History

The NetWeavers Non-Profit Cooperative “project” grew out of a desire from the non-profit community to share resources. The Ford Family Foundation Leadership Institute’s Community Collaboration group held a meeting for all active 501(c)3 organizations and asked them to complete a survey to weigh community need and interest. We held our meeting on January 15, 2008 with 44 non-profit organizations representations.

The objectives for this meeting and survey were to ask if a network is desirable, what issues do “we” want this network to address, and is there interest enough to support the development of a network?  The community affirmed desire and support as well as topics to be covered in various ways through the network, including: fundraising and promotion, strategic planning and board development, volunteer recruitment and management, technology, and financial management.

Before the ink could dry on our meeting notes, we received the RFP from the Meyer Memorial Trust and are now actively pursuing funding via this grant to plan our non-profit network.