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OUT8119 - Sustainable Funding Strategies for Non-Profit Partners
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 This 3-day interagency course provides participants with tools to create sustainable funding strategies for non-profit partners. Participants will examine the life cycle of the non-profit world and gain skills needed to build collaborative relationships between Federal agencies and non-profit partners. Participants will learn about ethics and governance issues and clarify roles and responsibilities in a Federal / non-profit partnership.
College Credit  
Who Should Attend: Primary audience is Department of the Interior employees who are on-the-ground practitioners and /or decision makers. All participants should have a partnership in place with a non-profit organization. Each Federal participant should bring one non-profit partner.
Objectives:
Through classroom discussion and group exercises participants will gain skills to:
  • Speak a common language in a federal agency and non-profit partnership
  • Describe the life cycles of the non-profit world
  • Identify key elements for a successful non-profit
  • Use the collaborative process to enhance partnership capacity
  • Apply a strengths-weakness-opportunities-threats (SWOT) analysis as the first-step in developing a strategic plan
  • Learn how ethics apply in a non-profit and federal partnership
  • Identify revenue streams for non-profit organizations
  • Experience a conservation partnership onsite
  • Review tools for building sustainable funding partnerships
  • Draft a business plan for your federal and non-profit partnership
Length: 3 days/24 hours Availability: Biannually
Contact:
Laura Jones
Email:
laura_jones@fws.gov
Phone:
304/876 7499

 


Last Updated: November 18, 2008
National Conservation Training Center
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