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Civic Ventures program matching highly experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations in the Sacramento & Sierra regions - Generosity Project
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A leveraged media campaign to educate, connect and resource the community in support of the region’s nonprofit sector. - Website Development Project
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Community Partnerships
- Cal Endowment - Building Healthy Communities
- Encore Fellows Program
Civic Ventures program matching highly experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations in the Sacramento & Sierra regions - Generosity Project
- Placer Collaborative Network
- Strengthen Our Community
A leveraged media campaign to educate, connect and resource the community in support of the region’s nonprofit sector. - Website Development Project
- Previous Projects
Cal Endowment - Building Healthy Communities
From Passion to Performance
Building Organizational Capacity within the South Sacramento Healthy Communities Project
The Nonprofit Resource Center, in partnership with The California Endowment, is pleased to announce the Building Healthy Communities Capacity Building Project. This project aims to assist organizations to increase their effectiveness and long-term viability and sustainability.
Nonprofit organizations currently participating in the Building Healthy Communities Project who operate and serve clients in South Sacramento can apply for this opportunity. Up to ten organization will be selected.
Students make money by selling healthy food in low-income areas
Encore Fellows Program
Encore Fellows Sac/Sierra Program
Fellowship matches experienced professionals with appropriate nonprofit organizations
Civic Ventures has approved a new partnership between the American Leadership Forum – Mountain Valley Chapter and the Nonprofit Resource Center to bring the Encore Fellows Program to the Sacramento and Sierra regions.
Across the region there is a pressing need to help build capacity in the nonprofit sector. While most of the nonprofit services are a necessity and provide ongoing support in the region’s local communities, nonprofit organizations are challenged with insufficient resources to maintain or build their agencies. By operating an Encore Fellows Program in the region, the American Leadership Forum and the Nonprofit Resource Center will enable these nonprofits to grow and sustain their organizations through Fellow’s high-impact social-purpose roles.
Encore Fellows 2012 Update
Five matches made, 2013 recruitment underway
The Encore Fellows Program shows great promise in its first year. Five Encore Fellows have been matched with the following nonprofit organizations in our region:
Intel retirees receive income for nonprofit work
Generosity Project
The Greater Sacramento Generosity Project
The Greater Sacramento Generosity Project is a collaboration of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, the Nonprofit Resource Center, and regional business, community, and educational institutions.
GiveLocalNow Campaign Launches Sept. 15
Public awareness and education movement builds on Generosity Project research
GiveLocalNow is a new and innovative movement in the Sacramento Region (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties) dedicated to increasing philanthropy to local nonprofits. The movement has been created in response to quantitative and qualitative research documenting that the region’s donation amounts are lower than the national average.
Generosity Project in the News
Updated Coverage
With release of the The Greater Sacramento Generosity Project research report on May 25, 2011, there as been much interest in the results of the year-long research effort by the group of dedicated regional leaders.
The research also supports the launch of a multi-year community outreach campaign scheduled to begin this fall, which if successful over time, will achieve three significant goals:
Generosity Project
Update & Research Report Released
The Greater Sacramento Generosity Project includes quantitative data that represents the most comprehensive analysis of giving habits in the Sacramento region in recent memory. Data was based on surveys and information collected from 2,000 households in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer and El Dorado counties. Research was conducted by the Center for Strategic Economic Research.
The research also supports the launch of a multi-year community outreach campaign scheduled to begin this fall, which if successful over time, will:
Placer Collaborative Network
Placer Collaborative Network
Placer Collaborative Network (PCN) brings community leaders together to develop creative solutions for change. Change that brings about a better quality of life for those living in Placer County.
Values of collaboration, creativity, and service drive the work at Placer Collaborative because we believe TOGETHER we really are BETTER.
Over 40 members comprise the army of service providers at Placer Collaborative Network. Through on the ground projects, leadership development, and linking, solutions are forged for our most pressing community issues.
PCN Open Forum
UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee
A special invitation for PCN members and Placer County health and human service organization directors, managers and staff.
Join us to hear from two important regional organizations.
2929 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
Placer Collaborative Network
3rd Annual Resource Sharing Meeting a success!
The Placer Collaborative Network held its 3rd Annual Resource Sharing Meeting on April 18, 2013 from 10 a.m.to 12 p.m.at the Maidu Community Center in Roseville, Calif.
Congratulations 2012 Placer Collaborative Network Outstanding Collaboration Award Recipients
Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center and Auburn Hip Hop Congress honored at annual retreat
Congratulations to the two organizations recognized for their contributions and outstanding collaboration within Placer County:
The 5th Annual Placer Collaborative Network Outstanding Collaboration Awards were presented during the PCN Annual Retreat December 5, 2012 at the Mercy Center Auburn. Representatives from both organizations, as well as those with whom they collaborated, were in attendance and honored with certificates.
Strengthen Our Community
Strengthen Our Community
Strengthen Our Community is a unique advertorial campaign in support of the nonprofit sector, conducted in partnership with The Sacramento Bee, the Nonprofit Resource Center and GiveLocalNow.
Read the announcement
Strengthen Our Community – May 2013 edition
Focus on land conservation, thanks to Sacramento Valley Conservancy, Placer Land Trust, Central Valley Farmland Trust and Yolo Land Trust
Download the PDF to read the full page.
Strengthen Our Community – April 2013 edition
Focus on the arts, thanks to Wells Fargo
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Strengthen Our Community – March 2013 edition
Focus on planned giving, thanks to Placer Community Foundation
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Website Development Project
Website Development Project for organizations serving the South Sacramento area
with St. Hope Academy/Sacramento High, funded by AT&T
The Nonprofit Resource Center has received a generous grant from AT&T to help ten South Sacramento nonprofit organizations create or develop their websites as a way to expand organizational capacity to communicate with the community and constituencies.
The purpose of the project is to assist and fund organizations in the development of usable, editable websites, while presenting students with learning opportunities. Participating organizations will receive consulting and technical expertise from student teams supported by the highly qualified faculty of Sacramento High School.
The project will take place over the next 12 months. Based on the applications, the Sacramento High School students will select three to four organizations to work with during each of three consecutive periods as follows:
2012 UPDATE:
View a list and descriptions of the websites that were created during this project at the Sac High Media Lab website.
Previous Projects
First 5 Sacramento Project
August 2009 - June 2011
In 2009 the Nonprofit Resource Center was awarded a grant to provide organizational capacity building support to selected First 5 Sacramento grantees and potential grantees.
Services provided to organizations participating in this project consisted of an assessment of nine organizational dimensions followed by coaching, training and technical assistance. The purpose of this grant program was to improve the infrastructure of these organizations so that they could improve their capacity to continue to provide service programs for children in Sacramento County.
Over the grant period, twelve organizations participated in the First 5 Sacramento Capacity Building Project. These included eight (8) community-based organizations, two (2) health centers, and two (2) school district programs. The model consisted of three components: an organizational assessment, planning, and implementation support (which consisted of training, technical assistance and coaching).