Take a Leap of Faith 🐸

It's Leap Day! Take a leap in your nonprofit game – whether it's trying out new ideas, applying for a grant, or shaking up your routine.

NPP Events Corner

Ready to dive into the nitty gritty of employment law? We are!

📅 March 12, 2024 | 12-1:30 p.m.

📍 Grace Leadership Institute

NPP members are invited to join us and Robert D. Zaruta of Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. to learn trends impacting nonprofits, from modernizing employee processes to updating handbooks. This session, geared toward nonprofits with 3-25 employees, will help you stay in line with recent changes to federal and state laws dating many employee handbooks.

Thanks to Knox, lunch will be provided! Learn more and RSVP here.

New Events Added

Marketing Survival Kit & Bonus 1:1 Sessions

with Tim Hindes of TrailBlaze Creative

📅 April 11, 2024, 10-11:30 a.m.

📍 Grace Leadership Institute

Learn more and register here

Engagement Strategies to Recruit and Maintain a Successfully Diverse Organization

with Shayla Jones of The Script Project

📅 April 16, 2024 | 9:30-11 a.m.

📍 Grace Leadership Institute

Learn more and register here

VIEW ALL UPCOMING EVENTS

Celebrate Your Work Environment!

Is your nonprofit an awesome place to work? Do you love your team? Back after two years, the Nonprofit Excellence Awards' Best Place to Work recognizes a nonprofit with an exceptional work environment!

The nomination period is open now until March 29th. Learn more about all award opportunities here.

It's been a while since we hosted a donor database discussion!

Would you be interested in attending?

Um, yes!

Nah, I'll pass.

The Erie Community is Hiring Interns!

Questions? Reach out to Olivia Burgess (PS) or Erin Fessler (MarComm).

The Unthinkable: 2024 Nonprofit Marketing Summit

Do you have dreams of reaching your nonprofit's fullest vision? If that seems unthinkable, then this three day online conference can help you bring those dreams to reality. Learn more here.

Become an Erie Ambassadors!

Applications are now being accepted for the Chamber's Erie Ambassadors program until March 6th. Dive into various facets of the Erie community over a 10-week course. Contact Colleen Gross, Director of Programs and Events with any questions.

(Fundraising) School is in Session!

Enroll in the NPP Fundraising Academy, a training course for nonprofit professionals and Board Members with over four hours of content. An optional in-person deep dive will be held on April 10th. Course pricing starts at $300. Learn more here.

#FundingFocus

Erie Arts & Culture McCain Next Steps Grant for Arts Organizations

Deadline: March 15, 2024

Funding up to $5,000

Grants for nonprofits arts organizations that are prepared to take a next step as it relates to its mission, operations, or programs.

Disabled Veterans National Foundation Capacity Building Grants

LOI Open March 1-31, 2024

Funding up to $25,000

Grants for nonprofits addressing the mental and physical recovery of veterans including organizations that support service dogs, equine therapy, yoga, art therapy, recreational therapy, and more.

Did you know?

NPP Members can find a listing of even more grant opportunities

in the Member Portal. Check it out!

#NonprofitJobs

Executive Director with the Erie Cancer Wellness Center
Chief Financial Officer with the Erie Community Foundation
Marketing Director with the Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania
Director of Health Professions Training/Operations Manager with the Northwest PA Area Health Education Center
Marketing & Communications Associate with the Erie Community Foundation
Prevention Education Specialist with the Crime Victim Center of Erie
Multiple openings with the John F. Kennedy Center, Millcreek Community Hospital/LECOM, and the Greater Erie Community Action Committee

VIEW OPENINGS | POST OPENINGS

Special thank you to our valued Associate Members: