What is one of the worst kept secrets in philanthropy? Grantee budgets are fake. Grant managers and program officers spend hours each docket working with grantees to develop well-crafted budgets designed to move through the decision-making process with as few questions as possible. Why? The most common answers are that we believe the budgets tell us something about an organization and their ability to carry out the work; the budget review process helps us assess a group’s overall comfort with financial management; and financial information helps us prevent or detect fraud and misuse... http://justicefunders.org/no-more-fake-funder-budgets/
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Some basic skills can help you to be a more effective communicator in the classroom. This Teaching Tip explores:
- barriers to listening and strategies for effective listening;
- barriers to accurate perception and strategies for accurate perception; and,
- barriers to effective verbal communication and strategies for effective verbal communication.
More...
July 20, 2021
Satonya Fair
CEP’s latest research report, Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits, provides further evidence of the devastating impact of 2020 on nonprofits — and how the crises of the past year hit some nonprofits much harder than others. While many nonprofits reported that their foundation funders were flexible, responsive, and communicative, this was not the experience for a great number of nonprofits that are led by women, that serve certain marginalized communities, and organizations for which both are true.
Consider these findings...https://cep.org/take-it-from-the-nonprofits/
OPEN POSITION – July 18, 2021
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR / MANAGER
30 hours/week; Monday - Friday. Open until filled.
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) seeks an energetic, friendly, and passionate individual to oversee recruitment, outreach, administration, and appreciation of DESK’s volunteer corps. Appropriate applicants will be experienced in community organizing, community relations, and external communications, including social media and public speaking. Qualified candidates will have very strong interpersonal skills, be completely at ease working among a broad cross-section of New Haven, and preferably be a capable speaker of Spanish.
Mission & Background Information
Located in downtown New Haven, DESK serves people experiencing homelessness or living in poverty by providing food assistance and services that promote health, community, and equity. DESK’s volunteer corps consists of 2,000+ individual volunteers annually and more than 30 volunteer groups. For more information on our programs, services, history, and vision, visit us online at www.deskct.org.
Core Responsibilities
- Community Relations & External Communications – The position works closely with the Executive Director to connect with the community through public and private events, crafting outward-facing messaging consistent with agency-voice, designing web content and mass email communications, and maintaining a social media presence, with special attention given to strengthening connections with underrepresented communities.
- Outreach & Recruitment – The position conducts coordinated outreach to community organizations (houses of worship, businesses, social/civic groups, schools, universities, etc.), facilitating off-site volunteer efforts (e.g., third-party fundraisers and food drives), and recruiting volunteers and groups.
- Back-end Logistics Administration – The position oversees and maintains web-based volunteer management tools, including platforms for volunteer scheduling, registration, automated reminders and follow-up, time-keeping, and hours-confirmation.
- Onboarding – The position works with Program staff to develop onboarding materials, instructional videos, and screening tools for effective volunteer engagement.
- Onsite Coordination Oversight – Although most onsite coordination is carried out by Program staff, the position is responsible for overseeing the scheduling of volunteers and ensuring that they are effectively managed onsite, are treated courteously and appropriately, are working in a safe and healthy environment, and receive the proper level of supervision, primarily through follow-up communications and quality assurance efforts.
- Appreciation – The position carries out and oversees appreciation and recognition efforts, including, but not limited to, regular follow-up communications and occasional events.
- Client Competency – The position works with Program staff to engender a greater sense of empathy and understanding toward the issues faced by those DESK serves on behalf of every volunteer.
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Compensation
Starting annual salary (30 hrs/wk) will be between $28,080 and $36,300, based on experience and background, in accordance with DESK’s Pay Equity Scale.
How to Apply
Candidates should email a cover letter and résumé to hr@deskct.org with “Volunteer Coordinator/Manager Application” in the subject line.
DESK is an equal opportunity employer who affirms and values greatly the role of diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and lifestyles.
Don't miss the upcoming Work Rise Webinar: Leveraging Workers’ Skills for an Inclusive Economy: Tools, Resources, and Evidence on Thursday, July 22, 2021, 12-1:30pm (EST)
As the US economy reopens, many Americans are reassessing their priorities and relationships to work. Workers are realizing their potential and seeking better wages and opportunities, particularly those who held low-wage jobs before the pandemic. Many workers, however, may not have resources to pursue additional education and training on their own. At the same time, some employers are shifting to inclusive hiring practices that focus on jobseekers’ skills and competencies rather than degrees and credentials, which can screen out qualified candidates.
Join WorkRise and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to explore evidence-based tools and resources designed to create pathways for economic mobility and opportunity for workers historically excluded from good jobs. Researchers and practitioners from WorkRise’s partner institutions will consider how these tools and resources support workers’ efforts to leverage their existing skills and past work experience to signal their value in the labor market and employers’ growing interest in skills-based hiring. We will highlight insights that enable workforce intermediaries and decisionmakers to facilitate occupational transitions and stronger matches between local talent and demand. We will also identify gaps in knowledge about effective interventions for promoting mobility in the labor market.
Introductory Remarks
*Todd Greene, Executive Director, WorkRise, and Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
Panelists
*Papia Debroy, Senior Vice President of Insights, Opportunity@Work
*Julie Elberfeld, Executive-in-Residence and Interim Chief Technology Officer, Opportunity@Work
*Marcela Escobari, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution
*Debbie Hughes, Interim Director, Rework America Alliance, Markle Foundation
*Keith Wardrip, Community Development Research Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
*Ashley Putnam, Director, Economic Growth and Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (moderator)
Support for this event is provided by the funders of WorkRise. For more information on the Urban Institute’s funding principles, go to urban.org/fundingprinciples.
Register here for this webinar. Please share with your networks!
Click here to see a job opportunity that is at the intersection of community and policy, focused on access to oral health.
=> Do you have community skills and want to take that to the policy level? Or you have policy skills and want to bring that to community engagement? The Connecticut Oral Health Initiative wants to meet you!
https://www.ctoralhealth.org/copy-of-employment-opportunities
Organizational Summary
The CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs is a fast-paced, nimble organization with a team that is fun, committed, and passionate about a just transition to a low-carbon economy. We are entering a new phase in our organization where public facing has become integral to the work that we do.
Position Summary
The Communications Director for the CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs (CRCJ) is a full-time staff member who helps create, promote, and implement a strategic communications plan to support organizational growth and successful issue campaigns. The CRCJ Communications Director works with the staff team to create and promote the organizational identity and mission to members, partners, media and the public through the management of our website and social media platforms, media relationships, creation and distribution of campaign materials, press releases, and other documents.
For more information, please go to https://bit.ly/crcjcomms. ;
Join the growing and dynamic team at CARE and work with us to improve health in New Haven!
Check out this exciting opportunity!
https://inside.southernct.edu/human-resources/jobs/care-deputy-director-projects-operations
And learn more about CARE here: https://www.carenhv.org/
My colleagues recently released a report entitled "The case for inclusive growth." The report lays out the economic and moral case for inclusive growth, then delves into recommendations for public, private, and social sector actors. Here are my major takeaways from the report, centered on what inclusive growth is, whether it is possible, why it is important, and what should be done.
1. Inclusive growth - what is it?
The definition that resonated most with a panel of 50+ experts was "growth that seeks to broadly benefit all members of society." Inclusive growth is indicated by a range of factors, including individual well-being (e.g. economic, social, health), economic mobility, and income inequality. Here, I was reminded of organizations like DataHaven that track individual well-being across more than income via the Community Wellbeing Survey.
2. Is inclusive growth possible?
The answer is definitely yes. Research by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that from 1980 to 2013, there are more than 250 cases of inclusive growth across 78 countries. Many of the countries that succeed in this area have better equality of opportunity, which can be driven by investments in economic mobility.
3. Why is inclusive growth important?
Income inequality has risen in the U.S. greatly over the last 30 years, and the U.S. is in last place among G7 countries when using the Gini coefficient measurement of inequality (Gini is a measurement from 0 to 1, with 1 being the highest inequality). In 2018, the U.S. had a Gini of 0.48, while Sweden was 54% of that at 0.26. The report highlights Inequality is a "threat to prosperity," since growing the economy depends on participation. The report highlights, "up to 40% of the GDP growth between 1960 and 2010 can be attributed to greater participation of women and people of color in the labor force through improved talent allocation."
4. So then what?
The report lays out a 3-step framework with examples from major U.S. cities, private industry, and civil society. It emphasizes that "inclusive growth involves both process and outcome," as populations increasingly seek more participatory forms of economic reform. Among many suggestions, one that stood out to me was on supporting entrepreneurship in underserved communities, a mission I help support through my involvement with Collab . "Improving business formation in underinvested communities can help support and create new business clusters for continued innovation while creating new centers of job creation."
For more information on the report you can visit https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/the-case-for-inclusive-growth
Nonprofit Tech for Good
June 29, 2021
List compiled by Heather Mansfield, Editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good and creator of the 101 Digital Marketing and Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits blog and webinar series.
https://www.nptechforgood.com/2021/06/29/74-free-or-low-cost-tools-and-resources-for-nonprofits/
See and hear the medical professionals here:
https://www.greaterthancovid.org
This information is shared for educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. The views expressed are those of the featured medical professional and reflect information available to that professional at time of filming. Always consult a health care provider for any personal health decisions. Click here for vaccine FAQs from the CDC.
From the Nonprofit Quarterly:
Somehow, on your way to becoming a great organizer, you became an executive director. Now what?
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Somehow, on your way to becoming a great organizer, you became an executive director.
Suddenly you are reviewing bylaws, trying to make sense of a balance sheet, and wondering how your ability to organize people prepared you for this? Let me be the first to say: it didn’t. And that’s okay. You’ll figure out the bylaws and the books, or find other people who can, all so you can get to what you do best: organizing...
https://georgegoehl.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-new-executive-director
The program is open to anyone earning no more than 80% of the median income in their area, which is $54,950 for a single person in most of the state ($66,500 in some lower Fairfield County towns.)
The eligible income increases with household size — ranging from $78,500 for a household of four to $103,650 for a family of eight in most of the state.
It’s time to explore!
From July 1 to September 6, Connecticut children age 18 and under plus one accompanying adult can visit participating museums free of charge through the Connecticut Summer at the Museum program. Visit this website for details and updates on the list of participating places:
www.ctvisit.com/articles/connecticut-summer-museum-free-admission-kids ;
MakeHaven, New Haven's community makerspace, is hiring an education coordinator. The education coordinator will ensure educational resources and systems are in place to empower artisans, entrepreneurs and hobbyists to make amazing things. MakeHaven is seeking an individual who can demonstrate both the administrative attention to detail and the strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with instructors and community partners.
See the complete job description and apply on Idealist.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the number of computer, gaming and information technology jobs will increase by 11 percent from 2019 to 2029.
High school students in the Elm City and surrounding areas have a new opportunity to level-up their web coding, design and digital content skills this summer at New Haven’s technology and innovation campus. District Arts + Education (DAE) is launching Summer DAEz featuring a full slate of free in-person workshops for rising juniors and seniors and recent graduates ages 16 and older.
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/summer_daez_digital_workshops/
The Fund for New Leadership (FNL) searches for talent in every corner of the country and supports America’s emerging social changemakers who are working to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges. Racism and economic inequities are tearing at the very fabric of our society. These are systemic problems that do not lend themselves to simple solutions.
June 28, 2021
With federal and state eviction moratoriums ending soon, a team of researchers from Yale University and two other universities has found an apparent link between landlord-related forced housing moves and risky sexual behavior.
http://c-hit.org/2021/06/28/yale-study-links-housing-instability-and-risky-sexual-behaviors/
How decisions are made can reveal a lot about how an organization performs. Consider some of these decision-making scenarios:
- Without consulting any of those who will actually do the work, an executive director promises an old friend that his organization will take on a complex project, leaving his staff feeling out of the loop and disgruntled.
- Twelve busy staff members spend numerous hours discussing whether their organization should hire a summer intern, but no one knows who has the final say, and every meeting ends without resolution.
- Several organizations work together to support a single initiative, but none of the participants understand where their responsibilities begin and end. When they disagree, no one has overall authority to decide. In addition, there’s overlap in the work done.
Do these situations resonate?
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/who-decides-mapping-power-and-decision-making-in-nonprofits/
In a bold new show of contemporary work, artists Judy Atlas, Joy Bush, Rita Hannafin, and Tom Peterson consider the SHAPE OF COLOR, a group show on view at City Gallery this summer. The show will run from Friday, July 9 through Sunday, August 8, with a Closing Reception on Sunday, August 8 from 1pm - 4pm. Visitors may meet individual artists on July 10 (Bush), July 11 (Atlas), July 16 (Peterson), July 17 (Hannafin), July 18 (Hannafin), and July 24 (Atlas).
As is often the case in a group show, it was only upon review of the artists' work that the theme became evident. “What stood out was our bold, vibrant, definitive use of COLOR,” says Joy Bush. “It is clearly what connects our individual styles, mediums and viewpoints. And it is our diverse use of SHAPE — hard, linear, solid, soft, organic — that introduces the distinct mind’s eye of each of us.”
Judy Atlas's abstractions are expressions of the architecture of nature and everyday life. For this show, Atlas explores what happens to color, comparing geometric shapes with softer, organic flowing forms. These abstract paintings celebrate the elements of visual art: color, line, textures, light and intensity. Atlas has been teaching watercolor painting and collage at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven since 1998. Her work has been featured in numerous solo, group, invitational and juried shows in New England. Atlas has been a member of the City Gallery since 2008.
Photographer Joy Bush presents her colorful, bold Enervate series. “After the chaos of the presidential election. I opened the refrigerator and saw some kale that I had forgotten to cook. It was broken and depleted. I was broken and depleted. The kale epitomized my world. During all of the lies, contradictions, and disruptive behavior, words failed me, but my photographs of these forgotten vegetables could express my state of mind.” Bush’s work has been exhibited in many local and regional galleries, and her photographs have appeared in numerous publications including the Village Voice, The New York Times, and Connecticut Review. She is represented in the permanent collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Mattatuck Museum, Montefiorie Hospital, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH, the Yale Medical Group Art Place in New Haven, and numerous private collections.
Rita Hannafin is City Gallery's newest artist. As a textile artist, she weds her love of color, physical materials, and sewing to shape a story. In her pictorial art quilts, she uses fabric like paint to create shapes and applies free motion quilting to “draw” and play with thread, adding layers of textural elements to the finished pieces. Hannafin is a member of the Studio Art Quilt Associates and the Black Rock Art Guild. Her work is included in the National Registry of Quilts, has been shown at the Slater Memorial Museum, the Whistler House Museum of Art, the Windham Textile and History Museum, and in galleries at Middlesex Hospital, Guilford Art Center , Western Connecticut State University , and Connecticut Hospice.
Tom Peterson, a documentary and fine art photographer, presents a series of archival pigment prints inspired by photographs of modern architectural exteriors. “From these, I created shapes and formations of primary colors. Developed during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was my effort to escape back into a childhood fondness for coloring with crayons,” he explains. Peterson has received numerous awards, including winning two First Honors at IMAGES, the Shoreline Arts Alliance juried photography show. His 2019 exhibits included Cheshire Academy, New Haven Lawn Club, and City Gallery, where he has been a member since 2009.
SHAPE OF COLOR is free and open to the public, and runs July 9 - August 8, 2021, with a Closing Reception on Sunday, August 8 from 1pm - 4pm. Visitors may meet individual artists on July 10, July 11, July 16, July 17, July 18, and July 24. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Modified gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 4 pm, or by appointment. The number of visitors is limited to 4 at a time. All visitors are required to wear a mask and observe social distancing protocols. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
