OneSource Center Nonprofit News
March 2023
| | Together We Build a Thriving Community for All! | | Thanks For Attending Our Benefits Fair! | |
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Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at our Benefits Fair last Tuesday. If you were unable to make it, don't worry! You can still contact us and our benefit partners to learn more. You'll find our benefit partners' contact information below:
Assured Partners — Health insurance options (Note: you need a minimum of 5 people to be enrolled to qualify).
Fidant Wealth Partners — 503b retirement plans offered at no cost to your agency. This is a wonderful employee benefit that could help with employee retention. Contact David Girmann at David.Girmann@ampf.com or at 859-341-1841.
General Electric Credit Union — Special current deposit interest rate of 3.75% is above average; they also concentrate on servicing the nonprofit sector. Contact Jason Jones at jasonjones@gecreditunion.org or at 513-577-8402.
Coursera Online Learning — OneSource consultant and Coursera guru Rob Baker is coordinating. To request licenses (or to learn more), complete the Coursera request form.
Greater Cincinnati Conflict Resolution Program — To request training or mediation assistance or to learn more about this offering to OneSource Center premium members, contact Elaine Dickhoner at info@gccrp.org.
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio (PBPO) — PBPO is a nonprofit that connects qualified agencies to licensed attorneys for assistance in many needed areas. To be a PBPO client, apply online.
With all the enticing new benefits offered, OneSource is sure to have something that will greatly benefit your organization. There's still time to sign up, or upgrade your nonprofit's OneSource Center membership! For additional information and to sign up please visit our website!
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To celebrate March Madness, the OneSource Center Common Good Store Furniture Bank is having a mega sale.
Throughout the month of March, all chairs and desks are 20% off. Don't forget, we are open not only to our nonprofit members, but also to the general public! Please stop in, bring a friend and spread the word to your contacts. We have hundreds of gently used office chairs and desks in stock, so we are sure to have something that fits your needs.
Visit us at 936 Dalton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45203, Monday through Friday 8:30 AM-3:30 PM.
For more information or details on pieces that we currently have in stock, please contact us at (513) 554-4944.
We look forward to seeing you this month and can't wait to help you find the right furniture to complete your space!
| | Nonprofit Networking Round Table | |
Calling Executive Directors and Senior Management
It takes a village! And that's especially true in the nonprofit sector. Hear from leaders of some of the most effective nonprofits in our region on their success strategies, the importance of collaborating and networking to enhance your value proposition, expanding your capacity, and how to better serve your clients.
This session will give you the opportunity to:
- Ask some of the tough questions of nonprofit experts who’ve been there
- Meet others like yourself and determine if there are ways you might work together to benefit each of your nonprofits
A continental breakfast will be served while you listen and engage with these expert panelists who will share their wisdom.
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 29 from 10 AM to 12 PM
Location: Greater Cincinnati Foundation Offices, 720 E Pete Rose Way Ste 120, in the Mashburn River Room
Emcee: Rob Reifsnyder, retired CEO of United Way
Panelists:
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Debbye Allsop, retired Executive Director of Families Forward
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Jim Mason, retired President & CEO of Beech Acres Parenting Center
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Bob Mecum, retired Executive Director of Lighthouse Youth Services, Inc.
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Linda Neenan, retired Executive Director of iSPACE
(Emcee and panelists listed from left to right Rob, Debbye, Jim, Bob and Linda.)
| | Attendance is limited; please respond ASAP to secure your spot. Click the Register Now button below to RSVP! | | Nonprofit News You Can Use | | |
Building Space Available for Nonprofits
The Franciscan Sisters of the Poor have excess building space available on their St. Clare Campus at 60 Compton Road in Cincinnati. Space will be made available to interested and selected nonprofit organizations at rates significantly below market.
(513)761-9040, ext. 110.
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11 Things Organized and Productive People Do Every Day
(sourced from APP, written by Thomas Bradberry)
Here are some helpful tips on how to become an even more productive professional! The first three tips are listed below, and the rest can be found in the article linked below.
1. An organized person doesn’t have clutter on their desks.
2. They never touch things twice.
3. They don’t respond to emails as they arrive.
Click HERE to read the full article.
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Happy Women's History Month!
During this Women's History Month, consider checking out this local women-focused nonprofit.
Women of Cincy is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to creating more connected, empathetic, inclusive communities by centering the diverse voices that make up the fabric of our city. They work towards a more welcoming and inclusive community and shedding light on the important work being done by women in our area.
"We are creators, storytellers, and community activators. We are people of all identities who believe that when we uplift women, we uplift everyone. We are founded on respect, diversity, and purposeful disruption. We put empathy to work."
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AFP Now Accepting Scholarship Applications
There's still time to apply! The AFP Greater Cincinnati Chapter promotes the professional development of their members. They know that financial constraints can limit educational opportunities, so they are proud to offer the following scholarships this year:
- Presidential Scholarships
- Fundamentals of Fundraising Scholarships
- Young Professional Scholarships
Click HERE for more details and to apply!
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Did you know that OneSource Center offers professional consulting services like business planning, HR advising, and Cyber Security audits? We also have grants available through The Hubert Foundation and Procter & Gamble to subsidize the cost for organizations with an annual budget less than $1 million.
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Grants: Giving Circles Providing Punch
Traditional philanthropy has been rocked the past few years by demands for transparency, calls to increase diversity in staffing and grant making, and has been challenged to step decisively away from business-as-usual and aggressively into the mission.
Foundations have responded to different degrees and on different timelines ranging from deep and quick to shallow and slow. Some are taking decisive action, but others continue to deliberate, wring their hands, and tweak their old systems.
Click HERE to read the full article.
From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities
by Joe Neri from Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit facilities communicate, and we need to be more conscious, thoughtful, and vocal about what they say about who and what our organizations value. A dilapidated and dysfunctional facility communicates that the work conducted inside it is unimportant, the people served deserve no better, and the surrounding neighborhood is forgotten and forsaken.
In contrast, a facility with functional—even beautiful—design sends a clear, edifying message to its occupants, visitors, and the neighborhood that they are important, with intrinsic value and a realizable vision of hope.
Click HERE to read the full article.
| | Partnering with the Flying Pig Marathon | |
We’re excited to be a partner charity for the 2023 Flying Pig Marathon, its 25th year running! Through this partnership we get some great perks, like a discount code for our supporters to use. The code provides a 25% discount at the time a person registers for their event. Please email mlemasters@onesourcectr.org to get access to the discount code. This discount code can be used for the Flying Fur, 5K, 10K, Open Relay, Half Marathon, Full Marathon, 3-Ways & 4-Ways. The code is active until online registration closes on Wednesday, May 3, or until an event is sold out. Consider OneSource as a way to save on your registration fee and donate the difference back to us!
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Support OneSource Center-Cincinnati style!
Make a donation to the Piggest Raffle Ever, and 100% of that ticket will go to OneSource. Through your contribution to OneSource Center, together we can continue to assist the Greater Cincinnati nonprofit community.
We appreciate all of your support and are excited to partner with Flying Pig Marathon! Together we build a thriving community for all.
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ADVANCE Leadership Development
Date: March 30 – June 8 9:00 AM -12:00 PM; 6 Bi-weekly, In-person Sessions
Presented by The Nonprofit Leadership Institute of Greater Cincinnati (NLIGC),
ADVANCE is offered three times a year and class size is limited. ADVANCE focuses on strengthening and developing management and leadership skills.
Key learnings will include:
- Understanding and application of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI) concepts
- Assessing and learning conflict management styles
- Becoming familiar with and practicing effective communication techniques
- Understanding the basics of managing others, including setting goals, conducting effective meetings, giving feedback, reviewing performance, and developing improvement plans
- Understanding the principles of leadership and various leadership styles, including holding crucial conversations, conflict management, managing up, down and laterally, and team building
The training consists of professional presentations, interactive discussions, experiential learning, role playing, small group interactions, and a participant project.
Presenters: OneSource training team
Fee: $400
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5-week Salesforce Boot Camp
Dates: May 8, 10, 15, 17 and 22, 1-5 PM; In-person
Are you ready to more effectively manage your supporter relationships? CRM software allows us as nonprofits to better organize our data to streamline communication with our volunteers, partners, and donors. This saves us time and also creates a more efficient and effective fundraising pipeline so that we can focus more energy on our service in the community.
OneSource Center is offering an exclusive Salesforce Bootcamp in May for no more than five (5) Cincinnati and NKY area nonprofits who are ready to invest in their operational capacity. The Bootcamp will include 10 Salesforce licenses and 25 hours of expert training for up to ten participants from each organization to learn basic fundamentals and a few advanced functionalities.
Sessions will include:
- Introduction to Salesforce
- Salesforce Volunteer Management
- Salesforce Development Management
- Salesforce Basic Admin tool
- Reports
Presenters: Alan Schussheim and Jane Muindi
Application deadline is April 21
Fee: $3,500
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Fundamentals for New Board Chairs
Date: March 9, 12-1 PM; Online
Good board leadership is about more than running efficient meetings. Gain a better understanding of the board chair’s role and how to lead your board in effective board governance to ensure a well-run agency with high impact and develop a successful and productive partnership with your Executive Director. Session may continue with Q&A from 1-1:30 PM.
Presenter: Dave Wallace, OneSource Center, BoardSource Certified Consultant
Fee: $20
| | Visit the OneSource Center Training Page to see the full calendar of upcoming opportunities. | | Grant Opportunities and More | |
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March 17 CCHD Grant Application Deadline
- March 20 CPL Virtual Class: Introduction to Finding Grants
- March 22 CPL Virtual Class: Grants Research Lab
- March 23 Kenton County ARPA Funding Proposals Due
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When it comes to support, OneSource Center's sponsors are the BEST -- providing not only financial backing, but also sharing assistance through in-kind donations, staff expertise, leadership and volunteerism. Please join OneSource Center in applauding our 2022-2023 Sustaining Sponsors.
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