I was on a call last week with folks at the Corporation for National and Community Service. The latest news is this: they will soon be embarking on a 5 city tour to help develop new policies and procedures for the new programs they’ve been given.
What are those new programs? A new Social Innovation Fund for nonprofit groups that are “developing innovative and effective solutions”. I understand this is about finding new models and taking them to scale; funded at $50-million in 2010. A new Nonprofit Capacity Building Program for small and medium-sized nonprofits to get training and technical assistant in grant-writing and other skills; funded at $5-million for 5 years. Volunteer Generation Fund to increase opportunities for local groups to manage, recruit and support volunteers; $50 million in 2010. Campuses of Service (or Aid for Colleges) would fund up to 25 colleges or universities for community service; funded at $7 million. October 2009 anticipated date of release of the RFPs. We’ll follow this story and keep you in the know.
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Great news, Liza. Thanks for filling us in on important opportunities.
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