Elevated Goalsetting for Leaders
Facilitator: Christele Hamm [01/18/2024]
Learn how to prioritize both your personal and professional goals with a digital planner to enhance your leadership and pave the way for success.
Capacity Building Resource Library
Explore our library below for a range of capacity building resources, tools, databases, and workshops that cover communications and marketing, consulting and sector research, vendor referrals, meeting spaces, and more.
Please note:
- We strive to feature free and low-cost resources for nonprofits on this page.
- No implications can be made through written material or media relations that Brooklyn Org (BKO) is sponsoring the resources listed on this page, unless otherwise noted as coming from Brooklyn Org.
- Being listed does not reflect endorsement by Brooklyn Org of any particular program, position, or purpose of any person or organization.
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BKO Nonprofit Trainings: Watch On-Demand
Stream the nonprofit capacity building trainings from Brooklyn Org below. You can watch them at any time, at your own pace — just click the title of the training, enter your email address, and you're ready to go!
Storytelling Series | The Art of the Killer Pitch
Facilitator: Precious Williams [02/29/2024]
Learn how to leverage verbal storytelling to inspire any audience to act. Taught by serial entrepreneur, 13-time elevator pitch champion and shark tank winner, Precious Williams is the #KillerPitchMaster.
Storytelling Series | The Power of Visual Storytelling
Facilitator: MemoryFox [03/04/2024]
Learn how to amplify your message and bring your mission to life through visual storytelling. Explore the fundamentals of a visual testimony, strengthen fundraising skills, and identify the best media platforms for your needs.
Storytelling Series | Ignite my Story with Data
Facilitator: Jessica Whittington [03/07/2024]
Make data the exciting part of your story: learn how to identify the right data points to enhance written applications, reports, or proposals, use a narrative-driven mindset, and develop templates for your reporting and storytelling.
Board Engagement Series | Strategic Board Recruitment
Facilitator: PENN Creative Strategy [03/28/2024]
Learn how to use the Nonprofit Lifecycle Model to anticipate future board needs, including how to build and utilize a board matrix to strategically identify and prioritize candidates.
Board Engagement Series | Transitioning to a Fundraising Board
Facilitator: Lou Micelli [04/02/2024]
Learn how to identify major differences between a Governance and Fundraising Board, how to implement a Give/Get policy for the first time, and gain tips for releasing inactive Board members.
Board Engagement Series | Getting Your Board on Board with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Facilitator: Bonterra Tech [04/04/2024]
In this workshop and tutorial, participants will learn strategies and best practices for using Peer-to-peer fundraising on Brooklyn Org’s free platform, Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection.
Fundraising Series | Meet the Funders Panel: Foundations
Facilitators: Brooklyn Org, The NBA Foundation, Citizens Committee, Stonewall Community Foundation [05/01/2024]
Through our "Meet the Funders" series, nonprofit leaders can learn how to diversify their funding streams! In this panel, hear from foundation representatives.
Fundraising Series | Meet the Funders Panel: Paid Fellowships
Facilitators: Brooklyn Org and The Roddenberry Foundation [05/08/2024]
Learn about paid fellowship opportunities from funders directly through our "Meet the Funders" series.
Fundraising Series | The Donor Lifecycle
Facilitator: Judy Reissman, Independent Curators International [05/13/2024]
Learn how to design an intentional and engaging journey for your donors that deepens connections and giving over time.
Preparedness Series | Financial Modeling 101
Facilitator: Greater NY [06/03/2024]
Learn the basics of an operating budget as well as the elements of financial forecasting in this training to help nonprofits prepare for the unexpected — including potentially financially stressful scenarios — before they happen.
Preparedness Series | Demystifying Strategic Planning: Part 1
Facilitator: Community Resource Exchange [06/06/2024]
Gain a basic understanding of the strategic planning process, learn how a facilitated strategic planning process draws on the collective wisdom of the group, and review the baseline requirements for engaging in a strategic planning process.
Preparedness Series | Demystifying Strategic Planning: Part 2
Facilitator: Community Resource Exchange [06/20/2024]
Explore the steps involved in a strategic planning process, measuring the relevance of these steps to your own organizations, and explore steps for implementing and executing your strategic plan.
Racial Justice Training | Adaptive Leadership for Racial Equity
Facilitator: Simone Washington [09/12/2024] | Best For: Executive Directors
Using the Adaptive Leadership framework, leaders will learn how to successfully navigate the deep changes required to create and sustain racial equity within their organizations.
Racial Justice Training | Developing Racially Equitable Strategic & Organizational Work Plans
Facilitator: Simone Washington [09/26/2024] | Best For: Executive Directors, Program Directors
Develop skills and tools designed to interrogate how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by their organizational strategies, practices, and programs.
Creating Donor Personas with Generative AI
Facilitator: Bianca Jackon, founder of BrickRose Exchange [10/10/2024] | Best For: Executive Directors and Development Staff
The training is a continuation of discussions from recent events, including a conference and various online trainings. The primary goal is to provide practical, actionable strategies for nonprofits to utilize AI in improving their fundraising capabilities.
Capital Grants Funding - Part 1
Facilitator: Nonprofit Help Desk [10/29/2024] | Best For: Executive Directors, Development Staff and Board Members on Fundraising Committees
Gain a better understanding of expected outcomes, eligibility requirements, roadmaps for future applicants, and New York City’s Capital Grants program.
Brooklyn Gives on GivingTuesday Trainings
Powered by Brooklyn Org, Brooklyn Gives on GivingTuesday connects local donors with grassroots nonprofits in their own backyards on GivingTuesday, the year’s biggest single day of giving - taking place on December 3, 2024. Brooklyn Gives has raised over $5 million for hundreds of nonprofits since 2016.
Getting Ready For Brooklyn Gives on GivingTuesday
Facilitator: GiveGab / Bonterra & Brooklyn Org [09/10/2024]
Learn everything you need to know about Brooklyn Gives, including how to register your organization for the big event and the features available to make your organization as successful as possible. We’ll conclude by answering any of your Brooklyn Gives questions and highlighting the resources available to make getting ready for Brooklyn Gives a breeze!
Goal Setting Strategies For Brooklyn Gives on GivingTuesday
Facilitator: GiveGab / Bonterra & Brooklyn Org [09/19/2024]
Communicating goals internally and externally can have a direct impact on your participants’ results. In this training, your project manager will teach your organizations how they can set effective, unique goals to drive their strategy for the day.
Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection Trainings
This first-of-its-kind platform — located at nonprofits.brooklyn.org — offers a year-round resource for donors to learn about local nonprofits beyond the GivingTuesday season. Like our seasonal GivingTuesday platform, participating on the Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection platform is free for nonprofits in the borough.
Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection 101
Facilitator: GiveGab / Bonterra
Learn everything you need to know about the Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection platform! We'll introduce you to GiveGab and provide some best practices for completing your profile.
Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection Profile Walkthrough
Facilitator: GiveGab / Bonterra
Watch a quick video walkthrough of all the sections you need to fill out on your Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection profile. It will answer questions on required questions and what specifically should be added in.
Sign up: Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection
nonprofits.brooklyn.org
Register your nonprofit for the platform today!
General Capacity Building
Digital Learning Commons
The Catalogue of Philanthropy
A catalog of capacity-building tools for small nonprofits including 80+ live webinars, workshops, panels, and an online resource library. Admission to the annual National Small Nonprofit Summit is also included.
Nonprofit Help Desk
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
The NonProfit HelpDesk helps staff, board members, and volunteers of small and emerging nonprofits to advance their organizations by solving problems and driving performance in different areas of management and operations.
Brooklyn Org's Monthly Nonprofit Newsletter
Brooklyn Org
Brooklyn Org’s monthly nonprofit newsletter provides information on nonprofit resources, jobs, and funding — sign up below.
Communications Tools
Canva for Nonprofits Program
Canva
Nonprofits can access all the premium features of Canva Pro – an online graphic design and visual communication platform – for up to 50 people in your organization, for free.
Canva Design School
Canva
Explore thousands of tutorials on how to design like a pro, explore typography, design trends, color and more.
Nonprofit Branding & Marketing Resources
Big Duck
Big Duck is a worker-owned cooperative that has been developing nonprofit brands, campaigns, and teams for decades. They offer many free and informative articles and workshops.
Strategic Communication Planning Hub
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
A free online resource that helps organizations design communication strategies to advance your organization’s policy, advocacy and programmatic goals.
Storytelling for Good
The Communications Network and Hattaway Communications
A free platform that helps communicators harness storytelling to create impact. You’ll find lessons with insights from communication science, expert articles, and social media resources.
Vendors
NYC Nonprofit Vendor Referral Center
Nonprofit New York
A public database of vetted vendors who can help you reduce costs and increase productivity by outsourcing back-office tasks.
Hire A Street Vendor For Event Catering
Street Vendor Project
To hire a street vendor for your event, submit a request with the Street Vendor Project at least two weeks in advance of your event, so they have adequate time to connect you to potential vendors.
Survey for NYC Nonprofits: Procuring BIPOC Vendors
NYS Nonprofit Equitable Economies Coalition
A survey to research procurement policies and practices in order to learn about best practices and/or challenges local nonprofits encounter around contracting BIPOC vendors.
Consulting & Sector Research
SURVEY: AI Readiness
Brooklyn Org & Giving Tuesday
Are you wondering if your organization is falling behind as AI races ahead? Help us learn more about nonprofits’ capacity to use emerging AI technologies.
Consulting: Financial Analysis
Greater NY
Greater NY’s Analyst Corps program matches teams of early-career financial professionals to work collaboratively with nonprofit organizations on concrete financial analysis.
Consulting: UPenn Pro Bono Advising
PennPAC
Teams of University of Pennsylvania alumni-volunteers tap their business acumen to help nonprofits address key areas such as strategic growth planning and fundraising; marketing and communications, and more.
Public Nonprofit Consultant Directory
The Association of Nonprofit Specialists
The Association of Nonprofit Specialists is a 501(c)(3) membership organization, supporting a diverse community of nonprofit consultants, specialists and other capacity builders.
Nonprofit Board Matching Portal
BoardStrong
BoardStrong brings together diverse, qualified board candidates and mission-driven nonprofits to build a better community for all through their free board matching and education platform.
Race Equity Assessment: Building Blocks for Change (BB4C)
Building Movement Project
An automated race equity assessment process to help nonprofits develop the foundational capacities needed to foster more race equity in their workplaces.
Platform: Pro Bono Nonprofit Support
Taproot Foundation
Taproot Plus is a free, online platform that connects nonprofits with skilled marketing, human resources, technology, strategy, finance, and operations volunteers for expert consultations, educational events, and in-depth projects.
Meeting & Office Spaces
Interest Form: Leasing space in the East Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone
East New York Community Land Trust
ENYCLT is working in coalition with organizations in East New York and Brownsville to create a community masterplan for 8 city-owned sites in the East Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone (IBZ).
Meeting Rooms at the Library
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) allows the use of designated meeting rooms at its neighborhood branches by community and nonprofit groups and organizations for meetings that are educational, cultural, or civic in nature.
Free Community Space in Industry City
Fundraise Up
Fundraise Up's Community Space in Industry City is a reservation-only workspace for nonprofits with fast Wi-Fi, meeting rooms, private phone booths, and free coffee and snacks.
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