Nonprofit Management Series

The Bitter Root RC&D has partnered with the Montana Nonprofit Association and the Bitterroot College to bring the Nonprofit Management Series to the Bitterroot College in Hamilton, MT at half the normal cost for MNA members. The Bitter Root RC&D also offeried scholarships to certain MNA member and non-member organizations operating in or serving Ravalli County. 

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On average each workshop was attended by 29 people from 22 organizations.

Board Governance: Developing Leadership & Stewardship - February 17

• Board Legal Responsibilities

• Board Structure

• Recruitment and Orientation

• Board-Staff Teams

• Better Board Meetings and Committees

• Board Roles in Fundraising

Strategic Planning: the Obligation, the Science, the Art - March 17

• Types of plans, how to use them, when to make them

• Using data in planning

• Preparations needed for planning

• Using strategic questions, generative thinking, visioning and deep analysis when developing a plan

• Translating plans into action/creating a living plan

Financial Management: Systems for Success - April 28

• Best practices in nonprofit financial management

• Risk management, oversight, and developing controls

• Interpreting financial statements and asking the right questions

• Financial policies including policy templates

• Best practices in nonprofit budgeting

• Understanding the 990 and using it to your advantage 

Fund Development: Mission-Driven Fundraising - May 26

• Creating a fund development plan

• Ethics of fundraising

• Board involvement in fundraising

• Donor stewardship, donor acknowledgement

• Communications and Fundraising 

• Funding Vehicles and developing/managing multiple revenue sources