Larry Gross, executive director, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, and Kathryn Davis, president and CEO of the United Way of York County, share ideas at a Program for Nonprofit Effectiveness peer learning session held at the offices of the Maine Health Access Foundation in Augusta. The Southern Maine Agency on Aging and the United Way of York County, along with the Washington County Children’s Program, successfully completed the Program for Nonprofit Effectiveness last year. Photo courtesy of Common Good Ventures
The Program for Nonprofit Effectiveness is a partnership between Common Good Ventures (CGV) and the Maine Community Foundation to provide technical and financial assistance to nonprofits seeking to increase their ability to deliver services.
CGV and the community foundation are currently working with three partners selected for the program in 2011: University of Maine at Machias, Franklin County Community College Network, and The Telling Room. Focused on increasing access to higher and post-secondary education in Maine, the three organizations are receiving grant funding from the community foundation and dedicated management coaching from CGV.
The Program for Nonprofit Effectiveness is helping:
- University of Maine at Machias expand early college programs for area high school students in partnership with Machias High School
- Franklin County Community College Network to support business plan development, development of marketing strategies, and outreach to region’s business community
- The Telling Room to strengthen the college preparation component of an after-school literacy program serving teenage refugee and immigrant students in Portland.
“These organizations are working hard to lower barriers to post-secondary education, which is a mission we share,” said Meredith Jones, community foundation president and CEO. Andrew Watt, CGV president, added, “From a competitive selection process we are excited to have identified these organizations committed to providing more Mainers with educational opportunities through collaboration.”
The Program for Nonprofit Effectiveness was established in 2002 to strengthen nonprofit organizations by providing technical and financial assistance to organizations seeking ways to deliver their programs or services more effectively and to increase their social impact.