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Fireside Chat: Navigating Tech Modernization for Nonprofits

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Join us for this 30-minute fireside chat as we discuss leading technology modernization in nonprofit finance. This session provides valuable insights into the strategic decisions, challenges, and successes experienced by a seasoned leader in the field of digital growth. Attendees can gain firsthand...

How to Stay Mission-Focused Amid Funding Uncertainty (Virtual)

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Federal grant funding is more uncertain than ever, making it difficult for nonprofits to plan ahead and secure sustainable funding. With increasing pressure to diversify revenue streams, how can your organization stay resilient? In this 45-minute panel discussion, seasoned grant professionals will...

*How to Make a Go/Strategic No Decision for Grant Opportunities

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Trainer: Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST For greater success with grant research, organizations should strive to help their teams learn to agree on a "strategic no," or at least a "not now." This is a difficult muscle for some teams to develop, because of the constant, simultaneous push to secure...

*Mastering Unemployment, Remote Employee, and HR Compliance

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In today's fast-paced nonprofit landscape, juggling unemployment expenses, HR management, and compliance can feel like an uphill battle. Join us and partner Iowa Nonprofit Alliance as we explore solutions offered by First Nonprofit that can empower your nonprofit to thrive in today's complex...

*Donor Retention: The Most Important Metric That Fundraisers Love to Ignore

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Donor retention isn’t just stuck, it’s on the decline. While nonprofits often are focused solely on finding new audiences and acquiring new donors, the donors who have already invested in your cause are walking out the back door. In this session, we’ll explore the current state of donor retention...

*Understanding Nonprofit Impacts at the Federal Level

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Join NAM and the National Council of Nonprofits for an informative session exploring the current landscape of nonprofit impacts at the federal government level. This training will provide an overview of key Executive Orders and Legislation that directly affect the nonprofit sector.

Matteson Scholarship

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The Matteson Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors as well as continuing education students pursuing studies in agriculture, health/medical sciences, nursing, engineering, information technology or a trade. To be eligible, students and working adults must live in the Iowa Counties of Lee...

*Financing Capital Projects--Show me the Money!

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You have a capital project—purchasing a new building or renovating/expanding an existing building—and you have the architect and contractor all lined up, but how are you going to pay for it all? Your fundraising campaign will only go so far and often trickles in over a 3- to 5-year period. Does your...

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines: Celebration Luncheon & Report to the Community

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Join us at the Community Choice Credit Center Ballroom to celebrate the many ways the Community Foundation is promoting charitable giving, connecting donors with causes they care about and providing leadership on important community issues. We're simply better together. Parking: Parking is available...

*Outcomes Management & Data Tracking

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You have put in the effort to create a strategic plan, workplan, theory of change, or a logic model, or maybe all of these, but how can you effectively understand the extent to which the work you have planned is actually accomplishing what you hope to achieve? In other words, how do you measure your...