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Premier Members Making a Difference: Community Resource Center

Premier Members Making a Difference: Community Resource Center

What is your Mission?
After seeing so many in need in the community, a group of community and business leaders came together to form an organization addressing the homelessness and food issues in the community, forming Community Resource Center (CRC). Established in 1979, CRC has grown from providing basic needs for families in crisis, to offering programs that create equitable access to healthy food, stable housing and safe homes.
What do you benefit most from being a member of NCPC?
For our staff, a major benefit is the connection to other organizations so we can hear about best practices and trends. For our organization, the benefit is the connection to other organizations with a strategic view to partnerships, to help more of those in need in our community.
What do you offer to the community?
CRC helps the hungry, homeless and hurting in North County San Diego, with wraparound services that include a domestic violence emergency shelter, hotline and prevention/education outreach; a Therapeutic Children’s Center; professional counseling; legal advocacy; a food and nutrition center; and homelessness prevention and intervention assistance.
What was your organization/company’s biggest accomplishment in the past six months/one year?
CRC celebrated its 40th birthday last year, a milestone event for any organization. It was the perfect time to recognize the founders who started CRC, the efforts of the community to support us and the accomplishments we’ve achieved, but also the perfect time to create a long-term vision and strategic plan for the organization, its programs and our people.
Our 40th birthday celebration and renewed vision helped us respond to the increased need for our essential services created by the economic impact of COVID-19, and articulate our commitment to racial equity and social justice.
During the period March 13 – September 4, CRC provided 6,449 emergency shelter nights at hotels for homeless families and individuals and 2,269 nights of shelter to survivors of domestic violence, answered 1,275 calls to our domestic violence hotline and provided 6,570 distributions of healthy food to households in need.
What changes have occurred due to COVID-19?
We’ve had significant change in the way we provide our services due to COVID-19. Our food pantry has moved to a contact-less distribution, our counselors are providing compassionate therapy sessions via tele-health conferencing and our case managers are meeting with clients via telephone and video. The pandemic has increased the need for our programs – food, housing, safe shelter – such that we’ve expanded our services to reach more people and added staff to handle the increase in caseload. We’re also working strategically to streamline and improve our IT capabilities to enable our staff to work effectively from the office or any remote location.
Have you made a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within your organization and if so how are you demonstrating it?
CRC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion – with a particular focus on racial equity and social justice. We recognized that our Board of Directors does not have the diversity it should, based on our client population and community, and we are taking immediate steps to rectify this. We are also looking for ways to address systemic racism because we recognize that Black, Indigenous and other People of Color disproportionately are represented among the people we help.
For more information go to www.crcncc.org.

Premier Members Making a Difference – CSUSM

What do you benefit most from being a member of NCPC?
NCPC provides an incredible opportunity for professional development, leadership experience and networking for CSUSM’s Development team. As North County’s only four-year public institution, it is important for members of University Advancement to be well connected in the region to advance collaborations and cultivate a culture of philanthropy to better serve our community.

What is your Mission?
Building on an innovative 30-year history, California State University San Marcos is a forward-focused institution that focuses on the student as an active participant in the learning process. As a Carnegie-classified “community engaged” university, CSUSM students work closely with faculty whose commitment to sustained excellence in teaching, research and community partnership enhances their learning. The university offers rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs distinguished by exemplary teaching, innovative curricula and the application of new technologies. CSUSM provides a range of services that respond to the needs of a student body with diverse backgrounds, expanding student access to an excellent and affordable education. As a public university, CSUSM grounds its mission in the public trust, alignment with regional needs and sustained enrichment of the intellectual, civic, economic and cultural life of our region and state.

What do you offer to the community?

  • Accessible, affordable, quality education to students in our region.
  • Graduates who are well-trained in their discipline through experiential learning; 80% stay in the region after graduation, fueling our local workforce.
  • A commitment to building a stronger and more vibrant region by connecting the university to surrounding communities in mutually beneficial ways.
  • CSUSM is an economic engine that supports thousands of jobs by pumping more than $458 million into the region annually and boosting the future earning potential of its students, according to a comprehensive study.

What was your organization/company’s biggest accomplishment in the past six months – one year?
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, donors gave generously to our Student ReliefFund, including many gifts from CSUSM faculty and staff. Donor support, along with other sources of funding to the Student Relief Fund, provided relief aid to over 1,400 students during the spring semester. This support helped students with tuition, technology and basic needs, allowing them to stay on their educational journey.

What program or campaign do you have coming up that you would like to share with our readers?
Students and faculty across the university have a passion for addressing global issues, and they have the ingenuity to tackle those challenges. The new CSUSM Innovation Hubis designed to bring the resources, education and support to develop collaborative partnerships among students, faculty and community in order to meet societal needs through innovation and entrepreneurship. By providing mentorship, guidance and access to technology and expertise, the Innovation Hub supports the creation of new products, services and collaborations. The hub also engages with our community by addressing societal needs through innovative practices and partnerships with a focus on enriching the intellectual, civic, economic and cultural life of our region.

What changes/opportunities have occurred due to COVID-19?
In mid-March, CSUSM moved university operations to a virtual environment. All classes were moved online, and staff and faculty transitioned to working remotely. This fall, more than 90% of classes will be taught virtually and most staff and faculty will continue to work remotely through December.

Have you made a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within your organization?
CSUSM has a longstanding commitment to providing students with an inclusive educational experience that prepares them to be effective in a multicultural and diverse work and living environment, both in the region and in the world. The university has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED)  Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for six straight years. This national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment  to diversity and inclusion. CSUSM remains focused on ensuring that institutional priorities, initiatives, policies and practices take into account, reflect and support the university’s goals and expectations for diversity and inclusion. With this aim, CSUSM continues to improve institutional access and equity through effective recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, staff and administrators, providing them with equitable and expanded opportunities for success. We strive each day to make all campus community members feel welcomed and valued.

For more information go to www.csusm.edu

Premier Members Making A Difference – Netzel Grigsby Associates Inc.

The following message was written by an NCPC Premier member as part of their benefits of membership. NCPC does not create the content.

Amid this COVID-19 pandemic and statewide Stay-at-Home mandate, we are providing trusted counsel to our clients and helping them survive and thrive the crisis by adjusting best practices in fundraising.

How long have you been an NCPC member?
Netzel Grigsby Associates has been a Sustaining member since 2014 and upgraded to a Premier member in 2018.

What is your Mission?
Our mission is to help nonprofit organizations and institutions achieve their fullest potential by providing experienced professional organizational and financial development management and counsel, using the highest standards of excellence and ethical practices.

By partnering with nonprofits to advance their missions, we make our own contribution to creating positive change in the lives of others, and in building a better world for us all.

How do you benefit most from being a member of NCPC?
As a member of NCPC, our company benefits from networking with all types of organizations, nonprofits, board members, and other corporate entities. We also appreciate the opportunity to share knowledge about philanthropy and working with nonprofits, as well as to strengthen and give back to the profession in North County by serving on the NCPC board.

What do you offer to the community?
Netzel Grigsby Associates is one of the largest and most respected nonprofit consulting firms in the Western United States, with regional offices in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Jose, and Hawaii. We help nonprofits build capacity through expert counsel in fundraising, planning, staffing, and training.

Since 1985, we have partnered with more than 1,100 nonprofits of every size and sector. Our clients include educational, health, and cultural institutions, faith-based groups, and a wide variety of human service, environment and animal welfare, social justice, and youth organizations. Our clients will share that our professional expertise, our ability to create a cost-effective strategy tailored to their organizational culture, and our genuine commitment to their success exceeded their expectations and left their nonprofits stronger.

Our San Diego team members also all serve as board members of nonprofits in the region, guiding them to achieve their missions and maintain fiscal accountability, gaining a richer understanding of the challenges our clients regularly face.

What is something about your organization/company that might surprise people?
Unlike many national and regional firms, our associates are employees, not contract staff, who live and work locally and who have extensive knowledge of the communities we serve. Our staff has more than 250 years of combined consulting experience.

We have a track record of proven results that is one of the strongest in the industry. We have met or exceeded fundraising goals in 98% of our campaigns during both good and challenging economic times, and we have raised more than $3 billion for nonprofits.

What was your organization/companies’ biggest accomplishment in the past six months – one year?

In the past year, our company’s Southwest region completed three major campaigns for the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, Mission San Luis Rey Parish, and Imperial Valley Food Bank.

Our Southwest regional staff also established new working relationships with Diversionary Theatre, Foundation for the Children of the Californias, Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco, The San Diego Maritime Museum, Cygnet Theatre, Naval Training Center Foundation, The Children’s Musical Theater in San Jose, Sacramento LGBT Community Center, Sacramento SPCA, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, and Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation in Reno.

Premier Members Making A Difference – Sanford Institute of Philanthropy

How long have you been a member of NCPC?

One year

What do you benefit most from being a member of NCPC?

The opportunity to network with organizations and philanthropy-minded individuals and companies in North County. Meeting new people, learning about their work, and finding alignment.

What is your Mission?

The Sanford Institute of Philanthropy helps nonprofits to significantly increase their fundraising capabilities and the impact they have in their communities and society through a proven contemporary curriculum presented by world-class nonprofit leaders, best in class faculty, and renowned philanthropists.

What was your organization/company’s biggest accomplishment in the past six months?

We are thrilled to share that we have secured Beth Kanter to come to San Diego on April 18 to facilitate a workshop on burnout and self-care! See below for details.

What is something about your organization/company that might surprise people?

We are disruptors. Cause Selling is the foundation of our curriculum and work. Cause Selling essentially means “relationship-driven fundraising.” How to more effectively sell your cause and create champions of your organization through stronger donor relationships.

What event or campaign do you have coming up that you would like to share with our readers?

Registration Page: sipkanterworkshop.eventbrite.com

Nonprofit professionals work hard every day with limited resources which can result in burnout if they do not embrace self-care and the organization does not nurture a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace.

This session is about how and why it is important to treat self-care and well-being as an organizational strategy and cultural norm.

*    Understand the basics of burnout symptoms and self-care practices that many nonprofit professionals are embracing to ensure their resilience in the face of significant challenges

*    Get some practical tips for changing a toxic workplace culture into happy, healthy one and simple and low-cost ways to introduce well-being programs into your workplace

*    Learn about the big return on investment that happens when a nonprofit prioritizes well-being in the workplace so you can make the case at your nonprofit

All NCPC members are eligible for a discount! Use code SIP10 when registering. This code expires on Friday, April 12.

Workshop Details:

Date: April 18, 2019

Time: Workshop: 1:00 – 5:00pm // Book signing & Reception: 5-6:30pm

Location: Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation: 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114

Registration Page: sipkanterworkshop.eventbrite.com

Discount Code: SIP10

Ticket Details:

*    Workshop & Pre-order Book: $60  ($50 with discount code)

*    Workshop (no book pre-order): $45  ($35 with discount code)

For more information and to learn more about their work, contact sanfordphilanthropy@nu.edu.