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Community Resource Center Monthly E-Newsletter
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Success Strategies for Colorado Nonprofits
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August 2014
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The Southeast Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) Conference registration is open. Don't miss this opportunity to increase your network, add to your professional capacity and meet the funders in the southeast region of Colorado. Early bird pricing is available through August 15th.
Click Here to Register Today!
CRC continues to recruit AmeriCorps VISTA members in Durango and Steamboat Springs for our Rural Capacity Building Project. CRC has partnered with the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado in Durango and with the Yampa Valley Community Foundation in Steamboat Springs who will each host a regional VISTA. VISTA members will work with the regional leadership committees to follow-up and build upon the momentum of RPD programming and to continue to provide meaningful and relevant professional development expertise to rural nonprofit and community organizations.
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CHECK OUT OUR NEW FEATURE
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2-Day Grant Seeking Clinic - Last Chance to Register!
Join CRC for our most comprehensive and affordable grant writing training. This clinic covers topics from funding research, to the grant application, to program evaluation, and grant reporting! Participants also have the opportunity to ask their burning grant writing questions to an experienced "Funder/Grant Reviewer Panel".
Registrants also receive 50% off an annual subscription to the Colorado Grants Guide!
Date & Time: August 14 & 15 | 9am-4pm
Location: Colorado Collaborative for Nonprofits | Denver, CO 80203
Cost: $350 (includes 50% off Colorado Grants Guide!)
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Mobilize Your Board to Raise More Money! Presented by Andy Robinson
If your board is not raising all the money it could - in fact, if your board is not raising any money at all - you are not alone. In this interactive workshop, we will discuss the reasons why, and outline strategies to turn things around.
Registration includes Andy's new book, Train Your Board (And Everyone Else) to Raise Money.
CARBONDALE
Date & Time: October 21 | 9am-4pm
Location: Third Street Center | Carbondale, CO 81623
Cost: $125 Early Bird | $150 Regular
DENVER
Date & Time: October 22 | 9am-4pm
Location: Colorado Collaborative for Nonprofits | Denver, CO 80203
Cost: $150 Early Bird | $175 Regular
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2014 Fall Conference
The premier annual event for Colorado's nonprofit sector, the conference draws over 800 nonprofit decision makers, foundation trustees and staff, corporate giving officers, and consultants and vendors who work with nonprofits. Join us for two full days packed with new ideas, timely information, and great networking. You can't afford to miss this!
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Bingo Toolkit
A collection of tips and best practices from some of Colorado's leading charitable gaming managers. Inside you'll find ways to motivate volunteers, market your occasions, bring more excitement and variety to your gaming events, keep regular players happy, and attract new players.
If you're just beginning to run a charitable gaming operation, this guide will help you get off to a strong start. If you've been at this for a while and are looking for ideas to give your charitable games a boost, then you've come to the right place.
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Shared Space Survey
Occupancy costs are the second largest expense for our sector after personnel. Denver Shared Spaces and The Nonprofit Centers Network are surveying the Colorado nonprofit sector to understand our space needs and resources.
With just 25 minutes of your time, you can add your organization's perspective to this process by taking the survey linked here.
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Rocky Mountain Philanthropy Institute
For nearly 25 years AFP Colorado has offered nonprofit and fund development professionals an engaging and informative annual conference. Join us this year for the Gold Rush in Vail, Colorado, as we mine for gold for each of our missions.
Date: September 11 & 12, 2014
Location: Vail Cascade Resort | 1300 Westhaven Dr | Vail, CO
Register Now
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Colorado United Day of Service
This statewide day of volunteer service, organized by the Colorado Recovery Office in partnership with Serve Colorado and Americorps as part of the National Day of Remembrance of 9/11, commemorates the 2013 Colorado Floods, while recognizing that Coloradans are resilient and will remain united in continued recovery.
Date: September 13, 2014
Location: Colorado Statewide
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CRC Training Calendar
AUGUST
2-Day Grant Seeking Clinic - DENVER
August 14 & 15 | 9am-4pm | $300 Early Bird-$350 Regular
Development Roundtable with DOLA - DENVER
August 21 | 2pm-3:30pm | $20 Early Bird-$35 Regular
Get Grants - CASTLE ROCK
August 22 | 9:30am-4:30pm | $100 Early Bird-$120 Regular
Communicating Your Cause - COLORADO SPRINGS
August 27 | 1:00pm-4:30pm | $30 Early Bird-$45 Regular
SEPTEMBER
Finding Funding on the Web - WEBINAR
September 4 | 10:00am-12:00pm | $25 Early Bird-$35 Regular
Program Evaluation & Grant Reporting - DENVER
September 9 | 9:00am-12:00pm | $50 Early Bird-$60 Regular
Communicating Your Cause - GRAND JUNCTION
September 16 | 1:00pm-4:00pm | $30 Early Bird-$45 Regular
Development Roundtable, Guest TBD - DENVER
September 17 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | $20 Early Bird-$35 Regular
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Upcoming Grant Deadlines
September 1, 2014
The AEC Trust
Henry W. Bull Foundation
E.M. Christmas Foundation
DOLA: Colorado Private Activity Bond Program (PAB)
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
Law Enforcement Assitance Fund (LEAF)
William G. McGowan Charitable Trust
Riverfront Park Community Foundation
Southern Colorado Community Foundation
UPS Foundation
Weckbaugh Foundation
Women's Fund of Weld County
September 2, 2014
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
September 5, 2014
Foundation for the Protection of Animals
Wolcott Family Foundation
September 8, 2014
CPW: Small Range Maintenance Grant Program
September 15, 2014
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation
Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
Unitarian Universalist Fund for a Just Society
September 20, 2014
Bacon Family Foundation
September 30, 2014
BBVA Compass Foundation
Concert for Kids
El Paso Corporate Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
UCC Neighbors in Need
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Thank you to CRC's
Major Contributers
Adolph Coors Foundation
Anschutz Family Foundation
Boettcher Foundation
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Daniels Fund
Denver Foundation
El Pomar Foundation
Gates Family Foundation
Helen K. & Arthur E. Johnson Foundation
Rose Community Foundation
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation
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Rural Philanthropy Days Updates
Last Chance for Early Bird Discount for Southeast RPD in Trinidad!
Save $25 when you register by Wednesday, August 13th!
Nonprofit professionals and community leaders from Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, and Prowers counties are invited to attend this three-day conference in Trinidad on September 24-26. Take advantage of this opportunity to network with statewide and local funders, collaborate on projects and identify new funding opportunities. The conference is designed, organized, and funded by community volunteers from the Southeast region. To learn more, please visit our website at www.southeastrpd.org or find us on Facebook!
Staff Positions Available:
CRC is currently hiring two AmeriCorps*VISTA members to join our team in Durango and Steamboat Springs.
CLICK HERE to learn more about the positions available
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Increasing Investment in Rural America - Check out this recent publication from the White House. In conjunction with the Rural Opportunity Investment Conference, the White House Rural Council announced a $10 billion dollar investment fund to promote rural economic development. Learn more here!
Upcoming Grant Deadline: US Dept. of Housing is offering grants through the HOPE VI Main Street Grant Program to support small communities to assist in the renovation of an historic or traditional central business district or "Main Street" area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. The application deadline is 8/18/2014.
Upcoming Grant Deadline: The Wolcott Family Foundation supports nonprofit grassroots organizations throughout Colorado that focus on social change and environmental stewardship. Grants are provided to projects that emphasize environmental preservation, advocacy, and community involvement aimed at root causes of societal problems. The application deadline is 9/5/2014.
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Contact Us
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Community Resource Center
789 Sherman Street Ste 210 | Denver, CO 80203
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