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Events
Online Proposal Writing Course
With the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Candid Learning is offering its fee-based self-paced courses at a discounted rate. The updated Online Proposal Writing training is being offered for a limited time for $150. That is 25% off the original price. The offer expires on March 1, 2021 at...
Building Resiliency in Digital Growth and Engagement (BRIDGE)
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, many charities were struggling to balance increased demands for services and static or decreasing income. But now those factors are even more extreme, and shifting services and fundraising to social media and other technologies have become an existential...
Nominations for Board of Trustees
The State Historical Society is accepting nominations for its 12-person board of trustees. Nominations may be submitted by anyone, but nominees must be members of the State Historical Society of Iowa, willing to attend five meetings per year, and serve on various committees. Nominations should...
Community Circles & Conversations
Community Circles & Conversations are monthly convenings that seek to build trusting relationships and share knowledge and resources with the Central Iowa nonprofit sector. Featuring a mix of timely local topics and issues relevant to nonprofit professionals, participants will hear from...
Introduction to Individual Giving
Historically, in the United States, individual giving has been the biggest source of private giving, far outpacing foundation or corporate giving. A successful nonprofit organization has diversified funding streams, and individual donors play an important role. If you or your organization is new...
Doing More with Strategic Doing-These Plans Don't Gather Dust!
Strategic Doing is a methodology founded through the brilliant work of the forward thinkers at the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab. Strategic Doing teaches teams and coalitions of the willing, how to “form collaborations quickly, move them toward measurable outcomes and make adjustments along the way...
*8 Steps for Cultivating Relationships with Individual Donors
Candid Learning is offering this program at an early-bird price of $49. The price increases to $99 on March 2, 2021.
Strong donor relationships are critical to fundraising success at all stages of the development cycle—especially during the COVID-19 era. Explore eight steps successful...
*Foster an Inclusive Culture for your LGBTQ+ Staff and Partners
June may be Pride Month, but supporting your Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning Plus (LGBTQ+) employees and partners should be a year-round effort. This webinar will provide a 101 overview of LGBTQ+ identities and the discrimination and exclusion experienced by the LGBTQ...
Upgrade Your Grant Budget to Attract Major Foundation Funders
If you assume that funder connections and your proposal narrative are the keys to winning large grants, you are not alone. Budgets are an often overlooked, last-minute add. But if you take that budget from an afterthought to a core storytelling tool, it can make your foundation proposal stand...
Priority Management in Hectic Times
Even in the best of times, nonprofit leaders can feel like we are spinning multiple plates as we strive to move our mission forward. If your to-do list never seems to shrink, determining what you can do today to make the most difference tomorrow is critically important. Through this interactive...
Priority Management in Hectic Times
Even in the best of times, we nonprofit leaders can feel like we are spinning plates as we strive to move our missions forward. If your to-do list never seems to shrink, determining what you can do today to make the most difference tomorrow is critically important. Through this interactive...
Build with Bags Grant Program
The Iowa Grocery Industry Association provides a Build with Bags Grant Program. The primary goal of Build with Bags is to tackle an environmental concern that has been receiving a great deal of attention – the use of plastic and shopping bags. To address this issue, the Build with Bags program...
Sustain Your Fundraising and Impact with Leadership Buy-In
This webinar will focus on the power of managing up in order to develop more effective ways to increase and track your organization’s impact when it comes to accomplishing strategic goals, including but not limited to fundraising. Join Russ Hodge, CFRE and CEO of The Hodge Group for this 90-...
Give Back Iowa Challenge
Give Back Iowa is an eight-week challenge that runs from April 1 through May 31 each year to engage Iowans in employer-supported volunteering, both during and outside of the workday. There is no cost to register or participate; and, it doesn’t matter whether an employer has a formal volunteer...
Young Writer Workshop
How does where you come from enrich your writing? Find out when you join award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill of Chicago for Young Writers’ Workshop.
Throughout the week, students will participate in icebreaker activities, explore the museum's collection vault and exhibits, engage in...
Junior Curator Day Camp
What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience offered through the Junior Curator Day Camp. Students will investigate historic artifacts, explore the...
Junior Curator Day Camp
What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience offered through the Junior Curator Day Camp. Students will investigate historic artifacts, explore the...
Junior Curator Day Camp
What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience offered through the Junior Curator Day Camp. Students will investigate historic artifacts, explore the...
Events Calendar
Proposals for 2019 Iowa Nonprofit Summit
Iowa Nonprofit Summit
ArtUp: Ten Step Budgeting Process for Nonprofit Organizations
Student Involvement Fair
Bur Oak Land Trust Prairie Preview XXXVI: "UI Wild: Connecting Iowans with the Wild for a Generation."
Managing the Message – Panel Discussion with Communications Experts
Grant Preparation & Management Training
OnBoard: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member
Online Grant Application Lunch and Learn
RiverRun 5K
Painting a Picture of Financial Health
Grant Management Training
State Arts & Culture Grants Information Session in Algona
State Arts & Culture Grants Information Session in Perry
State Arts & Culture Grants Information Session in Corning
State Arts & Culture Grants Information Session in Le Mars
State Arts & Culture Grants Deadline
Doc Dash 5K Run and Walk
Spring Cleaning Along the Iowa River
Run Like a Mother 5K Race
Opening Doors Gala: A Black Tie A-Fair
Guide Certification & Tourism Workshop
Governor's Volunteer Awards
Unicorns Unite: Building Epic Partnerships for a Better Iowa
A Fairytale for Fundraising: Storytelling Strategies to Inspire Donations
Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit: Connecting Through Standards
Community Learning Series: Growth, Inclusion and Opportunity in the Local Economy
Fundraising Operations
History on the Move
1 Million Cups
Rummage in the Ramp
Willard L. Boyd reads from "A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier"
Family Day at Belgum Grove
Federal Arts Funding and Resources for Artists and Organizations with the National Endowment for the Arts
OnBoard: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member
Nonprofit Know-How: Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts
Nonprofit Party at the Museum
Grant Planning Session for Creating Safe, Equitable & Thriving Communities Fund
Deepening Donor Relations: Insights From Professional Advisors that Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know
Run & Ride Festival
Pedal 4 Progress
Nonprofit Management Academy: Tools to Enhance Work Life Satisfaction
Business Modeling
Nonprofit Board Engagement
Growing an Endowment for Your Nonprofit
Big Brothers Big Sisters Membership Meeting
Nonprofit Overtime Webinar
Annual Book Sale
National Philanthropy Day Award Luncheon & Penelope Burk Education Session
National Philanthropy Day Recognition Luncheon
Job & Internship Fair
Getting Meetings with Donors
The 12 Scams of Christmas
Stitches for Hope Quilt Sale
Student Involvement Fair
MLK Day of Service
University of Iowa Dance Marathon
How to Succeed in Social Media in 2020 and Beyond
On Board: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member
Des Moines Charity Hack 2020
Nice People Working with Nice People-Company Culture
Family Night at the Museum: Hollywood Rides the Rails
IMPACT Grant Lunch and Learn
Canceled - 41st Annual RiverRun 5K
Women in Public Management and Policy
Ordinary Person, Extraordinary Change
Exploring Creative Careers
Annual Giving 101
BBBS Meeting
(Webinar) Building a Talent Pipeline: Succession Planning for Nonprofits
Introduction to the Foundation Directory Online
Raise the Bar: Improve Performance through Feedback and Coaching
Lean Concepts and Tools for Service-Oriented Organizations
Grant Writing Workshop - Rescheduled
Federal COVID-19 Legislation Webinar
Webinar: Engaging in Collaboration and Philanthropic Partnerships for COVID-19 Response
Webinar: Special Resources Related to Covid-19 for Iowa's Arts, Culture and Creative Industries
Transitioning to a Remote Workforce During COVID-19
Working With Your Board During the Pandemic
Webinar: Financial Leadership: Making Good Decisions in Unprecedented Times
Legacy Giving: Why It's Essential, Now More Than Ever
Webinar: Place-based Grantmakers and Investing in Local Communities
Webinar: How Philanthropy Can Stand Up for Vulnerable Populations
Grantmaking to Support Children and Older Adults
Managing a Global Response
How Funders Can Support Bereavement and Grief
System Change: COVID, Nonprofits & the Economy: A Roundtable Discussion
From Common Ground to Congressional Action: Advancing the Universal Charitable Deduction
Webinar: How to Get the Most out of Your Nonprofit Website
Webinar: Grant Writing Palooza
Fundamentals of Fundraising
Webinar: Leveraging Digital Platforms During a Crisis
Webinar: Psychological Wellness in the Workplace
Making Lemonade in Challenging Times
Why--and How--to Cultivate Women Donors Now
The DNA of a Dynamic Nonprofit Board, Part One
The DNA of a Dynamic Nonprofit Board, Part Two
Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?
Beyond the Board Statement: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?
How to Craft a Legacy Giving Case Statement
Iowa Arts Summit - Virtual Conference
(Webinar) P&P Training: New and Emerging Nonprofits
Seeking Forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program Loan (Webinar)
Nebraska Nonprofit Conference
P&P Training: New and Emerging Nonprofits (Webinar)
Iowa Arts Summit (Virtual)
Designing Equity-Centered Organizational Values
Make it OK & Back to School
Make it Okay: To Be Human in a Pandemic
Get Your Donors Ready to Give Before Your Big Day
The Power of Blogging & Thought Leadership for Nonprofits
Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know and Embrace
Remaking the Economy: Housing Justice Webinar in Partnership with Shelterforce
DonorConnect: Justice for All
Basics of Being an Effective Board Member
Enterprise Risk Management for Nonprofits
Online Leading and Learning: How to Engage People in the Virtual Space
Cultivate Midlevel Donors
Virtual Youth Volunteer Fair
Youth Volunteerism Focus Group
Service Enterprise Initiative informational webinar
Imagine: Racial Healing in the CFGD Region (Zoom)
Connect: Racial Healing in the CFGD Region (Zoom)
Sharing Stories: Racial Healing in the CFGD Region (Zoom)
Sustaining Racial Healing Where You Live (Zoom)
History Mystery: Live From the Museum Vault (Zoom)
Nonprofit Summit of the Midlands
Susan Howlett on How to Fuel Your Board
Remaking the Economy: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Justice
Media Masters Webinar Series: Developing Docs & Digitals
Media Masters Webinar Series: Working With Talent
Media Masters Webinar Series: Producing Like a Pro
Raising Funds and Rising Up: How to Raise Major Gifts Virtually and In-Person
How Grant Makers in the Arts are Addressing Current Challenges
Drive Donor Decisions This #Giving Tuesday with Your Nonprofit Profile
Philanthropy Day Celebration
Iowa History 101: Glendale Cemetery
Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative
History Mystery: Live From the Museum Vault (Zoom)
Overcoming COVID-19 Through Sustainable Collaborations
Exploring Key Data and Findings from the 2019 Columbus Survey
Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages
Social Media 102
The 2020 Year-End Fundraising Playbook by NextAfter
Quick Tips for #GivingTuesday
Online Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Their Life
How They Did It: Virtual Events Donors Love
Remaking the Economy: Where to Now? -- and Beyond
Webinar: Nonprofit Know-How: Nonprofit Employee Personal Financial Health
(Webinar) We're in this Together: Overcoming Pandemic Stress in Providers
Implementing Shared Leadership: Practical Lessons from the Field
(Virtual) Iowa Stories: Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
Iowa: History 101: Winter Holidays (Online)
Winter Break: History Mystery (Online)
Poetry Out Loud Registration Deadline
History Mystery: Live From the Museum Vault (Zoom)
Financial Commons Launch (Online)
Iowa's Rural Heritage Revitalization Grant - Dealine
Together in Giving: 2020 Virtual Grant Reception
Persistence through (R)Evolution (virtual conference)
Persistence through (R)Evolution (virtual conference)
Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits and Philanthropy
COVID-19 Arts & Culture Recovery Program
Webinar for Nonprofit Cultural Organizations, Live Music Venues, Government Owned Cultural Venues
Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Program webinar (Individual Artists)
Iowa Arts and Culture Recovery Program
Remaking the Economy: COVID-10, Recovery, and the Black Community
Strategy Meets Standards: Turning FASB Accounting Standards into Innovation
Embracing AI to Scale Your Fundraising
Save America's Treasures Grant Opportunity
History of Equal Rights Grant
African American Civil Rights Grant Program
*8 Steps for Cultivating Relationships with Individual Donors
Excellence in Iowa History Awards
Nominations for Board of Trustees
*Invest in Your Donor Relations to Maximize Retention (Webinar)
*Embracing AI to Scale Your Fundraising
*Top Fundraising Trends to Capitalize on in 2021 (Webinar)
*Outcomes Thinking and Management: Shifting Focus from Activities to Impact (webinar)
*Leadership Circle for Fundraisers of Color
*NEA Grants: The Programs, the Process, and How to Pitch
Build with Bags Grant Program
Board Orientation and Leadership Development (BOLD)
*From BFF to Boss
*Are You Getting the Most for Your Technology Dollar?
*How to Craft an Annual Fundraising Plan in Uncertain Times
*Planned Giving Boot Camp: Part II
Youth Volunteer Fair
Volunteer Iowa Day
*IRS webinar: Retirement Plans for Small Employers and Self-Employed
*How to Get the Most Out of Your Nonprofit Website
*How to Avoid Fundraising's Silent Enemy: Donor Attrition
*The Power of Blogging and Thought Leadership for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Town Hall
*How to Craft an Annual Fundraising Plan in Uncertain Times
Remaking the Economy: Health, Racial Disparities and Economic Justice
*Nonprofit Board of Directors Legal Compliance Training
Centering Equity & Shifting Practices
Mastering (Desktop) Quickbooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 1
Mastering (Desktop) Quickbooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 2
Mastering (Online) QuickBooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 1
Mastering (Online) QuickBooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 2
IRS webinar: File Error-Free Form 1023-EZ
Meet the Grantmakers
Remaking the Economy: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap & the Case for Reparations
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Equity & Financial Stability
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Equity and Health
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Next Steps
2021 First Grant Cycle
How to Write an Effective Grant
Doing More with Strategic Doing-These Plans Don't Gather Dust!
Online Proposal Writing Course
*How to Win Grants for Advancing Racial Equity
Preparing for Your Audit in a Remote Environment
Priority Management in Hectic Times
*Launching Inclusive Online Fundraising Campaigns During a Crisis
Introduction to Individual Giving
*Foster an Inclusive Culture for your LGBTQ+ Staff and Partners
Upgrade Your Grant Budget to Attract Major Foundation Funders
Sustain Your Fundraising and Impact with Leadership Buy-In
Community Circles & Conversations
Priority Management in Hectic Times
Give Back Iowa Challenge
Package Your Signature Programs to Secure Corporate Sponsorships
Building Resiliency in Digital Growth and Engagement (BRIDGE)
Junior Curator Day Camp
Junior Curator Day Camp
Junior Curator Day Camp
Young Writer Workshop
Storytelling Q&A Session
How to Get the Most Out of Your Nonprofit Website
5 Secrets of Email Marketing Geniuses
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Events Archive
Mastering (Online) QuickBooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 2
This is part 2 of a 2-day webinar that features topics of interest to users of the online version of Quickbooks 2021. The cost of $138 covers both sessions.
*Launching Inclusive Online Fundraising Campaigns During a Crisis
Don’t let the prospect of online fundraising overwhelm you. Join this 90-minute webinar to discover how even small teams can implement a successful, inclusive, and empathetic fundraising strategy. Plus, you’ll learn ways to cultivate grassroots and major donors.
Qualifies for 1.5 CFRE...
Meet the Grantmakers
Enjoy this free, one-hour conversation with leaders from the world of philanthropy. Ask about the issues that concern you and that shape grantmaking today. Meet the people who understand what drives decisions at the top levels of foundation giving.
We think you'll be impressed and...
Mastering (Online) QuickBooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 1
This 2-day webinar miniseries features special topics designed to take nonprofit bookkeepers to the next level in understanding how nonprofits can use QuickBooks to its fullest potential. Part 2 meets from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Central Time on February 25. The cost of $138 covers both sessions. Some...
5 Secrets of Email Marketing Geniuses
There is more power and leverage in one email subscriber than 100 Facebook likes or 50 Twitter followers if email marketing is done right. Problem is, 9 out of 10 nonprofits don’t do it right.
In this educational session, Jay Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Firespring, will share the...
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Next Steps
This the final session in a series sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission and the United Way of East Central Iowa.
The purpose of the conversations is to build awareness and understanding around equity within the areas of education, financial stability, and health....
How to Get the Most Out of Your Nonprofit Website
You work hard and wear a lot of hats. Changing the world can be time-consuming and stressful! This webinar will ease your mind as you learn how to put your nonprofit website to work for you and make it multitask as well as you do. Go beyond the basics with Molly Coke as she talks about how to...
Mastering (Desktop) Quickbooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 2
This is part 2 of a 2-day webinar conducted by Gregg Bossen, CPA PC. See the February 22 event entry for the webinar description. The admission cost of $138 covers both days.
Mastering (Desktop) Quickbooks 2021: The How-to Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers: Pt 1
This 2-day webinar miniseries includes special topics designed to take you to the next level in your understanding of how nonprofits can use QuickBooks to its fullest potential. This is Part 1 of a two-part webinar. Part 2 meets from 1:00 to 2:30 on February 23. The $138 fee covers both sessions...
Storytelling Q&A Session
These are just some of the questions we have heard organizations...
Preparing for Your Audit in a Remote Environment
With the complexity of today’s auditing environment and the addition of many new accounting standards and regulatory requirements over the past few years, preparing for your annual audit may seem like a daunting task. Add working in a still largely remote environment, and things get even more...
Package Your Signature Programs to Secure Corporate Sponsorships
Learn how to tap into corporate sponsors who are interested in programmatic impact. Join our webinar to get the tools you need to package your organization’s signature programs, as well as engage existing corporate sponsors and attract new ones.
Special guest: Kirk Brown, Chief...
Remaking the Economy: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap & the Case for Reparations
NPQ’s latest webinar in our Remaking the Economy series looks at the racial wealth gap, focusing on Black Americans. In 2017, a report titled The Road to Zero Wealth noted that at current trends, by mid-century the median wealth of a Black family in the US would fall below zero (i.e., more than...
Sustaining Racial Healing Where You Live (Zoom)
Understanding the dynamics of racial equity and systemic racism in rural Iowa communities is a complex journey. These interactive conversations will give leaders in our small, rural towns knowledge and tools to apply in their work bringing the community together around what they have in common,...
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Equity and Health
This is the third in a series of sessions held by the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission and the United Way of East Central Iowa. The purpose of the series is to build awareness and understanding around equity within the areas of education, financial stability, and health. Participants will...
*Nonprofit Board of Directors Legal Compliance Training
Iowa Legal Aid is hosting a free legal compliance training for nonprofit boards of directors! The training will be held virtually via Zoom on Saturday, February 13th, from 9 a.m. to noon (with plenty of breaks!).
Bill Boyd, Past President of the Iowa State Bar Association, will once...
2021 First Grant Cycle
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation announces its first grant cycle for 2021 for local charitable nonprofits. Applications will be accepted through Friday, February 12, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. CST. Grants will be awarded to organizations that enhance the quality of life in Linn County....
*How to Win Grants for Advancing Racial Equity
This 75-minute seminar will cover in part:
How to build an effective case for support for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts Tips for identifying and forging ties with foundations that support racial-equity work Ways you should — and should not — tell the story of your work to grant...Centering Equity & Shifting Practices
Across nonprofits and civil society, organizations have had to move quickly and creatively to respond to the needs of staff around Covid, the economic crisis, and the acceleration of movements for racial justice, including long-overdue attention to anti-Blackness specifically. This confluence of...
Equity Conversations: Creating a Community of Belonging: Equity & Financial Stability
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission and the United Way of East Central Iowa are partnering to host a series of equity conversations every Tuesday evening in February. The sessions are held 6:30-8:00 pm. There is no charge. Reserve your space on the event site. The purpose of the series is...
How to Write an Effective Grant
Need help writing grants? New to grant-writing? Interested in getting more beneficial responses to your grant proposals? Join us for this 90-minute discussion centered on how to write effective grant proposals for foundations, GCRCF and corporations with presenter Elizabeth Cwik.
This is...
Volunteer Iowa Day
Volunteer Iowa and the Iowa Mentoring Partnership host Volunteer Iowa Day at the Capitol each year to share with legislators the latest information on the tremendous contributions volunteers and mentors make and their impact in Iowa’s communities. It is also an opportunity to educate lawmakers...
IRS webinar: File Error-Free Form 1023-EZ
The Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division invites you to...
Excellence in Iowa History Awards
The State Historical Society of Iowa is accepting nominations for its Excellence in Iowa History Awards. The awards recognize individuals, organizations, and communities that made outstanding contributions to the study and practice of Iowa history during 2020, as well as outstanding publications...
Iowa's Rural Heritage Revitalization Grant - Dealine
Iowa’s Rural Heritage Revitalization Grants support physical preservation projects, including architectural and engineering services. The grants are designed to help fund the rehabilitation of National Register-listed properties in Iowa’s rural communities and are selected through a competitive...
