Our learning experiences will help you build collaborative capacity and make greater impact.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn the basic components of a project budget including income and expenses, how to estimate the realistic cost of a project, and what other financial documents you may also need to submit with your proposal. No cost associated.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced online course will explore how to deliver presentations that spark a shift in beliefs, behaviors, and mindsets, sequence your information in a way that will create a meaningful journey for your audience, and apply techniques to help people pay attention and remember the information you share. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy and the Alliance for Justice, learn about the “fundamentals” of advocacy evaluation theory and practice, practical tips and resources on how to build capacity to evaluate and advocate, and where to find user-friendly advocacy evaluation tools and resources. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, gain an understanding of the elements of an effective annual plan, what components to consider including in your own plan, and how to draft a plan to help your organization achieve success. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Volunteer Fairfax, explore practical ways to support and empower volunteers to share your mission with confidence, learn about tools, resources and training to foster a culture of advocacy, and learn strategies to amplify impact through the voices of those who know your organization best. No cost associated. 

Offered by Candid Learning, gain an understanding for making your case for support, diversifying your organization's fundraising base, and creating a plan of action. No cost associated.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy and the Alliance for Justice, learn how federal tax law permits lobbying for charities and how lobbying is defined, one easy step most charities can take to maximize the amount they’re allowed to spend on lobbying, yearly lobbying limits for charities, tips for taking advantage of the narrow definitions of lobbying – which will help charities make the most of their lobbying limit, and  how to apply these rules to ballot measure activities.  Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn about board responsibilities and explore the nuances of board authority and relationships. Participants will receive Propel’s Nonprofit Board Governance workbook and the workshop is designed for those new to serving on a board or those who are contemplating joining a board. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn how to draft SMART objectives for a program, identify the parts of a logic model, and report the impact on your Candid profile. No cost associated.

Offered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn smart ways to map out donor meetings, craft compelling messages, and track key metrics to ensure you make the most of the next six months and hit your goals for the year. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of Systems Change, explore systems diagramming as a tool for sense making, engagement and communication, discover an approach to help you gain reflective insight, enable better conversations between different stakeholders, and generate just strategy and action, understand how systems diagrams can enable you to focus on systemic ways of seeing, and learn how to integrate diagramming into your own practice for cultivating systemic change. Register by July 28. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn why reserves are valuable and for what purpose, the perennial question of how much, and some practical tools for managing and communications. No cost associated.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, explore how to assess your current and future financial positions by developing new scenario and contingency plans for your organizations, learn techniques and approaches to having practical conversations critical to organizational decision making, and work with analytical tools to assist in gauging the risks to your income and the flexibility of your expenses. No cost associated.

Offered by CompassPoint, in this 2-part series you will explore the distinction between change (an event or situation) and transition (a process) and recognize the impacts on people in your organization, gain an understanding of the Margin to Center framework as a way to identify solutions to challenges, and learn to distinguish between adaptive challenges and technical fixes and how they apply to a change occurring in your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn the basic elements of a proposal, the "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal, and how to follow up whether the answer is yes or no. No cost associated.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced online course will explore how to deliver presentations that spark a shift in beliefs, behaviors, and mindsets, sequence your information in a way that will create a meaningful journey for your audience, and apply techniques to help people pay attention and remember the information you share. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, explore the range of methodological options available for evaluating systems change, how to make a methodological choice when designing or implementing evaluations of systems change, how to craft evaluation designs that are appropriate for systems change and can stand up to scrutiny, and explain how your evaluation design supports quality and rigor in conditions of complexity. Register by August 17. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn how to track your lobbying time and expenses so that your 501(c)(3) organization stays within its lobbying limits, how a 501(c)(3) reports its lobbying to the IRS, such as on the Form 990 or Form 990-EZ;, how tracking and reporting varies depending on whether a charity measures its lobbying under the insubstantial part test or the 501(h) expenditure test, and how state and local law may require additional tracking and reporting. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, gain an understanding of nonprofit finance terminology, financial statements, and staff and board roles and responsibilities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn how nonprofits are turning the tide and get proven ways to inspire and connect with a broad pool of donors. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CompassPoint, in this 2-part series you will explore the distinction between change (an event or situation) and transition (a process) and recognize the impacts on people in your organization, gain an understanding of the Margin to Center framework as a way to identify solutions to challenges, and learn to distinguish between adaptive challenges and technical fixes and how they apply to a change occurring in your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, in this 2-part workshop you will explore seven essential facilitation practices, learn and apply practical tools, and actionable facilitation strategies, and practice your skills in small groups and receive specific coaching. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn the seven steps to craft compelling stories which highlight your collaborative’s successes and progress to help you to attract and retain the funders and partners needed to deepen your community impact. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.