The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado is planning a 5-city tour April 17 & 18 to discuss upcoming opportunities and resources available to nonprofits across our region. Please plan to attend one of our 1-hour meetings (dates/times/locations listed below) to learn more about ways to improve sustainability and increase capacity for your organization. We will provide information on:

 

• Upcoming nonprofit economic impact research specific to our region
• Southwest Colorado Gives Day – early planning
• Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days – who should come, what to expect
• Ballantine Family Fund – year-round giving opportunity
• Making a Difference speaker series on the power of philanthropy
• Ways to stay connected so that you are always informed about opportunities for nonprofits

Resource Roundtable dates, times and locations:

Tuesday, April 17

 

Pagosa Springs

10 – 11 a.m.

Ross Aragon Community Center

451 Hot Springs Blvd.

 

Bayfield

1 – 2 p.m.

Pine River Public Library

395 Bayfield Center Dr.

 

 Wednesday, April 18

 

Cortez

9 – 10 a.m.

Cortez Public Library

202 N. Park St.

 

Mancos

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Mancos Public Library

211 West First Street

 

Durango

2 – 3 p.m.

Community Room at First National Bank of Durango

259 W. 9^th Street

Jenna Bush Hager to speak on April 25, 2018

Our next Making a Difference Speaker will be Jenna Bush Hager, who will speak at the Community Concert Hall on April 25. Tickets are on sale now.

Jenna Bush Hager is a contributing correspondent on NBC’s Today and an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine.  Jenna will speak about her passions of early childhood education and literacy. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, which she wrote after traveling to Latin America in 2006 as an intern with UNICEF. Ana’s Story is based on the life of a 17-year-old single mother with HIV, who struggles to shield her child from the life she had of abuse and neglect.  Hager remains involved with UNICEF and is currently the chair of its Next Generation initiative, which is dedicated to reducing childhood deaths around the world.

Save your summer Wednesday evenings for local music benefiting local nonprofits at the Rochester’s Secret Garden in Durango. Concert dates: June 27, July 4, July 11, July 18, July 25, August 1, August 8, August 15, August 22, and August 29.

Bands to be announced later.

Save these dates for local music benefiting local nonprofits at the 19th Hole in Pagosa Springs. Bands to be announced later.

This opportunity only occurs once every four years in the Southwest region, so mark your calendars for the unique opportunity to meet one-on-one with funders, participate in professional development opportunities and network with other community leaders in the region. Southwest RPD, serving Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties, will take place in Cortez, Colorado on September 12 – 14, 2018. 

For more information, please contact:

Kristi Smith, Event Coordinator
southwestrpd@gmail.com or 970-422-2631 or visit www.southwestrpd.org

Come out and enjoy the Community Foundation’s ninth annual Community Taste dinner. Guests will dine on signature dishes prepared and contributed by local chefs and area food purveyors. Complimentary beer and wine will be provided by local liquor stores and microbreweries. Dancing will follow dinner.

Tickets will be available to purchase soon!

It’s a Great Job and Somebody’s Gotta Do It: The Role, Responsibilities and Rigors of Serving on Nonprofit Boards

Tuesday, October 10 – 4-6pm | Durango Community Recreation Center

Subjects to be covered:

• Why serve on a nonprofit board?
• Individual and collective board member roles and responsibilities
• Committee work
• Outreach work
• Expectations and accountability

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This intensive three-part training series is designed for board members of nonprofit organizations in Southwest Colorado.  The trainings are scheduled for October 10, October 24 and November 7 from 4-6pm. Registration for the full series is $60.

The three trainings will be facilitated by Illene Roggensack, President of Third Sector Innovations in Grand Junction.  Roggensack has been involved in organization development as a business owner, nonprofit executive director, board member, volunteer and consultant for 25 years.  She provided a board training series in Durango during the autumn of 2016 and presented as the keynote at Essentials for Thriving Nonprofits, a workshop for regional nonprofit professionals, in April 2016.

The Board Training series has been planned by the Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days (SW RPD) Interim Committee, a joint effort of local nonprofit leadership focused on continuing professional development to build a stronger nonprofit community.

Bold Boards, Big Impact: Building a Nonprofit Board with the Right People and Right Relationships

Tuesday, October 24 – 4-6pm | First National Bank of Durango, Community Room

Subjects to be covered:

• Board make-up
• Potential member identification and recruitment
• Onboarding and orientation
• Ongoing training and retention; retreats
• Relationships (internal to board, board with staff, board with community)

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This intensive three-part training series is designed for board members of nonprofit organizations in Southwest Colorado.  The trainings are scheduled for October 10, October 24 and November 7 from 4-6pm. Registration for the full series is $60.

The three trainings will be facilitated by Illene Roggensack, President of Third Sector Innovations in Grand Junction.  Roggensack has been involved in organization development as a business owner, nonprofit executive director, board member, volunteer and consultant for 25 years.  She provided a board training series in Durango during the autumn of 2016 and presented as the keynote at Essentials for Thriving Nonprofits, a workshop for regional nonprofit professionals, in April 2016.

The Board Training series has been planned by the Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days (SW RPD) Interim Committee, a joint effort of local nonprofit leadership focused on continuing professional development to build a stronger nonprofit community.

Paying Attention to the Right Things: Assurance that the Nonprofit Board is On Point

Tuesday, November 7 – 4-6pm | First National Bank of Durango, Community Room

Subjects to be covered:

• Board self-evaluation
• Organizational success metrics and indicators
• Productive meetings and quality decision making
• Meaningful data (and its analysis) for use by the board
• Organization and succession planning
• Board needs at various stages of organization lifecycle

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This intensive three-part training series is designed for board members of nonprofit organizations in Southwest Colorado.  The trainings are scheduled for October 10, October 24 and November 7 from 4-6pm. Registration for the full series is $60.

The three trainings will be facilitated by Illene Roggensack, President of Third Sector Innovations in Grand Junction.  Roggensack has been involved in organization development as a business owner, nonprofit executive director, board member, volunteer and consultant for 25 years.  She provided a board training series in Durango during the autumn of 2016 and presented as the keynote at Essentials for Thriving Nonprofits, a workshop for regional nonprofit professionals, in April 2016.

The Board Training series has been planned by the Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days (SW RPD) Interim Committee, a joint effort of local nonprofit leadership focused on continuing professional development to build a stronger nonprofit community.

ColoradoGives: Creating a Buzz – Marketing for SW CO Gives

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 | 11:45am – 1:00pm | First National Bank of Durango, Community Room
This ColoradoGives Lunch & Learn is for nonprofits that are approved for ColoradoGives  and are participating in the Southwest Colorado Gives regional platform.  The Community Foundation will provide an update on the roll out of the marketing plan. Please come with any ideas you would like to add.

Click here for more information on ColoradoGives and the Community Foundation’s role as a regional champion.