Past Trainings

Essential topics to help you start a nonprofit.

• To Be or Not To Be A 501(C)(3)
• Introduction to Finding Funders
• State of the Nonprofit Sector in Central Louisiana
• Fundraising at a New Nonprofit
• From Scratch: Building Fundraising
• Keeping It Real - Telling Your Story
• Nonprofit Fundraising 101

Onboard new members and develop strong nonprofit boards.

• The Board's Six Main Jobs
• Selecting or Orienting New Board Members

Understanding the financials of a nonprofit ensures that adequate resources are available and effectively managed.

• Capital Supports Mission (Nonprofit Ready)
• Financial Info and Your Board (Nonprofit Ready)
• Fundamentals of Nonprofit Budgeting (Nonprofit Ready)
• Introduction to Project Budgets (Candid / Nonprofit Ready)
• Understanding Cash Flow (Nonprofit Ready)
• Understanding Cost Allocation (Nonprofit Ready)

Effectively communicating the purpose and needs of your organization is essential to a nonprofit organization.

• Fundraising During Hard Economic Times
• How to Craft the Evaluation Section of Your Application
• Nice or Necessary: Prove Your Program's Need

Learn how to develop your grant proposal with best practices.

• Grant Writing Power Hour
• Before You Start Grant Writing
• Where to Find the Money: 3 Tools to Find Opportunities
• Basic Grant Writing
• Readiness for Federal Funding
• Demystifying Federal Grant Writing
• What Funders Want To See
• Creating Grant Budgets
• Ask A Grant Writer Anything: Session 1
• Ask A Grant Writer Anything: Session 2

Learn Internal “controls” that serve as “checks and balances” to reduce the risk of misuse or misappropriation of an organization’s funds.

• Introduction to Using QuickBooks Financial Reports
• QuickBooks Online for Nonprofits - Part 1
• QuickBooks Online for Nonprofits - Part 2