Dave Harker’s Post

GPSN has released a comprehensive report, “Bridging the Gap,” examining how nonprofit partnerships strengthen LA Schools. Read about the current landscape of nonprofit service providers and their impact on students, families, and communities in the new report here https://lnkd.in/g3Pqpm9Z

Excited to finally see my first book in print "Nonprofit Collaborations in Diverse Communities" with amazing colleagues Abdul Samad and Shariq Siddiqui. "Using a community-based participatory research approach, Shariq A. Siddiqui, Abdul Samad, and Rafeel Wasif investigate the challenges and opportunities in collaborations between nonprofit organizations. With a focus on diverse minority communities, particularly under-resourced, racialized and stigmatized nonprofits and Muslim-led organizations, this book provides different approaches to connect them with the broader philanthropic community." https://lnkd.in/d5H4jPx6

The Ciresi Walburn Foundation announced $1,760,000 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations and seven schools as part of their 2024 Annual Grant Cycle. https://lnkd.in/guqfR3KN

Day 21 of the 30-Day Compost Content Challenge: Let's Go Compost! What better way to mark Day 21 than by spotlighting an incredible organization dedicated to making composting free and accessible across the United States? With community-led programs supporting school gardens and community gardens, they truly are helping to transform waste into "magic dirt" for everyone—empowering communities to reduce waste, enrich soil, and embrace sustainability. Here’s to celebrating their impact and inspiring even more people, especially the little ones, to join the composting movement! 🌱♻️ Keep the momentum going—every step we take makes a difference! 💚 #Composting #30C #MakeCompostMainstream

CFT has partnered with the Cotton Bowl Foundation since 2016 to support philanthropic community investments benefiting youth. We’re excited to share that the 2024-25 Cotton Bowl Foundation grants, totaling $425,000, will support nine North Texas organizations! Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ght5g6bJ Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, T.R. Hoover CDC, All Stars Project, Inc., Heart House, METRO SPORTS FIELDHOUSE, Teen Life, Travel & Sports Legacy Foundation (TSLF), Wesley-Rankin Community Center

"News to Use" about Arizona Gives, started by AZ Impact for Good (formerly the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits): -It has raised more than $42 MILLION for nonprofits since 2013. -This annual April "event" encourages philanthropy & creates awareness about Arizona’s nonprofit sector, giving us each a platform to share our story. -They support more than 1,000 Arizona nonprofits and nonprofits who serve Arizonans; Nonprofits have an annual impact of $22.4 BILLION on our state's economic status -In 2016, Arizona Gives Day won PHOENIX magazine’s Best of the Valley: Best Way to Invest in Arizona.

Such a privilege to sit, learn, and share about place-based philanthropy with my long-time mentor, Garland Yates, and my co-conspirators, Fred Blackwell and Tony Iton. Thank you, Oakland Thrives for a dynamic conversation! Here are my top three points: 1) Be Relentless for Results Focus on the vision that the community deeply desires, by setting co-created goals and benchmarks, which are monitored and tracked by the collective. Community accountability is more than enough and recognize that philanthropy is just one actor. Remember that data and metrics inform you, they don't define you. And they definitely shouldn't stigmatize you. Use it to help you pivot and learn, which you have a responsibility to communicate loudly and regularly. Use it to help you reach community goals, because they deserve it. 2) Don't Wait on the Moment, Make the Moment Of course, you need to build capacity, seek the right conditions, peek around corners, account and raise resources, and line up partners, but don't get those things confused with the intent of the work. The work is to the fruit of these efforts, so you are capable to leap strategically and opportunistically. There is never a time or moment when you will be completely ready to be bold and courageous, you just have to be willing to be bold and courageous when the time arises. Make the moment. 3) Do It with Love Love and respect the people you work with and serve, in that you honor every contribution they make, including showing up and contributing despite the issues going on in their lives. Honor them by privileging their voices at the table. Show them esteem by ensuring they have a seat at the table, and it isn't a folding chair. Give them the regard that when in conflict, you will combat about ideas and behaviors. That you will fight fair like you want to stay in relationship and not divorce from it. Love them like our success depends on it. Love them radically by going after the toughest challenges before us with the biggest gains.

Time is running out to help support the Center for Policing Equity this year. By donating before the end of month, your tax-deductible donation will help sustain our 2025 research, legislative, and community engagement work. This is your chance to help create a future where racial equity is at the heart of public safety. The work is urgent, and your financial support is critical to creating lasting change and redesigning our public safety systems. https://lnkd.in/eCEyYfrf

I've synthesized everything I've learned about nonprofit marketing and communications into this six page report. There are some real lessons here that can immediately benefit your work if you are a nonprofit leader. Download a copy today and let me know what you think! https://lnkd.in/e7MyHSFY #nonprofit #socialimpact #dallas

Today, on National Nonprofit Day, we celebrate the incredible impact that nonprofits have in our community! At WCCF, we are honored to partner with so many dedicated organizations that work to strengthen our community. We want to hear from you—what’s your favorite nonprofit organization? Tag them in the comments below and share why they hold a special place in your heart. #NationalNonprofitDay