Hartford Public Library (HPL) offers unique resources and engaging learning opportunities for nonprofits aimed at capacity building and fundraising.
The Library maintains a core collection of continuously updated materials in multiple formats that address the specific needs of local nonprofit, grassroots and faith-based organizations.
Our nonprofit workshops are conducted by expert consultants in their fields, local leaders, and attorneys and many are tailored to the specific needs of nonprofit managers, staff, board members and other key stakeholders.
We provide tools, resources, and information that will help nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions.
Previous HPL and Greater Hartford Gives Foundation Nonprofit Support Program workshop recordings are available HERE.
HPL's FREE Nonprofit Programs
Workshops are offered through a partnership between the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation and HPL.
If you have any questions, please email jdolan@hplct.org
Is Your Organization Grant Ready?
Thursday, August 27
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
About this FREE Virtual Workshop
You’re moving full steam ahead with programming but need funding to keep it going, so let’s write a grant! PAUSE! Did you assess whether you have the successful internal systems needed to compete for and manage funding?
This foundational workshop helps participants assess whether their organization is truly positioned to pursue grants and where critical gaps may exist.
During this interactive session, participants will be guided through a Grant Readiness Assessment Tool, which evaluates organizational strength across key areas funders look for.
By the end of this session, participants will:
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Understand the five core pillars of grant readiness
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Identify organizational strengths and areas for improvement
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Recognize common barriers to funding success
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Develop a prioritized readiness improvement plan
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Gain clarity on what funders expect before awarding grants
Through group discussion and self-assessment exercises, attendees will identify strengths, uncover gaps, and begin building a practical action plan to improve their competitiveness.
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A Nonprofit Operations Self-Assessment Workshop
Tuesday, October 13
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
About this FREE Virtual Workshop
Most nonprofit operations don't break loudly. They erode quietly, until the one person who knew how a system worked moves on, or a tool everyone relied on stops working. By then you're reacting instead of planning.
This 90-minute working session gives you a way to see the whole picture before that happens. Together we'll walk through the core areas an operations assessment covers, from people and process to technology, finance, and risk. But you won't just listen. You'll rate your own organization in each area as we go, using a self-assessment tool you'll keep and can re-run anytime.
Expect to participate. We'll use polls, chat discussion, and live self-scoring to keep things moving and make the time yours, not a slideshow you watch.
You'll leave with a completed self-assessment and a clear answer to one question every overstretched team needs: where should we focus first?
Built for the people who run operations without the title, the budget, or the playbook. Bring your real situation. You'll walk away with a tool you can actually use.
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