Join lead researchers from the Johnson Center and Plante Moran for a deep dive into the technical aspects of their new research and engage in a conversation about both the observed investment returns and the calculated payout rates for private and community foundations alike.
Gather with other grantseekers and nonprofit professionals in this two-part workshop curated to give you the opportunity to develop your grantwriting skills.
This 90-minute workshop is designed to ground the philanthropic sector in the basics of the Form 990 — including the practical and the purposeful ways to leverage information from a 990 with a nonprofit, financial, or foundation lens.
This executive coaching cohort will help participants identify challenges, set goals, and develop strategies to move their organizations forward.
In this session, Johnson Center executive director Teri Behrens will lead a discussion to reflect on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how to adjust to our new normal.
This series combines learning opportunities and workshopping breakouts to engage CFOs, CEOs/executive directors, board members, and development staff. Build your essential leadership team and strengthen your organization’s vital financial backbone by working through this series together.
This workshop is ideal for funders or for nonprofit professionals keen to understand the funding perspective and how to use Forms 990 as a tool to assess organizational or collective impact.
Proposal Analysis in Grantmaking is designed to challenge grantmakers to learn as much about the grantee organization, program, and community as possible so that opportunities to build capacity and partnerships are recognized and supported.
Join our panel of librarians from Grand Valley State University and the Grand Rapids Public Library for tips on finding free resources on all aspects of managing, fundraising, and grant seeking within the nonprofit sector.
Join us for a conversation exploring how sector trends are affecting your work, and learn how you can integrate this knowledge into your organization’s strategies.
This workshop is designed to help nonprofit professionals better understand and evaluate their program impact through good metrics.
Join us for a virtual, guided tour of Community Insight — the Johnson Center's new, online platform for displaying community data, understanding opportunities and needs, and targeting efforts for advancing equity.
This robust course provides grantmakers of any experience level with valuable tools and insights to facilitate funding decisions.
This workshop is designed to help nonprofit executives, fundraisers, program staff, and board members harness the power of storytelling for their organizations.
This 90-minute workshop is designed to ground the philanthropic sector in the basics of the Form 990 — including the practical and the purposeful ways to leverage information from a 990 with a nonprofit, financial, or foundation lens.
Join us for a conversation in which we'll explore our work and share experiences and observations about how 2021 is treating the nonprofit sector.
This workshop is ideal for funders or for nonprofit professionals keen to understand the funding perspective and how to use Forms 990 as a tool to assess organizational or collective impact.
This 3-hour session is designed for people interested in board service or those looking to strengthen and refresh their knowledge and skills and for executive directors to more effectively work with their boards.
Executive directors are often called upon to do it all — from fundraising and strategy development, to human resources and accounting. Join your nonprofit peers for this interactive session designed to help you hone the tools you need to enter your own new era of leadership.
