Monday, February 23, 2015

NMSH is currently seeking to fill the position of Executive Director.


Executive Director:
The Executive Director is responsible for the overall administration of the organization, fundraising (see section below) to support operational expenses as well as program needs and managing a staff of 3 employees, 1 VISTA/Americorps volunteer and several interns. In addition, the Executive Director is responsible for securing roughly $500,000 dollars in federal and state funding from annual grant renewals and administering said grants (which includes all compliance, monthly invoicing for collection of funds, and communication with state and federal contacts)
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While all of these aforementioned duties regarding the internal business of NMSH are critical, there is also a large quantity of external and community-related duties in which the executive director must participate. The Executive Director must maintain an active membership in the Traverse City Noon Rotary Club and participate in at least 2 committees/activities within. The Executive Director must also play an active role in the Northwest Michigan Continuum of Care and the Greater Grand Traverse Workgroup (the collaborative body that is the vehicle for all of NMSH’s renewable annual grants). In addition to participation in community organizations and associations, the Executive Director must be available to speak and/or give presentations to audiences as often as requested (avoiding any untoward audiences that may conflict with NMSH’s public Image and/or values).

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Planned Giving Seminar - Registration Deadline 9 March 2015

We want to remind you that there is still time to register for our "Planned Giving: Getting the Proper Start. This is a new course we're bringing to Traverse City, and we would love to have you there! Registration closes on Monday, March 9, 2015.

Planned Giving: Getting the Proper Start
Tuesday, March 17 to Thursday, March 19, 2015
8:30 am to 5 pm
Northwestern Michigan College University Center
with James E. Gillespie, planned giving expert and lead faculty
of The Fund Raising School, a unit of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.


You'll learn how to:
  • Determine if your organization is ready for a planned giving program
  • Understand the benefits to donors for making planned gifts
  • Recognize which planned gifts are best for certain donor situations
  • Match donor needs to your nonprofit's needs
  • Understand appreciated property, deposit agreements, wills and bequests, insurance and charitable lead trust
You'll receive:
  • An easy-to-use, comprehensive Study Guide to use for future reference
  • IRS information
  • How to start and market a new program
  • Sample forms and documents that can be applied to your program
  • Planned gift development bibliography
Participants must stay through the end of the class in order to receive the Certificate of Completion. Travel arrangements and other appointments should be scheduled around class times. The course will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on the last day.

Total cost: $850 (includes continental breakfast, lunch, manual and flash drive with all materials and templates).

For more information or to register for this event, please click here.

Questions? Please contact Pam Evans via email or call (231) 929-3934

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Pamela Evans
NorthSky Nonprofit Network
202 East Grandview Parkway, Suite 203
Traverse City, MI 49684
231.929.3934, x 208

Monday, February 16, 2015

Position Available

Posted in classified ads in the 14 February 2015 TC Ticker ~

Development Director 

Join our team! Seeking a dynamic and results oriented Development Manager to champion fund development efforts advancing United Way of NWMI community impact in the areas of health, education and poverty reduction. 

Development Manager will support United Way of Northwest MI's successful annual campaign securing new individual/workplace prospects. Job description available atwww.unitedwaynwmi.org.  attn: Ranae McCauley, United Way NWMI,521 South Union St, Traverse City, MI 49646 details

Thursday, February 12, 2015

THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAND ANNOUNCES GRANTS IN LOCAL 2% FUNDS

Organizations Receive Funds via Tribe’s Twice Per Year 2 Percent Allocation


Peshawbestown, Michigan, February 11, 2015 -- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians is pleased to announce the distribution of $882,523.22 of gaming revenue allocation to local units of government. The dollars have been allocated to 55 local applicants as part of the Tribe’s “2 percent allocation,” which takes place twice per year. 

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Trusted family advisors should address philanthropy


12 February 2015 - Planned Giving Design Center  |  PGDCBruce DeBoskey, Philanthropic Strategist


Article posted in Values-Based on 11 February 2015

audience: National Publication, Bruce DeBoskey, Philanthropic Strategist | last updated: 12 February 2015


More than $40 trillion will be inherited over the next few decades — the largest transfer of wealth in history.


Forty-five percent of spouses who inherit will seek and find a different financial adviser to manage those funds. Once the surviving spouse dies, a whopping 98 percent of the inheriting descendants will move those funds to a different financial adviser.


Most likely, other trusted family advisers — including legal, accounting and insurance experts — will experience similar rates of attrition.


Family advisers can slow this significant outflow of business by creating meaningful relationships with entire families — during the life of the existing client. This can be done by thoughtfully engaging families in
conversations that center on values, impact investing and the role of  philanthropy in their lives.



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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Randy Fox Interviews Gary Shunk on Storytelling - Planned Giving Design Center


Summary of Article : A deeper dive into understanding donor families and their values.

 
Randy:    It is January 21, 2015 and I'm here again with Gary Shunk, the Founder of Family Wealth Dynamics, a national consulting firm for families of wealth.  I'm seeing a lot of press about charities discovering, or rediscovering, the art of storytelling and I know that is something that you really are helpful in enabling families to get their story told. I'd really like to get your take on how you do that and why it's
important.


Gary:    This is a subject that I have great passion for and, I don't remember this, if it's Latin or if it's Germanic or Old English but the root of story deals with storehouse. More ...


Randy Fox Interviews Gary Shunk on Storytelling

Humane Society Director To Retire : News : The Ticker

February 5, 2015: TC Ticker



Humane Society Director To Retire

Mike Cherry, executive director of the Cherryland Humane Society (CHS) in Traverse City for the last 26 years, has announced his retirementeffective March 31.


According to CHS board president Dr. Dave Burke, the adoption rate when Cherry started was under 25 percent; it is now above 80 percent. Burkealso credited the staff and dedicated volunteers for the organization'ssuccess under Cherry's direction and a facility that ensures the healthof its dogs and cats.



The CHS board of directors has formed a committee to find a replacement and has engaged the services of NorthSky Nonprofit Network to assist with the search process. The board is also planning a public retirement celebration to celebrate Cherry's leadership.





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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Community Foundation - Excellent

Allison and her crew at the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation are to be commended for their new series of  messages on Facebook. They are great!

Check this out ...

GOOD GIVING TIP: When considering a charitable gift, more than size matters. The type of asset you give also makes a difference. Your Community Foundation can work with you and your professional advisor to identify the type of asset that will give you and your community the value you desire. Discover more:www.gtrcf.org/give/ways-to-give

Or here on Facebook - great illustration

https://www.facebook.com/grandtraverseregionalcommunityfoundation/photos/a.346672138801283.1073741830.346645115470652/573546926113802/?type=1&theater 


Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Paulson Named Development Director At Opera House

February 3, 2015 - TC Ticker 
Paulson Named Development Director At Opera House
Longtime Interlochen Public Radio (IPR) General Manager Thom Paulson has been named development director at The City Opera House. He begins the new gig this week.

Paulson replaces former Development Director, Debbie Hershey, who retired in May.

Thom Paulson served as General Manager at Interlochen Public Radio from 1981 to 2014; during much of that time, IPR led all U.S. public radio stations in per capita listener support. He left IPR last year as the station reorganized and eventually hired Sally Eisele as GM.

Paulson recently shared with the City Opera House team “City Opera House is a vibrant part of our community. Generations of people have given their time and resources to preserve and grow COH. It is exciting to join the team behind this iconic community treasure and continue developing City Opera House’s ability to serve the people of Michigan.”

Monday, February 2, 2015

TC Kiwanis to Ship 20,000 Meals to Feed Hungry

January 31, 2015 - TC Ticker

TC Kiwanis to Ship 20,000 Meals to Feed Hungry
The Kiwanis Club of Traverse City will package 20,000 meals to be shipped around the world to help feed the hungry as part of a service project conducted in partnership with Kids Against Hunger Coalition of Michigan.

The program, in its ninth year, will gather more than 75 volunteers at Traverse City Central High School on Saturday, February 7 from 9-11:30 am to assemble the food packages, each containing six nutritionally complete meals.

Some of the packages will be distributed within the local community.

Several TC Kiwanis clubs and sponsored youth clubs from area schools contributed funds and volunteers to help make the program possible. A total of $5,600 was raised to support the packaging of this year's 20,000 meals. The Kiwanis Foundation of Traverse City also funded the project.

Legacy Art Park offers unique fundraising effort - Grand Traverse Insider - Morning Star Publishing




Photo courtesy WCMU Destination Michigan The Michigan Legacy Art
Park is holding a raffle to win access for two to stand at the top of a
tower of the Mackinac Bridge, 552 feet above the water, for a bird’s-eye
view of the Straits of Mackinac.

THOMPSONVILLE – The Michigan Legacy Art Park is one of just 25 nonprofit organizations out of nearly 800 applicants to receive a certificate for a tower tour of the Mackinac Bridge – a tour it will
raffle off as part of a unique fundraising effort.

“We are excited to have been chosen this year,” said Art Park Executive Director Renee Hintz. “We decided to hold a raffle to give more thrill-seekers a chance to win – and at $10 per ticket, it’s worth a chance for such a rare experience.”

The winning ticket will give access for two people to stand at the top of a tower of the Mackinac Bridge, 552 feet above the water, for a bird’s-eye view of the Straits of Mackinac. The hour-and-a-half tour includes an elevator ride up the interior of the tower. When the elevator reaches its highest point, there is a 40-foot
ladder that leads to the top of the tower for a breathtaking experience.


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Legacy Art Park offers unique fundraising effort - Grand Traverse Insider - Morning Star Publishing