Purpose Possible

Your favorite event is back! Join our next Mission Mixer in Atlanta next week! We will be at Haugabrooks in the Sweet Auburn District of Downtown Atlanta. This unique event center, part of the Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC), doubles as a gallery currently showcasing the works of Senegalese artist Laye Thioune and others.

Register here: https://mailchi.mp/purposepossible.com/augustmixer

A lineup of Purpose Possible related blog posts, resources, and webinars JUST FOR YOU! Save this post and share it with all your mission-driven friends and colleagues.

Join us for an insightful webinar delving into key findings from the 2023 ULI Atlanta Housing Study on the affordable housing crisis. This session will equip those working with housing or homelessness-related organizations with valuable data and practical tips for grant writing, program planning, and strategic initiatives. Register here: https://mailchi.mp/purposepossible.com/ulireport

Webinar Series Alert!

In this four-part webinar series, join consultants from the Purpose Possible fundraising team as they share the essentials of grant funding, project planning, proposal writing, and grants management.

Join us on August 8 for the first session! We will provide an overview of the most common sources of grant funding and delve into the kinds of costs that grants typically cover. Along the way, we'll dispel some common myths about grants and offer strategies and tips to ensure your grant-seeking journey gets off to a strong start.
https://mailchi.mp/purposepossible.com/grantseries

Susannah loves strategic plans and Big Softie ice-cream! Get to know the Purpose Possible every week with a team highlight and lots of summer favorites.

We are always happy to support our clients' wins! Congratulations to LEAD Center For Youth for being selected to participate in the inaugural Peachtree with a Purpose charitable giving program, to 21st Century Leaders, Science ATL , and YWCA of Greater Atlanta for joining Apparo's Cox Enterprises technology support Cohort, and to Atlanta Land Trust's Executive Director for her recent AJC article on homeownership.

Fresh cherries and ice coffee? Sounds like the dream summer snack! Stay tuned for more staff highlights and learn more about their favorite projects at Purpose Possible.

Georgia Council for the Arts is partnering with Purpose Possible to empower communities statewide by connecting them with artists and arts organizations to address local challenges. We invite you to share your thoughts on arts and cultural programming in your community by participating in this survey: bit.ly/GCFArts

Your feedback is invaluable and will help shape future initiatives. The survey is open until August 2. Thank you for your participation!

Upcoming Webinar! Join Purpose Possible Partner Starsha Valentine and Rebecca Lemos Otero (co-founder of City Blossoms and Executive Director of HumanitiesDC) for an in-depth discussion on succession planning for nonprofit founders. Sign-up link below!
https://mailchi.mp/purposepossible/90scxwnf50

Welcome to our new clients of the month! We are happy to have you at Purpose Possible. Children's Museum of Atlanta, Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Movement Strategy Center, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, & Culture, Food Security for America.

Learn the power of corporate and community connections in this recent SaportaReport article written by Laura Moody, Founding Partner of Purpose Possible and Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta Board Member. Learn about the incredible work of A.G. Rhodes and how meaningful partnerships can drive positive change.

The Corporate-Community Connection: Spotlight on A.G. Rhodes - SaportaReport Read The Corporate-Community Connection: Spotlight on A.G. Rhodes by Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta for SaportaReport here.

Our summer team highlight is back! See what Hannah Ranson loves this summer and what projects she loves working on. Stick around for more team highlights throughout the summer!

Our clients do amazing work and have amazing stories. We help them tell these stories in strategic ways every day and can help you too! For more, head to our website.

Upcoming grant opportunity from the Office for Victims of Crime. Grants.gov deadline: July 15, 2024 and JustGrants deadline: July 22, 2024. For more, you can go to PurposePossible.com/FundingOpps

Purpose Possible is always present at the Association of Fundraising Professionals meetups. Here are some pictures from our teams at the Atlanta and Washington D.C. gatherings from the last few weeks!

Purpose Possible will be closed while our consultants take a mental health break and enjoy some time off. We value all their work and prioritize fim-wide rest. We'll see you next week!

Join Taylor Johnson, Purpose Possible consultant and co-host of the Shortchanged Podcast, and thousands of changemakers around the world on July 11 for We Are For Good's quarterly virtual summit (it’s free!) - as they gather + chat + activate the shift we want to see in the world. If you are in the DC area, join their in-person meetup after the event, so you can go deeper and understand how to affect change within your own communities. Registration link: https://lu.ma/qbmwi8xs

Happy clients make us happy! Some photos from a recent facilitation at a Humanities DC board meeting.

It's summer and our teams have favorites to share with you! Get to know all the people that make up Purpose Possible and work with all our clients on a daily basis. Stick around for more team highlights every week!

Who will be leading the nonprofit industry twenty years from now? How will your organization advance beyond your tenure? If you needed to stop working tomorrow, have you trained a successor? Answers to all of these questions and more in our new blog, written by Associate Consultant Ed Holman!
https://www.purposepossible.com/pp-blog/empowering-amp-developing-the-next-generationnbsp

Our monthly warm welcome to all the new organizations that are joining the Purpose Possible family! Clients featured: The Spirit Horse Ranch , TSW , 4DaSoil Collective, NAMI, Aviation History & Technology Center , KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools , Georgia Farm Bureau

Here are some of the upcoming events our clients are planning for the month. Make sure you check out their pages for more information. Clients featured: Center for Civil and Human Rights , Synchronicity Theatre , NBAF - National Black Arts, and Mosaic Georgia

The communications team helps clients tell their stories more effectively in a variety of ways. This includes: communication strategy, annual reports, customized newsletters, and ongoing social media.

We are very honored to be powering purpose in so many different locations in the United States! Our Purpose Possible client family keeps growing and we couldn't be happier!

Summer is here and so are our book recommendations! Purpose Possible consultants are avid readers--here are some of our top picks. Let us know what your summer reads are in the comments below!

Calling all community foundations!📢

Our partner, The Appalachian Regional Commission, recently opened applications for READY Community Foundations, a no-cost virtual training program designed to strengthen operations, programming and fundraising.

Community foundations can apply by July 5 for six weeks of no-cost training and the opportunity to apply for up to $25,000 (no match required) for internal capacity-building projects!

Click below or visit www.arc.gov/ready/foundations/ to learn more.🔗

In Appalachia, community foundations are often the only philanthropic option for nonprofits, local governments and other groups.

That's why we launched our new training and funding opportunity, READY Community Foundations!

This no-cost, six-week, virtual training program will help Appalachia's community foundations improve operations, programming, and fundraising.

Better yet, after successful completion of training, they can apply for up to $25K (no match required) to build their internal capacity. 💸💪

Learn more at https://www.arc.gov/ready/foundations/ and join us June 13 for a pre-application webinar: https://bit.ly/3Vo0nGz

Last month the communications team worked on their branding skills! Each consultant was assigned a team member and had to create a brand inspired by their colleague. We love staying inspired, innovative, and creative while we learn to hone our skills for clients. Swipe to see some of the results!

A few weeks ago, the organizational strategy team got together at the SE office to talk everything strategic plans! They had a good time aligning on best practices, processes, and procedures to make all client experiences smooth and successful.