CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Three questions you can bring to your supervision practice right now: - How are you adjusting to new realities around work? - What support do you need right now? - What support can you offer right now?

Paycheck Protection Program 2.0 is here! Special application window for organizations with fewer than 20 employees (February 24th through March 10th). // From California Association of Nonprofits.

Where would you place your organization? Great resource from our friends at AORTA : Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance.

Calling all resource mobilizers and fundraisers! Save a spot for March 16 -> https://bit.ly/3pLjzMp Collaboration can be so powerful when every group’s needs are clear and all resources are honored. Yet we rarely hear about successful collaborative fundraising efforts, much less what it takes to build strong collaboration across differences of power and access.... Join us for our first Fundraising Bright Spots session of 2021 where we'll explore what successful collaboration looks like with Judy Robinson from Coming Clean and Gerri Lawrence from Community Coalition.

NorCal folks, Don't forget to participate in this year's Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits survey (from Nonprofit Compensation Associates). The deadline to participate is March 5, 2021. This is a great, comprehensive resource (especially for leaders in finance and HR roles) that helps nonprofits understand the broader, regional picture of compensation and benefits trends. Participation this year is particularly meaningful because it will help us build a collective... picture of changes and trends over the course of the pandemic. https://www.nonprofitcomp.com/

"Join us for a multiracial, interfaith healing event to condemn the violence against our elders, women, young people, people with disabilities, and queer and trans community members and call for investment in long-term, community-centered solutions." Sponsored by Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN).

Apply for The B.L.A.C.K Equity Intensive from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. This is a community building and visionary space for Black folks that asks: How ...can we celebrate and cultivate our wisdom, knowledge, and gifts to help build Pro-Black organizations?" Deadline is January 29 https://bit.ly/2MaEmuZ

"Good poetry can help us hold two opposing ideas in our minds at once." 7 poems with a new year. Which one speaks to you the most?

Via The Center for Cultural Power.

Applications are due this Friday! Inviting Black teams in California and beyond to join this learning community. <3

"Diverse is not Other. Diverse describes the collective beauty of humanity." // From Radical Copyeditor.

Our "Change, Transition, and the Practice of Adaptive Leadership'" training starts up again on Tuesday! It's not too late to save a spot --> https://bit.ly/364cW0F Here's a little playlist to get in the mood!

We need you for the long haul. What does your election after-care look like? Recommit to self-care for the next five-weeks.

(Deep breaths)). Upholding the electoral process is a nonpartisan issue. In the face of targeted voter suppression against Black, Indigenous + POC communities, upholding the electoral process is also a racial equity issue. Hold tight and #CountEveryVote!

Check in with your team, don't expect too much productivity, and more great tips for dealing with election anxiety. // From Vu Le, Nonprofit AF.

Re-scheduled for 11/18!-> https://bit.ly/37R3oYO How can grassroots fundraising become integral to a group's work and be a major source of funds? We'll be exploring that question next week (11/18) in our next Fundraising Bright Spots session. API Equality - Northern California will share how they've grown their grassroots fundraising to be an integral part of their resourcing AND leadership development strategies.

7 days until the election. #VoteEarly and find out where to drop off your ballot here: https://iwillvote.com/

"James Baldwin reminds us that if we want to change something, we have to face it. If we want to solve our racism problem, we have to face it. And we means all of us." Powerful call to action form National Equity Project

File under #SelfCare for Stressful Times: a practical exploration for getting started with meditation, including guided meditations with audio instructions for you to try out. <3 // From The New York Times

Californiaare you ready to vote?

As we end the year (amidst all of the stressors and challenges 2020 has brought) how are you sustaining your mind, body, and spirit? Explore some ideas for self-care from our Self-Care for Black Women in Leadership Program.

How can grassroots fundraising become integral to a group's work and be a major source of funds? We'll be exploring that question next week (11/18) in our next Fundraising Bright Spots session. API Equality - Northern California will share how they've grown their grassroots fundraising to be an integral part of their resourcing AND leadership development strategies.

"Indigenous Peoples’ Day has always been a celebration of collective resistance. Amid this crushing pandemic and uprisings against racism and police violence, its message endures." // From Colorlines.

It's better to plan than to panic. Are we ready for a contested election? What role will you play? // From The Red Line Guide.

Every good strategy needs radical imagination. "When we talk about a world without prisons; a world without police violence; a world where everyone has food, clothing, shelter, quality education; a world free of white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, heterosexism; we are talking about a world that doesn’t currently exist. But collectively dreaming up one that does means we can begin building it into existence. "

A couple of friends and partners of CompassPoint are part of this group convening next week (10/14) to explore how non-Black folks can interrupt anti-Blackness. Check it out: