Mental Health Crisis & Suicide Prevention

Online

FREE! Join this virtual session to learn about efforts to bring mental health crisis and suicide prevention support and services to the West Michigan community, as well as how to access and navigate community resources for you and your employees.

Site Visit Essentials for Grantmakers

Online

Learn how innovative site visit methods can help balance power dynamics and establish more authentic relationships, enabling grantees to showcase their strengths within their authentic context.

Engaging Millennials in Volunteer Service

Online

FREE! This workshop presented in partnership with Volunteer Michigan is designed to help nonprofits understand and engage the next generation of meaning-seekers.

Nonprofit Clinic

GVSU Seidman Center 50 Front Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI

The Nonprofit Clinic is an event designed to provide nonprofit leaders, finance staff, and board members a day of networking, education, and the opportunity to get quick answers through “curbside” consulting. Join us!

Introduction to Board Service

Online

This 4-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.

Furthering Social Good Through Pluralism and Collaboration

Online

FREE! Join us to learn more about the Community Collaboration Initiative, a community-based research project focused on Muslim-led nonprofits, and how marginalized communities can work together to further visions and missions with allies.

Financial Analysis for Grantmakers

Online

This robust, two-day course takes a deep dive into the fundamentals of grant proposal financial review and analysis, including organization and project budgets, financial statements, audits, and the IRS Form 990/990EZ.

Beginner’s Guide to Reading Form 990

Online

This workshop is designed to ground you in the basics of Form 990 — including practical and purposeful ways to leverage information from a 990 with a nonprofit, financial, or foundation lens.

What It Means to be an Executive Director

Online

This workshop led by nonprofit expert Tamela Spicer will help you explore your own leadership style and discover tools for balancing the demands of your role.

Philanthropy 101

Online

Philanthropy 101 is a two-day, online course designed to ground new professionals in the basics of foundations, nonprofits, grantmaking, the field of philanthropy, and how philanthropy interacts with other sectors — namely, business and government.

Intermediate Guide to Reading Form 990

Online

This session is ideal for funders or for nonprofit professionals keen to understand the funding perspective and how to use the 990 as a tool to assess organizational or collective impact.

Philanthropy’s Quest for Equity: Past. Present. Future.

Online

This session will present a historical timeline to describe and examine milestones in the history of American philanthropy, weaving perspectives to analyze modern philanthropy’s quest for equity as practice, process, and vision.

Activating Seniors in Volunteer Service

Online

FREE! This workshop presented in partnership with Volunteer Michigan is designed to help nonprofits engage seniors and retired people in volunteer service.

Grantmaker Risk Management

Online

This workshop from The Grantmaking School explores a trust-based, risk-tolerance/management framework that both honors the grantee partnership and leads to increased impact.