GCR Consulting works with service-oriented organizations to help define and fulfill their missions. Areas of expertise include aligning organizational strategies and values, right-sizing staffs and budgets, enhancing board governance, and improving community outreach efforts.
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Non-profit leaders: how do you find trustworthy resources? What can't-miss resources do you love?
GCR Consulting LLC most recent newsletter (https://lnkd.in/gS9DmZwD) breaks down how I find trustworthy resources and other sources of news or information. Folks in the non-profit sector, how do you find trustworthy resources? What can’t-miss resources do you love?
Genita is repeatedly asked how she find trustworthy resources and other sources of news or information. ?? As March is the Oscars, here is her quick and dirty, movie-themed advice on finding good sources. https://lnkd.in/gDDmnqRW
This week we want to ?? spotlight a local business that is rooted in community and giving back. Including occasionally donating sales to non profits. ?? ?? This business is Pie, Pie My Darling! A local vegan bakery located in West Town/Ukrainian Village Chicago. Not only do they live into their values, but they bake some of the most delicious treats around. https://lnkd.in/ghpUYShn
Genita Robinson was able to spend a great day at Little Black Pearl last December. Read more about her takeaways and experience below.
I am a little late in posting this but I got spend a joyful day in December at Little Black Pearl, as part of the work I was doing with IFF (CDFI)'s Chicago Cultural Treasures initiative. (IFF has just opened applications for Culture Forward Chicago, a final round of funding under Chicago's Cultural Treasures:?apply.iff.org.) It was amazing to see all that all Executive Director Monica Halsip has created. My biggest takeaway was reinforcement of the need to center community in plans and goals. Monica talked about how potential funders would admonish her to "pick a lane." LBP's lane is providing for their community what the community wants and needs through arts education for youth and adults, event space, a cafe, recording studios, co-working space, and an industrial kitchen partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
National Council of Nonprofits is hosting a webinar Friday, February 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. central (3 p.m. eastern) to review the impact of the presidential executives. You can register to attend or just register to be sent the recording, https://lnkd.in/gRG7-wV5. I am grateful to them for their ongoing efforts.
Since his inauguration, President Trump has signed dozens of executive orders covering a broad range of issues, including many that impact charitable nonprofits directly or indirectly. Some won’t take effect immediately and will be challenged in court. Check out our analysis of how the executive orders may impact diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; government grants and contracts; civic engagement; immigration; and certain nonprofit subsectors: https://bit.ly/4jslYIM We will be updating this document as more executive orders are announced. #Nonprofits #CommunityImpact
How are you building community in 2025?
At GCR Consulting LLC we've spent a good amount of time talking about the importance of community. It is with community that we will navigate the future, so I'm curious: How are you building community in 2025?
??? January brings the opportunity to reflect and then turn to look forward. This month's newsletter highlights the amazing clients GCR Consulting LLC has had the privilege of working with in 2024. ?? You can read all about it here: https://lnkd.in/gueDpE_w
There is a flurry of activity at the federal level that is causing chaos and concern in the near-term and has the potential for significant negative long-term impact on the nonprofit sector. Two sources of information that I recommend are: ?? Democracy 2025's Response Center tracks policy changes and regularly updates the site to share what is underway, challenged, and temporarily blocked, https://lnkd.in/eEu8Py6H. (The federal funding freeze has been temporarily blocked.) ?? National Council of Nonprofits is regularly updating a document with the potential impact of the various presidential executive orders on the nonprofit sector, https://lnkd.in/emUSfZi Stay vigilant!
If you are anything like me, the last few days (maybe months, if I'm being realistic) have been heavy. A colleague shared these words by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (full article is linked below), and I find myself coming back to read them again and again "I, too, have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it." Things may feel very bleak, but there is strength in community. In the small acts that build upon each other, we are weathering this storm together. “We were made for these times,” as Clarissa said. I urge you to be gentle with yourself and lean into the communities that you have built. Ari Wilson Program Assistant at GCR Consulting https://lnkd.in/gPHmeypp
?? University of Chicago offers recruitment support for organizations and businesses looking to bring on an intern(s) for the summer. The deadline for organizations to submit their opportunity is January 31, 2025. If you're interested, GCR Consulting LLC recommends applying and finding wonderfully talented students from the University of Chicago. ?? You can find the link for more information and the application here: https://lnkd.in/gGE3sjDw