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Every nonprofit, regardless of size, age or purpose, passes through distinct milestones of messaging that test its relevance and the strength of its bottom line. Rather than a linear progression of lifecycles, organizations move in and out of five growth and renewal periods that require formulation of messaging and the communication strategies necessary for successful execution.

Perhaps the most predictable of milestones is a nonprofit’s starting point where founding leaders are working in closest proximity to the passion motivating its purpose. Your greatest challenges with inaugural messaging are lack of impact data and maybe even fully operational services. Answers to mastering this milestone lie in messages that clearly connect the solutions and innovative approach your organization offers with the unmet needs warranting its formation. How will your nonprofit uniquely close the gap between what exists and what is needed?

Strategically cultivating the right messengers is also important to this early-stage milestone. In addition to staff leadership, what third-party experts can vouch for the demand of your organization’s services or the experience quality your organization’s leadership brings to the issues the nonprofit will address? Who are your multiple audiences’ key influencers, and who can speak enthusiastically about why the organization has their support? These are all voices to leverage in the beginning.

Whether 10 or 40 years old, nonprofits in this milestone of messaging are at a crossroads of having established a foundation of success, with the need for a 2.0 version that builds on what’s been achieved. While the sophistication of its visual identity may need elevating, today’s leaders understand that an organization’s brand is defined by much more than its logo and color palette. The success to which the nonprofit articulates its unique benefits, the substantive impact of the nonprofit’s services and the satisfaction of those the nonprofit serves make significant contributions to defining its brand.

The opportunity this milestone offers for building loyalty and trust requires that attention be given to formulating actionable messages. In other words, not just effectively communicating what your organization represents, but critically assessing how each of your target audiences actually experience what your nonprofit says it is.

An Accenture Interactive research study, "The Business of Experience," found that the top performing 20% of companies are 2.5 times more likely than their peers to say they are able to establish and manage a brand promise that connects directly to customer experiences. It’s a commitment to aligning words with action that is equally beneficial to nonprofits.

In basic terms, a brand promise is the combined effects of an organization’s values and the distinct experience it delivers. Cultivation of an organizational culture that puts these principles in practice has a powerful impact on branding and certainly messaging, particularly in-person messaging. For instance, if an organization’s value of respect is defined as “respecting participants at all levels of the process,” how is that message made actionable through what clients, donors and volunteers experience?

As nonprofits grow, they naturally expand their programs, develop new services, and expand the volume and geographic reach of who they serve. Growth may be sequential and deliberate, or sporadic and largely driven by funding opportunities that have periodically presented themselves. Regardless... Read more...

The Greater Cincinnati Nonprofit News is accepting 2023 Sponsorships. Learn more here and contact us to schedule a discovery call.

People Working Cooperatively is looking for young professionals to join its Emerging Leaders Board which is comprised of young professionals and emerging community leaders who want to be more engaged with their community and help low-income neighbors in need through volunteer service, fundraising and other advancement initiatives. Learn more here.

Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky is grateful for a $5,000 grant from the Elsa M. Heisel Sule Charitable Trust in support of their onsite healthcare clinic, which provides adults experiencing homelessness with immediate access to urgent care, triage, and community health resources. 

The Warren County Foundation continues to support the David P. Rahm Memorial Scholarship Fund and its tremendous impact on students at Miami University's Oxford, Hamilton, and Middletown campuses.

Ohio River Paddlefest 2023 raised $135,000 to support Adventure Crew and its mission of connecting city teens with nature and each other.

Festival of Faiths celebrating our community’s religious diversity begins Sunday, August 27, noon to 5:00pm, Cintas Center. Find festival details here.

As Joseph House continues its capital campaign to raise funds for its new facility in Camp Washington, in the past three weeks new contributions totaling $725,000 have been awarded by the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation ($500,000); the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund – Fifth Third Bank, Trustee ($200,000); and the Ohio Valley Foundation – Fifth Third Bank, Agent ($25,000).

Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the receipt of a generous gift from the SC Ministry Foundation's Sr. Elise Fund Grant. This contribution will enable Santa Maria to further its mission of uplifting and empowering the community through various essential programs.

Cancer Support Community Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky thanks the Elsa Heisel Sule Charitable Foundation for its recent $5,000 grant award! CSC appreciates the partnership to empower and support children, teens & families through cancer and to help ensure no one faces cancer alone.

Ken Anderson Alliance (KAA) thanks Elsa Sule Foundation, SC Ministries, and Ohio Valley Foundation for their support.

The Power of Music (POM®) seeks to improve the lives of people who are isolated or detached from the broader community – e.g., people seeking food, shelter or medical care and people in group homes or senior and transitional living facilities – by connecting with them and bringing them the warmth and proven health benefits of live, in-person music performed by high school students. Interested in bringing the joy of music to your clients? Learn more and/or request a free performance here.

The Warren County Foundation is accepting applications for grant programs this fall including Impact Grants, Women's Fund, Mary Ann Klingling Trust, Discretionary Grants and the Warren County Environmental Forum. Grant Information: Warren County Foundation

The Reimagining Communities Match Program doubles donations for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) residents or BIPOC-led groups who crowdfund for projects that reimagine public spaces and infrastructure. This match program supports BIPOC residents and BIPOC-led unincorporated groups or small nonprofits (with budgets under $250,000) to crowdfund for projects that will radically reimagine public space or support the implementation of public infrastructure investment in their communities. More information and details on eligibility requirements can be found here.      

A competitive grant from the Department of Energy promoting energy efficiency in nonprofit facilities was recently announced. Faith communities may qualify for funding for energy efficiency improvements to their house of worship building, provided they own their building. Find more details about Faith Communities Go Green here. 

2023 Southwest Ohio GiveCamp non-profit applications are now open. GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, database administrators, project managers and creative professionals donate their time to create software and web-based applications for non-profit organizations. The first step is to fill out an Interest Form. Projects that are within the mission and scope of GiveCamp will receive a more detailed application.

The Warren County Environmental Forum, in collaboration with the Warren County Foundation, is focused on developing and growing conservation funding support for individuals and businesses. Grant proposals are being accepted by the Warren County Foundation that demonstrate a positive environmental change or a conservation minded practice.

Interact for Health opened its first-round of 2023 grant applications. The $2.6M in funding are directly tied to the foundation’s new strategic plan, which will prioritize mental health and well-being with a strong focus on youth mental health, investments in policy and systems change, and building community power. For more information about funding opportunities and Interact for Health’s new strategic plan, visit their website.

Bethany Legacy Foundation grant application portal is launched and ready to receive applications. Non-profit organizations who serve youth, adults, and seniors in need are encouraged to develop initiatives and to apply for grants that fall within their funding priorities. Information can be found on their website or email bethany@bethanylegacy.org.

Do you work for a nonprofit organization, serve on a board, advise within the nonprofit sector or are looking to expand your nonprofit network of peers? Please join VonLehman August 24 from 4:00pm-6:00m at Junior League of Cincinnati* as we partner with Greater Cincinnati Nonprofit News, Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky, Manley Burke, LPA and Covington Business Council for a happy hour offered exclusively to people in the nonprofit sector. *Due to the tremendous response, we had to change venues to Junior League of Cincinnati (3500 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH). Learn more and register here.  

Leadership Council for Nonprofits & Greater Cincinnati Nonprofit News present a Panel Discussion: Recruitment, Retention, Reality: 3 Rs of Nonprofit Workforces August 29, 8:30am-10:00am. Nonprofits have experienced significant labor force challenges in the past few years, including recruitment, retention, and burnout. The nonprofit business model can be strained by less-than-competitive compensation and benefits, sometimes long hours, and limited career pathways. How can your nonprofit become an employer of choice, where top talent wants to work? Join us for a robust discussion led by experienced panel members, Sonya Fultz, Chief Executive Officer, Adopt A Class, Michele Plessinger, Executive Search Consultant, Gilman Partners, Mary Bennett Brown, Chief Human Resource Officer, Cincinnati Works, and facilitated by Jane Page-Steiner, Publisher, GC Nonprofit News. Register here.

Grants Research Lab, Wednesday, September 13, 10:00am – 11:30am. A roughly hour and a half virtual demonstration covering the basics you need to quickly start searching the Foundation Directory Online database to identify the best potential funders for your nonprofit organization. Free. Registration required.

Advanced Funder Research Lab, Wednesday, September 27, 2:00pm – 3:30pm. Take a deep dive into the advanced searching and funder review options available in the Foundation Directory Online. It is strongly recommended that attendees have already participated in the Grants Research Lab class, which is offered every month. Free. Registration required.

Join the Instrumentl team October 11 at 1pm EST for an inspiring and informative webinar, "How to Organize Your Team to Win More Grants Together," where we’ll reveal the secrets to achieving grant success through effective teamwork. Click here for more information and to register.

Winton Woods Frisbee Golf Course needs volunteers for their disc golf program starting in September. The season runs from September 7 through October 12. For more information contact bspirk@sooh.org or nelfreich@sooh.org.

4 ways to build benefits to attract and retain nonprofit employees Many nonprofits are feeling the pressure of today’s challenging labor market. How can you attract and retain employees when other organizations have more resources to win talent?

5 trust-based behaviors to change power dynamics in philanthropy Across the philanthropy sector, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted progress toward more flexible and trust-based practices. Yet, according to a report from the Technology Association of Grantmakers, the share of funders reducing funding restrictions was down from 41 percent in 2020 to 34 percent in 2022.

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Executive Director, Young Professionals Choral Collective (part-time) (Posted 8/24/2023) The Young Professionals Choral Collective (YPCC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is searching for a dynamic, collaborative, and engaging new Executive Director who is connected to the ethos and experience of the young professional demographic to begin in October 2023. This is a three-quarter time position. Learn more…

Controller, Cooperative for Education (Posted 8/24/2023) We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Controller to join our non-profit organization. As the Controller, you will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations, accounting processes, and reporting functions. Your expertise in financial management, compliance, and analytical abilities will play a vital role in supporting the organization’s mission to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. Learn more…

Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati (Posted 8/24/2023) Our attorneys provide a full range of legal services to our client community with emphasis on representation in court and administrative hearings. We participate with nonprofit agencies and other groups to stabilize families and improve systems affecting low-income people. Learn more…

Resource Development and Communications Manager, WAVE Foundation (Posted 8/24/2023) This position required a person who is a skilled storyteller with the energy and creativity to take WAVE Foundation’s development and communication efforts to the next level. The Manager takes the lead on cultivating and stewarding individual donors and businesses and is responsible for ensuring effective communications both internally and externally. They work closely with and actively assist the Executive Director and other staff members to implement the annual fundraising plan and assure timely cultivation, solicitation, follow-up, and tracking of new and current prospects and donors. Learn more…

Managing Attorney, Detained Children Program, Immigrant and Refugee Law Center (Posted 8/24/2023) Reporting to the Executive Director, the Managing Attorney for IRLC’s Detained Children Program will help to create and lead IRLC’s program serving the needs of noncitizen juveniles who are housed in the Cincinnati ORR facility or released from another ORR facility to the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area through this program. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the vision and growth of the organization. Learn more…

Grant/Development Specialist, PARACHUTE: Butler County CASA (part-time) Posted 8/24/2023) Employed by and responsible to PARACHUTE: Butler County CASA, the Grant/Development Specialist is responsible for coordinating grant and foundation proposals to ensure the financial stability of the agency and assist in reaching budget objectives. The Grant/Development Specialist will work alongside the Executive Director to ensure the continuation of CASA advocacy for abused and neglected children. Learn more…

Caretaker, The Salvation Army (part-time) (Posted 8/24/2023) The primary responsibility of the Caretaker is to be available for on-site emergency maintenance. Must respond to all alarms on alternate weeknights, alternate weekends and on-call holidays. Respond to emergency maintenance requests and repair minor jobs. Housing is provided on-site. Learn more…

Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio (Posted 8/24/2023) The Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio (LASSO) is accepting applications for full-time attorneys to join our Hamilton, Ohio office. Learn more…

Development Director, School Board School (Posted 8/24/2023) This is an exciting time for School Board School. Our work is needed now more than ever, and so we've significantly grown our programming in order to increase our impact. We're hiring our first Development Director to ensure we have the revenue to support this important work. Our budget is increasing significantly and in this role you will lead the creation and execution of a development plan to meet our fundraising goals, including ways to attract new donors and apply for new grants, both local and national. Learn more…

Administrative and Communications Associate, World Affairs Council (Posted 8/24/2023) The primary purpose of this position is to assist in the day-to-day operations, organizing programs, and administrative tasks of the World Affairs Council which may include development logistics, organizing annual events, and assisting with exchange or education projects while communicating the organization’s mission, goals, and strategic direction. The individual in this position is to keep the global mission running smoothly and coordinate collaboration across the staff to best serve the community. Learn more…

Development Manager, Lighthouse Youth and Family Services (Posted 8/17/2023) Lighthouse Youth & Family Services is seeking an experienced, results-oriented fundraiser with strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills to become our Development Manager. This detail-oriented self-starter will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with existing and prospective donors with the goal of retaining and increasing their support as well as overseeing the planning and execution of special events. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary and benefits. Learn more…

Director of Community Engagement, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Posted 8/17/2023) This position is responsible for fostering strong community partnerships and programs aimed at addressing a wide range of shared community goals and needs in and around Cincinnati, while developing raised community awareness of and stronger affinity for the Orchestra. Learn more…

Development Coordinator, Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio (part-time) (Posted 8/17/2023) PBPO seeks a part-time development coordinator to (1) build upon our fundraising success and (2) leverage and grow a strong donor base with a focus on corporate and grant funding. Reporting to and in partnership with the CEO, the development coordinator will spearhead development efforts as PBPO continues to grow. Learn more…

Systems Specialist, StriveTogether (Posted 8/17/2023) Reporting to the Senior Director of Technology and Systems, the Systems Specialist will be responsible for Cradle to Career Network data and portal management through Salesforce (Non-profit Success Pack and Experience Cloud) and Learning Management System (LMS) administration. In this role, you will work closely with internal teams, serving as the data liaison and LMS system administrator for staff. We are looking for candidates who are self-starters, extremely organized and experienced with database structures. Learn more…

Operations Manager, Mary Magdalen House (Posted 8/17/2023) The Operations Manager is an in-person position and reports to the Executive Director. This role’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the day-to-day operations of Mary Magdalen House run smoothly. The Operations Manager will ensure that Mary Magdalen House serves each guest to the best of its ability while also ensuring that it operates effectively and efficiently. Learn more…

Director of WORK Programming, Ken Anderson Alliance (Posted 8/17/2023) As the Director of WORK Programming, you will play a crucial role in shaping and implementing our organization's WORK programs, initiatives, and micro-enterprises. You will lead a team of passionate professionals to continue our transferable workforce development programs that align with our mission and have a lasting impact on our communities. Learn more…

After School Enrichment Manager, Kennedy Heights Arts Center (Posted 8/17/2023) The After School Enrichment Manager works in partnership with teachers, artists, community organizations and families to develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate afterschool and summer arts programs for K-8th grade students at a Cincinnati Public School that: stimulate imagination and creativity, strengthen social-emotional competence, celebrate multi-culturalism, and draw upon the assets of the diverse school community. Learn more…

Development Director, Immigrant & Refugee Law Center (Posted 8/10/2023) At a time of significant growth, the Immigrant & Refugee Law Center (IRLC) seeks a development director to 1) build upon our fundraising success, 2) leverage and grow a strong donor base, 3) expand our grants base locally, regionally, and nationally, and 4) lead efforts to secure the revenue needed to evolve our programming. A new position in the organization, the director will have the opportunity to build the development function. Learn more…

Client Services Specialist, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati (Posted 8/10/2023) The Client Service Specialist will interview, in person or over the phone, community members who request assistance from Legal Aid. The Specialist will gather information from the individual, enter the information into our case management system and communicate approval or denial for Legal Aid services. Learn more…

Housing Advocate, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati (Posted 8/10/2023) We seek to hire a full-time Housing Advocate who will work with Legal Aid attorneys and community partners such as Community Action Agency to help families prevent the loss of housing as a result of eviction, foreclosure, or unsafe housing conditions. The focus of the position is to help families and individuals maintain affordable rental housing, prevent eviction and foreclosure, and address unsafe housing conditions. Learn more…

Donor Relations Coordinator, Cooperative for Education (Posted 8/10/2023) Are you a detail-oriented individual looking to make an impact on the world through your career? Do others remark on how personable you are and your knack for making friends and forming relationships whether you're meeting with a donor or standing in line at the grocery store? If you’re reading this, nodding, and saying, “That’s me!”, we'd love to talk with you. Learn more…

Director of Advancement, Activities Beyond the Classroom (Posted 8/3/2023) This role supports all of ABC’s programs by ensuring that ABC has the necessary financial resources and community partners to achieve its mission. The Director of Advancement secures resources, builds capacity, raises the organization’s public profile, and provides leadership to a visionary and results-driven organization. Learn more…

Sonographer, Pathway to Hope Pregnancy (part-time) (Posted 8/3/2023) Pathway to Hope is seeking Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or Registered Nurses* to join us in serving our clients with compassionate care and join the mission to save the unborn. *Are you a Registered Nurse with a passion for LIFE? Pathway to Hope may train a licensed RN to perform ultrasound with a minimum commitment from a prospective candidate. Learn more…

Technical Support Specialist, Greater Cincinnati Foundation (Posted 7/27/2023) This position is responsible for managing the end-user experience related to IT systems and ensuring that GCF staff receive the appropriate level of technical support from the IT Managed Service Provider. The areas of responsibility include the support, tracking and administration of the computer hardware, business software licenses and the day-to-day liaison for outside IT services. Learn more…

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