 January 2016 |
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Catalyst Team
Ravi Shah
Senior Program Associate
Lauren Kay
Director of Communications |
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From the Desk of Paul Vandeventer
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The Not-New in the New Year Can be Just as Inspiring
When stepping into a new year, we often force ourselves to focus on what we'll be doing that's new and innovative and exciting. We flipped the question around and asked a few Community Partners project leaders and friends a different kind of question: What's ORDINARY and still exciting in what you're doing to pursue your project and professional activities?
Here's a few of their answers:
Raymond Ealy
Executive Director, STEAM:CODERS
The prospects for "ordinary and exciting" have never been so good as we introduce our services to a new and excited group of students who have lacked access to science, technology, engineering, art and math. Our project is expanding rapidly and a key goal is to "stick to the knitting." That means improving quality and staying true to our core business, as opposed to searching for new ideas and to go deeper, as opposed to wider. We have barely scratched the surface.
To read the entire article, please click here.
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Welcome Our Board Members, New Chair
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With the new year comes new members and other changes to the Community Partners Board of Directors.
Moving into executive committee positions are Steven Cobb (California Community Foundation), taking over as chair, and attorney Helen Kim now handling the secretary position. Kate Anderson will continue in her role as treasurer. The new year meant we also saw the departures of long-time members Jack Shakely, Lisa Cleri Reale and James de Bree, who's terms of service ended.
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Welcome Our Newest Projects
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Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN)
Project Leader: Kaile Schilling
An interdisciplinary collaborative that provides arts programming to build resiliency, eliminate recidivism, and transform the juvenile justice system.
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Newton Area Community-Police Coalition
Project Leader: Elizabeth Peterson-Gower
Serves as a liaison between the Newton area community and the LAPD and forges visible positive relationships based on transparency, legitimacy, and trust between the police and the community.
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Events and Learning Opportunities
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Submit your application for Alchemy Leadership Seminar, the Annenberg Foundation's signature three-day capacity building training. Leadership Seminar addresses fundraising, board effectiveness, public involvement and accountability.
The free training is open to nonprofits from Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Classes are held in Los Angeles, Garden Grove and Redlands. The sole cost of admission is the attendance of both the executive director and the board chair during the three days of training.
The last day to apply to Leadership Seminar is January 29.
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p.m. to 7 p.m. RSVP and learn more here.
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From the Field
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Want your ideas to have greater influence in 2016?
Learn what it takes to be influential on a large-scale at the The OpEd Project's 'Write to Change the World' seminar on March 13. The curriculum is based on The OpEd Project's year-long program with social justice leaders and faculty fellows at Yale, Northwestern, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Stanford, The Ford Foundation and other institutions. The training is open to everyone -- entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit leaders, executives, writers and righteous thinkers across the political spectrum. Participants gain up to a full year of access to a network of high-level journalist editors. Scholarships are available. Details and registration here. Contact chelsea@theopedproject.org with questions.
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| Fiscal Sponsorship: A Balanced Overview
Considering fiscal sponsorship or know someone who is? This Nonprofit Quarterly article from attorney Gene Takagi offers plain-speak, pros & cons, and how to prevent the fiscal sponsorship relationship from going awry.
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A look at the trends and trend-makers in philanthropy - it's an interesting round-up of who to watch and what to watch for.
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| Compensation & Benefits Survey
All nonprofit organizations need current, local compensation data in order to hire and keep the best people for their team. The Center for Nonprofit's Compensation and Benefits Survey is the only Southern California-specific tool for nonprofit salary assessment - and it depends on information provided by local nonprofits.
Participants get $200 off the digital or print report as well as a free Comparative Market Analysis, which is a personalized report that lays out a clear picture of how your organization's salaries compare to organizations of similar budget size, geographic location, field of service, and number of employees. Participate today!
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About Us
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Community Partners offers expert guidance, essential services, and a strong dose of passion to help foster, launch and grow creative solutions to community challenges.
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