North Carolina Center For Non Profit Organizations Inc

Programs: Seminars and workshops: the north carolina center trained 3,879 community leaders this year through 53 webinars and workshops across the state about good practices in nonprofit governance, leadership, and management. This training provided opportunities for nonprofit board and staff members to exchange solutions to community problems, share the lessons they have learned, and offer support to each other in their challenging work. Sample topics include how nonprofits can fundraise with crowdsourcing, utilize best practices, employ technology to automate processes, sucessfully manage executive transitions, develop current and future leaders for nonprofits, advocate for their causes, and comply with federal and state regulations for nonprofits. In some specific examples of training activities, we: a) collaborated with the n. C. Association of cpas to offer the 2017 not-for-profit accounting conference with 403 people in attendance. B) educated 625 nonprofit leaders about emerging issues and best practices at our 2016 statewide conference, nonprofits at a crossroads. This two-day event featured a keynote presentation by writer and journalist farai chideya, seventeen workshops on all aspects of nonprofit management and operations, and deep-dive intensives on digital strategies, social innovation for sustainable impact, and laws that govern nonprofits. Peer-sharing time, career coaching, and networking opportunities rounded out the agenda. C) provided training and information on advocacy and working with legislators to 512 nonprofit staff, board, and volunteers through our 2017 nonprofit town hall series. Our town halls helped nonprofits better understand how new legislation could affect their daily work, educated legislators on the ways that various proposals could affect their constituents and districts, and connected local nonprofits with their legislators.

outreach, education of the public, and collaboration: the center educated the public on the value of nonprofits to the people of north carolina in a number of ways. For example, we: a) distributed "quick facts: nonprofits' impact on north carolina. " b) distributed "countdown to the inevitable: north carolina nonprofit ceos in transition, a report by the center based on responses to a statewide survey of executive directors/ceos to learn about their career paths, plans for their own executive transitions, and their jobs and boards of directors. C) helped top community leaders publish their op-ed articles and letters to the editor in order to help spread the word about the role of nonprofits in their geographic areas. D) conducted interviews with the news media. E) engaged 8,925 people about our mission through social media. F) made educational presentations to dozens of groups of community and business leaders, lawmakers, and media representatives. G) welcomed 227,723 unique visitors and more than 1,546,677 page views to our website. H) continued to update our website (www. Ncnonprofits. Org), which offers extensive resources on effective nonprofit practices, training opportunities, and nonprofit careers. I) collaborated with hundreds of nonprofit, business, and government entities to achieve this educational goal. In november, the center and nonprofits celebrated our state's annual nonprofit awareness month. We encouraged nonprofits across north carolina to educate the public about how nonprofits make their local communities better places to live and work. We promoted #givingtuesday, a global initiative to encourage and promote giving and to provide an alternative to the consumer-oriented black friday. We advocated for a positive policy environment to support nonprofits' work. We worked closely with the center's grassroots network of 4,119 nonprofit board and staff leaders in all 100 counties that have asked to participate in this advocacy network. To multiply our impact, we collaborated with statewide, local, and national organizations that serve nonprofits. Some examples of specific results include: a) kept the nonprofit sector united on contentious state tax policy issues. Through our work with our grassroots network and the alliance for nc nonprofits, our direct advocacy with legislators, and our media outreach, we suceeded in protecting nonprofit sales tax refunds and property tax exemption and preserving nc's charitable deduction on state income taxes. B) successfully advocated on state legislation and rules to help nonprofits save time and money. Examples include reducing unnecessary and redundant reporting requirements on state grants and contracts and clarifying state laws on nonprofit fundraising events. C) tracked dozens of bills in the n. C. General assembly that could affect nonprofits in a wide variety of ways. D) kept nonprofit staff and board members across the state informed through weekly email updates, social media postings, and regional workshops. E) connected nonprofits with elected officials in their communities at a series of eight nonprofit town halls held around the state.

member services to nonprofits: the north carolina center for nonprofits offered an array of services to increase nonprofits' knowledge and their capacity to make a positive difference for their communities and causes. For example, we helped nonprofits exchange solutions and work together for a better north carolina by supporting a network of 6,250 board and staff leaders and other volunteers in 1,432 nonprofits of all sizes and types that serve all 100 counties. In our most recent statewide survey, 74% of member nonprofits reported actual improvements they have made in their organizations through information or assistance provided by the n. C. Center. In addition, 53% have saved time, 42% have saved money, and 71% of board and staff members have grown personally or professionally. Members rated the center's services overall with an average of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale (where 5 is excellent and 1 is poor) and consistently ranked our two top services as advocacy and information and resources. In addition, 96% would recommend the center to other nonprofits. The best measure of the value of the center's services to north carolina's nonprofits is whether they renew their memberships. We achieved a 79% membership renewal rate this year.