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GEORGIA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS

ANNUAL REPORT

2013

OUR MISSION The Georgia Center for Nonprofits builds thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. Through a powerful mix of advocacy, solutions for nonprofit effectiveness, and insight building tools, GCN provides nonprofits, board members and donors with the tools they need to strengthen organizations that make a difference on important causes throughout Georgia.

HIGH PERFORMANCE = HIGH IMPACTThis equation is at the heart of our work: it drives our strategy and programs every day. We’ve undertaken a ground-breaking project to identify and define the dimensions of Nonprofit High Performance, starting with a critical scan and analysis of the practices—management, governance, talent development, strategy—driving success in the state’s most effective sustainable organizations. In 2014, we’ll con-tinue developing and beta-testing tools drawn directly from that research, including a High Perfor-mance Assessment and a newly aligned suite of GCN programs.

We therefore must ask ourselves: How do we develop the capacity to meet community needs? By working smarter, and by working together: through powerful and committed partnerships that cross sectors and individual issues, involve stakeholders at all levels, and effectively scale efforts and resources to achieve sustainable, community-wide results.

Our strategy is straightforward. We work to understand the common set of capabilities driving the most successful organizations—what we call the DNA of High Performance Nonprofits—and from this understanding create insights, solutions, and tools that help committed organiza-tions navigate the path toward High Performance and increased impact. At the same time, we are exploring ways to scale nonprofit solutions to meet increased demand and expectations: unleashing new revenue sources, refreshing antiquated policies that thwart impact, and focusing on collaborative partnerships and collective action.

Increasingly, the seemingly unique interests of individual sectors and industries are proving themselves highly intertwined. Government initiatives rely on nonprofits as essential service providers; large nonprofit employers, and the competition driven by nonprofit activity, sustain the economic health of many communities. In response, nonprofits are evolving from an era of every-mission-for-itself individualism to a model of combined impact; siloed sector interests are moving toward a new age of shared purpose.

That transformation requires partnership—the kind GCN has been establishing since 1990, when we first began fueling community impact as an organization uniquely committed to part-nering with Georgia nonprofits to enhance their success and accelerate their results.

For more than two decades, we’ve been fueling impact with a potent combination of resources for nonprofit service providers, socially-minded for-profits, impact investors, legacy foundations, and government agencies. This report summarizes the ways GCN continues to leverage its influence, know-how, and assets to forge committed partnerships, help great ideas scale, and produce High Performance Nonprofits in every Georgia community.

To our partners, supporters, and co-creators—to all those who are part of our work—we thank you for your commitment and look forward to making the journey ahead together.

Karen Beavor Edward ShartarPresident and CEO Chair, Board of Directors

ANOTHER YEAR OF IMPACTIn more ways than ever, GCN is leveraging the power of partnership to solve problems at scale, accelerating and multiply-ing efforts through mutual trust, common purpose, and shared resources.

2013 saw our work intro-duce and expand an array of initiatives fueling High Performance results at Georgia nonprofits and philanthropies through pioneering GCN initiatives like Momentum and Georgia Gives Day; our consulting partnerships and innovative training solutions; increased member access to high-value resources and tools on a new GCN.org; and an enriched series of learning and networking opportuni-ties across the state.

HOW WE FUEL IMPACT

IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND GEORGIA, DEMAND FOR THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT NONPROFITS PROVIDE CONTINUES TO OUTPACE ANY ONE ORGANIZATION’S SOLUTION.

A PROCESS FOR BUILDING HIGH-IMPACT STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP

The first and largest project of its kind in Georgia, this innova-tive process, based on extensive research, focuses on transform-ing the way nonprofits manage and sustain High Performance levels over time, while catalyz-ing communities of peer leaders to cooperatively tackle large and long-entrenched problems in their community. This rigorous, team-based strategy and leadership development experience includes an organizational assessment and a customized development plan, followed by an 18-month program of training, coaching, and convening.

Our Learn/Apply/Implement/Share model establishes vital skills and institutional knowledge that sustain High Performance practices—and results—over time.

GAINING MOMENTUM ON THE SOUTHERN COASTIn partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service and St. Marys United Methodist Church Foundation, our inaugural Momentum initiative brought together a local cohort of 25 nonprofits to participate in the process.

Two years later, a comprehensive evaluation has validated remark-able transformations—in the way these nonprofits develop organiza-tional leadership, in their capability to create actionable strategy, in process implementation and performance management, and in the ways they have evolved into

a networked learning community. The process continues with the peer-led Momentum Core Alumni Group, and GCN’s newly expanded support in the region.

INITIATIVES NOW UNDERWAY IN MACON, ALBANY, AUGUSTA, AND SAVANNAHImpelled by this success on the southern coast, GCN has been actively exploring opportunities to bring Momentum to other communities across Georgia. In 2013, we partnered with Georgia Council for the Arts, along with an array of regional and communi-ty foundations, to bring together four cohorts of arts organizations in early 2014 for a second phase of Momentum initiatives.

To support nonprofits addressing complex issues in communitiesaround the state, GCN developed Momentum, a multi-year process designed to help participants create actionable, high-impact strategy; make dynamic, data-driven decisions; and implement enduring systems to manage and measure results.

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“GCA’s mission is to cultivate the growth of vibrant, thriving Georgia communities through the arts. Nonprofits sit squarely at the center of this work and foster the vitality of our cultural communities. We are investing in Momentum to help them cultivate strategic capacity, develop effective leaders, foster collaboration, and ensure the sustainability of these vital groups.” — KAREN PATY, DIRECTOR, GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

The Community Foundation

for the Central Savannah River Area

Corporationfor National

and Community Service

Georgia Council for

the Arts

The John S. and James L.

Knight Foundation

Knox Foundation

St. Marys United

Methodist Church

Foundation

Robert W. Woodruff

Foundation

94% OF PARTICIPANTS IN OUR COASTAL MOMENTUM COHORT SAY THE PROCESS HELPED THEM BETTER DEFINE THEIR STRATEGY, IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY CAPACITY, MEASURE PROGRAM OUTCOMES, AND SEEK PEER SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

MOMENTUM CONTINUES

TO GROW,THANKS TO STRATEGIC

INVESTMENTS BY FUNDERS TO SUPPORT

COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE:

Communities across Georgia count on nonprofits to address critical needs. GCN brings our expertise in aligning the efforts of nonprofits, funders, and community stakeholders to accelerate progress toward addressing these needs.

CATALYZING COLLECTIVE ACTION AND MULTI-SECTOR COLLABORATION

WE START BY UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY GCN research focuses on both geographic area and sub-sector issue to pinpoint need, catalog providers, and uncover duplication and gaps in services, giving nonprofits the tools to clarify their strategies and make data-driven, collaborative decisions. Our Community Needs Assessments are a powerful tool that funders and lawmakers have used to better understand their constituents and the nonprofit organizations that serve them. 

We’ve produced critical data on Atlanta veterans services in partnership with The Home Depot Foundation and The Marcus Foundation, and are now teaming up with the Peyton Anderson Foundation to launch a comprehensive study of nonprofit social services in Macon and Bibb County.

OUR WORK FUELS COLLECTIVE IMPACTBringing together a coalition of residents with civic, educational, and public-and private-sector organizations, our Nonprofit Consulting Group is guiding the Macon Promise Neighborhood Project, led by United Way of Central Georgia, to create a pipeline of “cradle to career” programs and services. 

Additionally, we are in our second year of work in partnership with United Way of Coastal Georgia on its High School Graduation Blueprint,  targeting school achievement and dropout prevention on the southern coast. As project facilitators, we’ve led the convening, research, implementation, and evaluation of the comprehensive, whole-community process. Each of these collective action initiatives began with one of GCN’s Community Needs Assessments.

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Now in its ninth year, GCN’s partnership with the Healthcare Georgia Foundation has engaged our Nonprofit Consulting Group to provide services for 53 Foundation grantees, ranging from organizational assessments and executive coaching to general consulting services and workshops on nonprofit management. An independent evaluation of our consulting work confirmed powerful outcomes, including growth in leadership, adaptive, management, and technical capacities.

We continued our multi-year partnership supporting Kaiser Permanente in their capacity-building program for safety net grantees. The two-year process culminated in an evaluation that identified strong outcomes from GCN’s work with 14 grantees to assess and strengthen leadership, management, and governance practices.

In 2013, GCN also delivered custom-designed management consulting packages to 27 new Nonprofit Toolbox grantees, a program from The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta designed to solve a key organizational challenge at each recipient organization.

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR FOUNDATION GRANTEES

Through multi-year partnerships, leading philanthropies rely on GCN’s Nonprofit Consulting Group to provide assessments, programming, and coaching for the organizations they support. In 2013, two evaluations confirmed powerful outcomes.

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THAN 150 NONPROFITSWORKED WITH GCN ON A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZA-TIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT—ON STRATEGIC PLANS, BOARD DEVELOPMENT, SUCCESSION PLANNING, EXECUTIVE COACHING, AND MORE.

“Our GCN consulting experience has proved invaluable, supporting us in a way that felt natural and unobtrusive, and helping us unite our new team with a common vision and a reenergized commitment to the five-year strategic plan.— CHAIWON KIM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CENTER FOR PAN ASIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

BY THE TIME THE CLOCK STRUCK MIDNIGHT ON NOV. 13, WE HAD BROKEN ALL OF LAST YEAR’S RECORDS. GEORGIA GIVES DAY 2013 BROUGHT IN NEARLY $1.5 MILLION—AN 85 PERCENT INCREASE IN GIVING OVER OUR FIRST GIVES DAY.  GCN’s 2013 campaign focused on two goals: increasing funding to incentivize nonprofits and donors, and growing nonprofit participa-tion though expanded training and resources. Thanks to the financial support of our founda-tion and corporate partners, this year’s event featured 229 incen-tive grants, rewarding nonprof-its’ hard fundraising work with prizes of up to $5,000. We helped nonprofits prepare their own cam-paigns with on-site and online training around the state, and made our growing suite of online tools and resources—including a special issue of NOW dedicated to online giving strategies—more accessible than ever.

We also fielded a massive multimedia outreach campaign, made possible by our media and creative partnerships, that built buzz though pro-bono ad place-ments and local news coverage across the state—as well as our first-ever Gives Day “flash mob” at Lenox Square.  Beyond the donations, the Georgia Gives initiative is proving what can be accomplished through a uniquely inclusive fundraising partnership among nonprofits, foundations, companies, govern-ments, and caring individuals. Together, we have created an unstoppable annual giving move-ment in Georgia that continues to grow.

AMONG THE LEGION OF

COMMITTED PARTNERS WHO MADE GEORGIA GIVES DAY 2013

POSSIBLE:

11Alive

Ames Scullin O’Haire

Arby’s Foundation

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AutoTrader.com

Chick-fil-A Foundation

The Coca-Cola Company

Communities of Coastal Georgia

Foundation

Community Bucket

CommunityFoundation of

Central Georgia

CommunityFoundation of the

Chattahoochee Valley

The CommunityFoundation for Greater

Atlanta

Cox Media Group

Edelman

Encyclomedia

Evelyn G. Ullman

Gas South

Georgia Association of Broadcasters

Georgia CableAssociation

Georgia Power

Green Machine

John S. And James L. Knight Foundation

Mediacom

Mohawk Industries

Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Schermerhorn Fund

Southwest Airlines

SunTrust Foundation

Wells Fargo

$2.4 MILLION RAISED TO DATE ON GAGIVES.ORG

11,257 DONORS, UP 46% FROM 2012

1,720 NONPROFITS PARTICIPATED

#GAGIVESDAYA TOP TRENDING TOPIC ON TWITTER IN ATLANTA, WITH 5,000+ TWEETS ON NOV. 13

BUILDING A GIVING MOVEMENT FOR OUR STATE

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“With incentives that were a perfect match for what we do, and all of the toolkits and workshops GCN provided, it was easy defining a game plan for Georgia Gives Day that helped push us towards our goal.”— NANCY GADDY, VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, ACTION MINISTRIES

Capitalizing on our mission while supporting the sector nationwide, Opportunity Knocks is GCN’s own social enterprise.

For nine years, OpportunityKnocks.org has been a leading national resource for nonprofit employers and professionals, with a robust offering of job opportunities, online training, career conferences, and HR resources—including the annual National Nonprofit Wage & Benefits Report. In 2013, technology updates made our website fully mobile-friendly, putting our powerful career resources in the pockets of job seekers and recruiters.

30,000 NONPROFIT EMPLOYERS USED OPPORTUNITYKNOCKS.ORG TO CONNECT TO NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS IN 2013

CONNECTING NONPROFIT EMPLOYERS AND PROFESSIONALS

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“Opportunity Knocks delivers impeccable client service, working with us from start to finish on each job listing to ensure we are completely satisfied. We are, without a doubt, an OK Loyalty Program customer!”— KEI BREEDLOVE, DIRECTOR – HUMAN RESOURCES & EMPLOYEE TRAINING, THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS

DEVELOPING LEADERSON ALL LEVELSThe strength and sustainability of the sector is contingent on nonprofit professionals getting the skills and support they need. GCN is dedicated to building a vibrant community of High Performance nonprofit leaders for our state. Through targeted engagement and recognition initiatives, innovative training programs, and GCN-led peer networks, we are nurturing next-generation talent and growing the capabilities of established leaders. And, as we work to ensure a robust pipeline of ready professionals and volunteers, we’re helping nonprofits navigate the challenges of leadership transition.

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“What’s unique about Nonprofit CEO Peerspectives is not just that the program brings in the experts, but that it provides time to explore and discuss the issues with other CEOs. Through facilitated discussions, we could bring issues we were grappling with to the table for everyone to consider. — PAM TATUM, CEO, QUALITY CARE FOR CHILDREN

BUILDING ALIGNED, STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAMS Leading for Impact—Atlanta is a new collaboration between GCN and The Bridgespan Group. Rolling out over 2014 and 2015 in five cohorts, the two-year program provides leadership teams at 40 of Atlanta’s top nonprofits the opportunity to hone their strategic and team-work skills, then apply those skills in two team-led projects customized to address their individual priority issues and accelerate community impact. 

A variety of local funders, including The James M. Cox Foundation, The Kendeda Fund, Nonami Foundation, and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation have invested in the future of Georgia’s nonprofit leaders by creating a generous scholarship pool to cover the majority of program costs. 

STRENGTHENING NONPROFIT GOVERNANCE THROUGH SHARED LEADERSHIP Across our programs, GCN supports board recruitment and devel-opment, fostering shared leadership among nonprofit leaders and boards through our targeted clinics, events, reporting and research. We also apply our deep knowledge of nonprofits, and their gov-ernance needs, to guide companies and individuals who want to engage with nonprofits, either as volunteers or board members. Our unique advisory position helps corporate and community volunteers improve their understanding of the roles nonprofits ask them to play, adding value and sustainability to these important relationships. 

Executive LeadershipSHARPENING THE CAPACITY OF NONPROFIT CEOS In 2013, GCN’s Nonprofit Uni-versity launched our third an-nual Nonprofit CEO Peerspec-tives program, engaging 20 of Atlanta’s top nonprofit leaders for a six-month series of executive development program-ming and coaching, delivered by our expert consultants. The 2013 cohort joins a robust peer community of 70 Peerspectives alumni, a network for continuous learning and partnership opportunities.

Consistent with their own organi-zational commitment to leadership development, King & Spalding and the Federal Reserve Bank have partnered with GCN to host Peerspectives programs, elevating these CEO-only events in profile, resources, and opportunities.

With the support of the Alice Huffard Richards Fund and the Community Foundation of West Georgia, as well as St. Marys United Methodist Church Foundation and other coastal Georgia foundation part-ners, GCN leadership program-ming is now expanding into west Georgia and the southern coast.

IN 2013

240 NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE AND BOARD LEADERS ENGAGED IN GCN’S EXECUTIVE PROGRAMMING—FROM BOARD LEADERSHIP CLINICS AND TRAINING SESSIONS TO CEO-LEVEL PROGRAMS

Leadership TransitionsPREPARING NONPROFITS TO NAVIGATE CHANGELeadership transition, even when done well, is one of the most disruptive events in a nonprofit’s journey. Through research, educa-tional programming, in-depth re-porting, and individual consulting engagements, GCN is focusing on the need for robust succes-sion planning in every organiza-tion—with processes that ensure preparedness for a planned or emergency change of leadership, a strategic plan that anticipates operational needs, and formalized talent development models. 

In 2013, GCN published a suite of succession planning tools and ar-ticles, and presented an in-depth Expert Series event for members, Planning for Leadership Succes-sion: Success Strategies & Live Case Studies. 

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta continues a history of working with GCN to address the most pressing needs of the sector by making critical investments around succession planning, engaging us to conduct focus groups and quantitative research that assess current suc-cession planning practices and identify educational and program-matic needs.

SPOTLIGHTING YOUNG NONPROFIT PROSTo highlight our commitment to growing new leaders for the sector, GCN partnered with Turner Broadcasting System and Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Atlanta to recognize the inaugural 30 Under 30 Award for rising sector leaders at Nonprofit Summit 2013.

Emerging Leaders

READYING TOMORROW’SSECTOR TALENT GCN’s work also focuses on ensuring the future of nonprofit leadership through programs aimed at identifying, recognizing, and developing young non-profit professionals. Delivered in partnership with the Ameri-can Express Foundation, our annual High Potential Diverse Leaders (HPDL) program is among the nation’s premier programs for young nonprofit professionals.

Our 2013 cohort’s in-depth learn-ing experiences incorporated classroom components, peer learning, and individual study with a renewed focus on per-sonal assessment and leadership style, producing more confident, capable, and connected leaders. Now in its seventh year, HPDL keeps a growing network of more than 180 alumni engaged through networking events and mentorship opportunities. 

“Turner’s commitment to developing the next generation of community leaders makes us a great fit to support the 30 Under 30 Award and recognize rising nonprofit leaders.”— KRISTINA CHRISTY, DIRECTOR, CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

Designed specifically to meet the needs of sector professionals at all levels and function areas, the NU curriculum encompasses fund-raising, finance, governance, human resources, volunteer and pro-gram management, and beyond. Content and program support from partners like IBM and Mauldin & Jenkins give NU an edge in bringing innovative insight to the nonprofit space.

TEAM-WIDE TRAINING WITH CUSTOM, PRIVATE, AND SUBSCRIPTION OPPORTUNITIES In 2013, we met increased demand for custom and private training from organizations around the state by delivering 29 private training sessions to more than 1,150 nonprofit professionals where they work, drawing from our existing curriculum and newly developed material.

Our growing Access365 subscription program—available exclusively to GCN members—currently provides 30 Atlanta organizations with affordable, unlimited access to NU’s entire core curriculum, allowing teams to benefit from our full range of targeted courses and certificate series, offered year-round.

220 IN 2013, NU DELIVERED A RECORD NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE TRAINING EXPERIENCES—FROM TAR-GETED COURSES TO CER-TIFICATE SERIES, ALL-DAY CLINICS, AND E-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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97% OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WOULD RECOMMEND NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY TO THEIR COLLEAGUES

GCN’s Nonprofit University delivers a robust portfolio of certificate programs, targeted courses, clinics, and online training opportunities that strengthen core competencies, generate greater mission impact, and support individual skill building.

“By investing in GCN, we invest in our most important resource: OUR PEOPLE. We expected trainings would benefit individuals who attended, but the unexpected outcome—by utilizing Access365—is that entire departments, teams, and programs are also transformed. Thanks to GCN, our organization is full of people who are professional, ethical, and innovative, implementing best practices and making our mission more successful and sustainable.”— BETH KELLER, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CHRIS KIDS

A ONE-STOP RESOURCEMore than a website, the new GCN.org is key to GCN’s overall strategy, serving as a tool chest for impact-expanding tactics and performance solutions—all avail-able in an easy-to-navigate, highly searchable format.

At its heart is a dynamic search en-gine, enabling site users to quickly access and drill down to explore content in one of our 10 core topic areas—leadership, strategic plan-ning, governance, development, marketing, advocacy, HR, volunteer management, management, and finance.

And our new NOW blog provides timely sector and community news, newly-announced resource opportu-nities, and a dynamic up-to-date calendar of GCN membership events and Nonprofit University offerings.

A NEXUS FOR KNOWLEDGE-SHARING

In the pages of our publications, and on an all-new GCN.org, GCN taps the knowledge and experiences of national thought leaders and sector experts, as well as Georgia’s own nonprofit and foundation leaders, to help nonprofits understand the elements of High Performance and how to put them into practice.

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“The thing I most appreciate about GCN is their disseminating the overwhelming amount of informa-tion available about the nonprofit sector. GCN is a great help because they dissect the information and provide it back in a way that is quick to understand and pertinent.”— PATTY RUSSART, EXECU-TIVE DIRECTOR, ATLANTA COMMUNITY TOOLBANK

A LEADING VOICENow in its second year of publica-tion, Georgia Nonprofit NOW is a multimedia platform helping nonprofits understand performance benchmarks, sector trends, and what drives organizational excel-lence. Through reports, interviews, and the latest data, we demys-tify the principles of performance, profile easy-to-emulate models, and share valuable resources in areas of leadership, innovation, fundrais-ing, advocacy, communications, management, and more.

Mailed directly each quarter to our member organizations and part-ners—and available online at GCN.org, with expanded web content and tools—NOW delivers insight and advice from sector leaders and experts, case studies of High Per-formance Nonprofits, original GCN research, and member community news that celebrates individual and organizational accomplishment.

In 2013, we featured in-depth re-porting on online fundraising trends, exploring social media engagement and sharing successful Georgia Gives Day strategies. An issue dedicated to volunteer manage-ment highlighted research findings, methodologies from sector experts, and High Performance practices from GCN members. In an HR-focused issue, we shared insights from GCN’s landmark Opportu-nity Knocks research on employee engagement. We tapped member leaders to contribute first-person accounts of their CEO on-boarding and advocacy coalition-building ex-periences. Our continuing interview series engaged CEOs and board chairs in candid conversation about their leadership partnership. And we interviewed foundation leaders and elected officials to findout how their strategies intersect with and support the work of the sector.

No. 6 | Fall 2013 A member publication of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Where the Donors AreThey’re moving online and getting social. Are you?

IN 2013

24,500 NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPIC, CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED GCN COMMUNICATIONS

KEEPING NONPROFITS IN THE KNOWIn 2013, we also rolled out a new approach to digital communica-tions, enabling customized delivery options to ensure our subscrib-ers receive content that is most relevant to them. Each month, our refreshed enewsletter, This Month@GCN, introduces new articles, tools, blog posts, and a rundown of current resource opportunities for Georgia nonprofits. And, our timely policy briefings continued to ensure that sector professionals understood, and activated around, critical legislative developments.

5,650 NONPROFIT AND PHILAN-THROPIC PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED GCN’S 2013 LEARNING AND NETWORK-ING EVENTS—FROM MEMBER AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND OUR NONPROFIT SUMMIT

In 2013, GCN produced a record number of learning events for non-profits around the state. We brought national thought leaders to Georgia to share insights, models, and the latest commentary concerning the trends and fundamentals that drive High Perfomance, including:

• Strategic planning• Financial planning• Collective action• Board engagement• Social media strategy• Succession planning• Talent development

Intensifying our efforts beyond the Metro Atlanta area, we conducted workshops in strategic planning and development concepts for audiences in Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Cobb County, and Clayton County.

And, over two days in May, we debuted a reenvisioned Nonprofit Summit experience for more than 400 participants that was more customizable and interactive than ever. New program formats offered a potent mix of out-of-the-box thinking and down-to-earth discussion from nationally recognized speakers, consultants, and cause commu-nity professionals.

CREATING SHARED LEARNING EXPERIENCESGCN events are a rich, collaborative exchange that engages participation across sectors, encouraging lively discourse around shared challenges and solutions through interactive program formats and informal networking.

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“Our team at MailChimp loves helping great ideas come to life. We also know how important it is for nonprofit organizations to have the tools to succeed. GCN and the Nonprofit Summit help our region’s non-profit leaders grow their organi-zations and dream about what’s next. We’re proud to help spon-sor such a meaningful event.”

— LAIN SHAKESPEARE, NONPROFIT BRAND MANAGER, MAILCHIMP

GCN’S PROGRAMS

AND EVENTSRECEIVED

GENEROUSSUPPORT FROM

OUR 2013PARTNERS:

Association of Fundraising

Professionals

The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution

Young Nonprofit Professionals

Network

Blad & Garvin

Brooks, McGinnis & Company

The Coca-Cola Company

The Community Foundation for

Greater Atlanta

Foundation Center

Habif, Arogeti& Wynne

Harvard Business School Club of

Atlanta

IBM

MailChimp

Mauldin & Jenkins

TurnerBroadcasting

System, Inc.

Warren Averett

2013 FUNDING PARTNERSThe Allstate FoundationAlston & BirdAmerican Express FoundationAnonymousARRISThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAutoTrader.comBank of AmericaBoardWalk ConsultingCbeyondBobbi Cleveland and Stan JonesThe Coca-Cola CompanyThe Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River AreaThe Community Foundation for Greater AtlantaCommunity Foundation of West GeorgiaCorporation for National and Community ServiceCox EnterprisesEdelmanEquifax FoundationFiservBetty and Davis Fitzgerald FoundationThe John and Mary Franklin FoundationGeorgia Council for the ArtsGas SouthGeorgia Power CompanyGeorgia-PacificThe Harland Charitable FoundationHealthcare Georgia FoundationThe Home Depot FoundationIBM CorporationINGInterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)Kaiser PermanenteKing & SpaldingKnox FoundationThe John S. and James L. Knight FoundationKPMGThe Kroger CompanyRay M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee FoundationMailChimpMauldin & JenkinsMcKesson CorporationMohawk IndustriesThe Networks of 11AliveNewell RubbermaidNordsonNorth Highland CompanyPeyton Anderson FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopersPrimericaThe Rich FoundationAlice Huffard Richards FundRock-Tenn CompanyThe Sartain Lanier Family FoundationSouthwest AirlinesSt. Marys United Methodist Church FoundationSunTrust BankThe Tull Charitable FoundationTurner Broadcasting System, Inc.The UPS FoundationWarren AverettWells FargoRobert W. Woodruff Foundation

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COMMITTEDPARTNERSHIPS

• providing tools and services to enhance and support philanthropic efforts and strengthen corporate volunteer programs;• sharing comprehensive data and research about current or potential nonprofit partners;• disseminating information about philanthropic strategy and administrative practices and procedures;• convening peers and partners around networking and learning opportunities;• designing and delivering customized board training and corporate community involvement strategies;• providing a forum for the business and donor communities to improve and increase visibility; and• guiding strategy around alliances within the sector through targeted events, forums, and media work.

The philanthropic institutions, companies, and individual leaders who partner with us want to make a difference in the community. They invest in GCN because it is a smart choice for them and for the organizations and causes they support.

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is uniquely positioned to enhance the work of the philanthropic institutions, companies, and individual leaders who support the nonprofit sector’s work to build thriving communities. We deepen the impact of strategic business and donor investments in the sector by:

2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORSEdward Shartar, Chair Managing Director Diversified Search

Jeff Busch, Vice Chair Chief Executive OfficerTrueBridge Resources

Michel Vermette, Treasurer Senior Vice President, International and Commercial BusinessMohawk Industries Inc.

Rob Baskin PresidentWeber Shandwick

Debbie Gehricke Vice President, Corporate Human Resources UPS

Joe Iarocci Chief Executive Officer Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership

Udaiyan Jatar FounderBlue Earth Network

Patty Tucker Executive Vice PresidentEdelman

Jeff Woodward Attorney at LawTaylor English Duma LLP

2013 FINANCIALS GCN is a financially stable organization, sustaining our programs and services with a combination of earned income and philanthropic support. In Fiscal Year 2013, earned income from membership dues, program tuition, consulting fees, and Opportunity Knocks revenue accounted for 70% of our total annual revenue for the year. We spent 83% on programming, with corporate and philanthropic support enabling GCN to offer these programs at a cost our nonprofit partners can afford. Further details at GCN.org/annualreport.

“The work of GCN’s board is a labor of love. From growing Georgia Gives Day and expanding Momentum throughout the state, to building non-profit organizational capability and capacity through our programs, GCN is “fueling impact.” We are privileged to be a part of this work, and thank you for your support, commitment, and collabora-tion as donors, members, and partners, which is helping us make a positive difference to build thriving communities”

—EDWARD SHARTAR, BOARD CHAIR, GEORGIA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS

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