your organization for the long run.  Learn more.
New Articles
  • Do you think the problem with being heard is that your message needs some work?  This article will help you think through the strategic messaging process.
  • Benefits play a big part in attracting and retaining staff.  Read about options to make your benefits package more robust.
  • Look through all the articles on the CNE website.
New Job Postings
Share What You Know, Find What You Need
  • SunTrust's My Cause promotion will donate $100 to the organization of your choice if you open a checking account. Get the details
  • VANNO will host a Town Hall Meeting May 6 in Charlottesville to give local nonprofits an opportunity to express their views on the needs of the nonprofit sector.  Full press release
Funding
  • This award program promotes the health and public enjoyment of the national forest system.  Find out more
  • This corporation provides grants to community organizations that focus on making arts accessible, literacy, and violence prevention.  Learn more
  • This foundation provides to curricular reform and professional development initiatives for K-12 education. Get more info
  • This grant funds organizations that provide Americans with opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation.  See more.
  • This initiative funds projects that help youth acquire knowledge of and skills in the arts. Details.
  • Browse through all the funding opportunities
Calendar
Submit your events by 2 pm on Wednesdays to have them included in the CNE calendar!

May 1 - Center for Nonprofit Excellence: The Board Cycle from Cultivation to Emeritus
May 1 - Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Screening To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
May 1 - Charlottesville Community Design Center Lunch Journal Reception
May 2 - Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network: Manna in the Valley - Hunger's Cure
May 2 - Sage Moon Gallery: Meditation of Land and Sea Opening Reception
May 2 - Second Street Gallery: Painting, Performance, Machines Opening Reception
May 2 - Kid Pan Alley Concert at Rappahannock Elementary School
May 3 - Ivy Creek Foundation: First Saturday Bird Walk
May 3 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center Trunk Sale
May 3 - Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network: Manna in the Valley - Hunger's Cure
May 3 - Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature: Honey Dewdrop Concert Benefit
May 4 - Ivy Creek Foundation: Burning the Fields - Prescribed Fire
May 4 - Senior Center hosts Second Wind Band 13th Annual Spring Concert
May 4 - MACAA fundraiser: Men Who Cook Gala
May 7 - Piedmont Housing Alliance Seminar: Your Own Home
May 10 - Second Street Gallery Eighth Annual Family Art Day
May 10 - Ivy Creek Foundation: Green Roofs
May 10 - Congregation Beth Israel: Israel at 60!
May 10 - Wild Virginia: 3rd Annual Treehuggers Ball
May 14 - ACAC: Winning the Battle Against Rising Healthcare Costs
May 14 - MACAA Community Action Month Breakfast
May 14 - Piedmont Housing Alliance Seminar: Money Matters
May 15 - Piedmont Council of the Arts: Governor's Awards Deadline for Nominations
May 15 - Rivanna Conservation Society: The Green of Greene and Fluvanna Counties
May 17 - Virginia Discovery Museum Busy Builders Exhibit Opens
May 17 - Virginia Discovery Museum: Let's Talk About Safety
May 17 - Ivy Creek Foundation: Trailbulding Education and Greenways
May 18 - Ivy Creek Foundation Butterfly Walk
May 19 - FOCUS Women's Resource Center: Jin Shin Jyutsu
May 21 - Piedmont Housing Alliance Seminar Bank on It.

View all calendar events on the CNE website
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