VERMONT NONPROFIT NEWS 1/21/15

VERMONT NONPROFIT NEWS 1/21/15 JOBS | NEWS | UPCOMING EVENTS | BLOG We Need Your Help! Quick Survey on VT State Grants & Contracts Common Good Vermont Hosts Two Free Webcasts This Week From Social Enterprise to Census Data – Streamed Live from Our Burlington Studio to Your Computer Thursday 1/22 at 11am – Social Enterprise Series:  Janice St. Onge of Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund will discuss the importance of capital for Vermont’s innovative businesses, how the Flexible Capital Fund has secured resources to benefit the state, how it works for businesses seeking capital, and the challenges and opportunities companies and mission-driven organizations face when trying to grow their businesses. Sign-up Today! Friday 1/23 at 10am – Using Census Data to Tell Your Story:  The U.S. Census Bureau presents a live webcast on how to make the most from American FactFinder and its other tools. Tune into this FREE webcast and improve your planning, grant-writing and collective impact! Sign-up Today! Founder of World’s Largest Solar Company Coming to Vermont Jigar Shaw Keynote Speaker at Vermont’s Climate Change Economy Summit on 2/18 Jigar Shah, one of the today’s leading cleantech champions, will keynote the Summit on Creating Prosperity and Opportunity Confronting Climate Changeon February 18 at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. Shah founded and is former CEO of SunEdison where he pioneered “no money down solar” and unlocked a multi-billion-dollar solar market, creating the world’s largest solar services company. Learn More & Register Today! Do You Dread Tax Season? Tell the IRS How to Improve Form 990 A special advisory committee to the IRS is preparing a report to the IRS on ways Form 990 can be improved and is seeking your feedback. As nonprofits, we are responsible for filling out these forms annually and are affected by the way the information is displayed to donors, funders, reporters, and others. This survey is an opportunity to let the IRS know what is working and what should be improved. Your responses to this 5-10 minute survey can make a difference for our sector. Complete this Quick Survey Today! What Do We Mean By “Renegotiate the Social Contract”? Come Find Out From An Expert Panel at Nonprofit Legislative Day 2/5 The 6th Annual Nonprofit Legislative Day offers nonprofit leaders the chance to network with state officials & other nonprofits from across the state (Find out who is coming!).  This year’s agenda includes: A briefing on legislative issues, including tough decisions regarding the tight State Budget, Panel Discussion on the State’s partnership with nonprofits to carry out critical work, and Attend Committee Meetings and testify about the issues that matter to your organization! Learn More & Register Today! MORE NEWS YOU CAN USE Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup Presents FREE Workshop on Business/Nonprofit Resiliency 2/3 Leadership Upper Valley Now Accepting Applications for 2015-16 Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program Open House Event This Thursday This 5 Minute Video Will Convince You That Nonprofit Rivalries are Stupid ANEW Place Welcomes New Case Manager U.S. President Works to Make Your Internet Faster The Farm & Food Initiative Grants $280,000 for Health, Local Food Talk to Your Legislators! Under the Dome Premieres Live on 1/26 at 11am Training Round Up Live Webcast: Social Enterprise Series: Capitalization & Growth 1/22 From Year-End Fundraising to Year-Round Engagement 1/22 Free Webcast: Using Census Data to Tell Your Story 1/23 The Science & Art of Grant Writing in Southern Vermont 1/23 Digital Storytelling Fundamentals 1/27 Free Workshop: Intro to Designing Flyers with GIMP 1/30 Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day: Renegotiating the Social Contract 2/5 Rural Development Summit on Climate Change 2/18 Find More on Our Training Opportunities Page Got Funding? Sign Up for Free GrantStation Newsletter JOB ALERTS Reuse Specialists at ReSource (Burlington) Executive Director at The Mentor Connector (Rutland) Fund Development Assistant at Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (Brattleboro) Customer Relationship Representative at Cabot Creamery (Waitsfield) Residential Adviser at Youth Services (Bellows Falls) Summer 2015 Internships at Vermont Legal Aid (Burlington) Design/Build Faculty at Yestermorrow (Waitsfield) More Job Postings Post a Job FUNDING ALERTS Snelling Center for Government for Early Childhood Institute William T. Grant for Distinguished Fellows Program Compassionate Impact Grant for Nonprofit Capacity Building Increase Access to College & Career Education in Vermont Small & Inspiring Grants Program at the Vermont Community Foundation The State of Grantseeking Report Fall 2014 More Funding Alerts Find Past Issues of Vermont Nonprofit News Online Special Thanks to our Supporters!           Common Good VT Helps Nonprofits to Connect, Learn & Thrive.

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