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THE
CAPE & ISLANDS
NONPROFIT ALLIANCE
The following grant
application was submitted on February 19, 2004, to the Barnstable
County Economic Development Council. The grant is being requested by
a collaboration of the Community
Foundation of Cape Cod, SustainCapeCod.Org
(the Cape Cod Center for Sustainability), and the Cape
and Islands United Way. The grant writer is Lisa B. McNeill,
Program Officer for the Community Foundation of Cape Cod.
The Community Foundation of
Cape Cod, in
partnership with the Cape Cod Center for Sustainability and the Cape and
Islands United Way, respectfully submits this proposal for $20,000 to the
Cape Cod Economic Development Council (EDC) for support of a new Cape
& Islands Nonprofit Alliance (CINA), which will include the Community
Foundation’s Nonprofit Support Program.
This
program assists in enhancing the capacity and efficacy of local nonprofit
organizations through training and technical assistance, sharing resources
among nonprofit organizations, and becoming a new model of management
support on Cape Cod.
The Foundation will implement the CINA in
partnership with the Cape Cod Center for Sustainability and the Cape and
Islands United Way. All partners have an investment, through their
grant making and/or advocacy, in the sustainability of the nonprofit
sector on Cape Cod. During the past two months, these partners have
discussed the importance of management efficiencies in making the best use
of limited financial resources.
The partners
brought this discussion as a next step by a presentation of a model for
management support to about 30 nonprofit representatives in January 2004.
The overwhelming consensus was to proceed with the development of a
program or system to enhance the operational side of nonprofit
organizations.
The vision for the CINA is to combine
various programs or activities that support and assist the nonprofit
sector with organizational development and capacity issues into one
umbrella network for a more comprehensive and effective model of service
to the sector. The goals of the CINA are the following:
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To
support the organizational development and governance expertise of
nonprofit organizations in order to better serve the Cape Cod and
Islands communities
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To
provide a structure for nonprofit organizations to share resources and
management efficiency opportunities, which will save money and use
other resources more effectively
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To
build collaborations among nonprofit organizations in order to more
effectively share resources and serve the communities of Cape Cod and
the Islands
The activities of the Cape & Islands Nonprofit Alliance can be
represented graphically as shown in Figure 1, below.
Funding
from the EDC will be used in the following ways:
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To
continue the Foundation's Nonprofit Support Program activities—such
as holding workshops and making capacity-building grants
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To
develop additional components of the CINA
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To
promote the CINA within the nonprofit sector and the community at
large
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