Notice of Funding Opportunity – Tier 1 Education + Tier 1 VetSuccess AmeriCorps

02/03/2021 |

OneStar Foundation is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for organizations interested in applying for a Tier 1 Education or Tier 1 VetSuccess AmeriCorps*State program. Selected organizations will receive grants to support AmeriCorps members placed in service Texas for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Information on this funding opportunity is now available on the OneStar Foundation website here. 

A required Notice of Intent to Apply is due on Monday, December 9, 2013.

Failure to submit a Notice of Intent will render an organization ineligible to submit a complete application.

Complete applications are due by 10:59:59 PM CST on Monday, December 16, 2013. Late applications in whole or in part will not be accepted.

OneStar will also host an informational webinar covering this specific Tier 1 Education and Tier 1 VetSuccess Notice of Funding Opportunity. A copy of the session’s presentation as well as the audio recording will be available on this website at the conclusion of the session. Time will be allotted at the end of the session for participant questions. We encourage interested applicants to register and participate on this call by clicking below:

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All communication relating to this notice must be directed to Elisa Gleeson at  elisa@onestarfoundation.org or 512-287-2029.

 

Giving Tuesday is December 3

02/03/2021 |

What Will Your City Do On #GivingTuesday?


#GivingTuesday inspires personal philanthropy and encourages bigger, better and smarter charitable giving, advocacy, and service during the holiday season. This year #GivingTuesday falls on Tuesday, December 3 and will provide cities with a day to celebrate local heroes, provide opportunities for people to give back to their community and connect with local causes, and share their city's giving stories by harnessing the power of a collective voice.
 
For more information about #GivingTuesday, visit www.givingtuesday.org.

 

Funding Opportunity | Texas Disaster Volunteer Generation Initiative

02/03/2021 |
OneStar Foundation is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity. OneStar has received a FY 2013 Volunteer Generation Fund grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to launch the Texas Disaster Volunteer Generation Initiative, which will strengthen the State of Texas’ infrastructure and ability to harness the potential of unaffiliated, spontaneous and other community volunteers generated in times of disaster through increasing the capacity of volunteer connector organizations and their partners.  Information on this funding opportunity is now available on the OneStar Foundation website here.
Notices of Intent to Apply (optional) are due on Friday, January 17, 2014.
Complete applications are due by 11:59:59 PM CST on Thursday, January 30, 2014.
Interested applicants are invited to participate in a technical assistance conference call to discuss this funding opportunity and ask questions regarding the submission and preparation of the application. One (1) Q&A conference call will be held prior to the application submission due date. Written FAQs and a recording of the call will be posted to the OneStar website.

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All communication relating to this notice must be directed to Emily Steinberg at  emily@onestarfoundation.org or 512-287-2008

 

Nonprofit Management Forum Registration Deadline Extended through March 12

02/03/2021 |

 

Nonprofit Management Forum

Strengthening the Capacity of Nonprofit Organizations

Friday, April 4, 2014
The Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Texas A&M University

 

Registration Now Open


Early Bird Registration through March 12
Regular Registration closes March 25

Register Here

  
 

 

The Nonprofit Management Forum provides an opportunity for nonprofit staff, board members, students, and volunteers to come together for a day of learning, refreshment, and networking. Participants reflect on the work of the nonprofit sector and gain practical skills that will improve the effectiveness of nonprofits in our community. Bringing together academic researchers, consultants, industry professionals, and aspiring leaders, the forum is a unique learning opportunity.

Visit the Nonprofit Management Forum's website for more information
http://bush.tamu.edu/nonprofitforum

 
 

 

Speakers Include:

Flip Flippen, Flippen Group, Keynote Speaker
The Heart of the Matter

Flip Flippen is the author of the New York Times and USA Today Best Seller, The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back, released in May of 2007. He developed the concept of Personal Constraints™ as a means to overcome performance inhibitors and to accelerate the growth of many of the world’s greatest executives, educators, and professional athletes.

Dr. William Brown, The Bush School of Government & Public Service
Strategic Leadership: Transforming Your Management Practices

William A. Brown is an associate professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and holds the Mary Julia and George Jordan Professorship. He serves as the program director for the Certificate in Nonprofit Management. He teaches the Nonprofit Management, Social Innovation, and Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management courses.

 
 

 

Workshops Include:

Fundraiser Confidential: How to delight your donors and raise more money NOW
Rachel Muir, CFRE

Master efficient and impactful ways to make donors feel appreciated regardless of the gift or channel and create your own stewardship plan to make sure every gift is thanked.


Creative Solutions for Performance Management in Your Organization
TyAnn Osborn, Osborn Consulting Group

With so many challenges facing your nonprofit organization, a strong talent strategy is more crucial than ever to achieving mission accomplishment and strategic success. A supportive performance management process can ensure alignment of employees with strategic goals, achievement of individual objectives, enhanced employee engagement with career fulfillment, and decreased employee relations issues.


Strategic Financial Management: Smart Growth & Oversight throughout a Nonprofit Life Cycle
Katy Avenson, CPA & Kara Hamann, CPA, CMA

Get the answers to important questions to properly manage your nonprofit finances throughout an organization's life cycle. You'll walk away with ideas for enhanced financial management and a better understanding of how to manage growth in a nonprofit organization.


Social Enterprise
Suzanne Smith, Social Impact Architects

Within this workshop, participants will leave with a toolkit of take-home materials that will allow them to identify and evaluate strengths through an organizational audit, translate these strengths into social enterprise opportunities, and engage in a process to evaluate the identified opportunities in an effort to determine which should be studied in more detail through a feasibility assessment.


Tactics for Building and Nurturing Community Online
Michael Wilson, Small World Labs

Find out how organizations are developing cohesive strategies to build community by approaching these challenges with an integrated approach.

 
 

 

More Information

Contact Office of Extended Education

1-866-988-BUSH(2874) or 979-862-7810

Email: bushschoolnonprofit@tamu.edu

Nonprofit Management Forum Website

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Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents

02/03/2021 |

Office of the Governor

Rick Perry

For Immediate Distribution                                                          Governor’s Press Office: 512-463-1826

March 6, 2013                                                                               Lucy Nashed: lucy.nashed@gov.texas.gov

Press Release                                                                                   Josh Havens: josh.havens@gov.texas.gov

 

Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents

 

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three members to the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2019.

Anna Maria Farias of Brownsville is an attorney and consultant in private practice. She is also former director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. She is a board member of the OneStar Foundation, a past board member of MANA, a National Latina Organization, and past vice chair of the Philadelphia Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. She is also past president of the Crystal City Lions Club and Crystal City Little League, and a past board member of the Winter Garden Women’s Shelter. Farias received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a law degree from Temple Law School, and is a fellow of the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Nancy P. Paup of Fort Worth is a fundraising consultant, and former corporate relations and membership manager of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. She is a board member of the Texas Woman’s University Foundation and Schreiner University Board of Trustees, and campaign vice-chair of the Texas State Historical Association “A Future for Our Past” fundraising campaign. She is also a member of Certified Fund Raising Executives International and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and a graduate of Leadership Texas. Paup received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in education from Texas Woman’s University.

George Schrader of Dallas is principal of Schrader and Cline LLC, and owner of Schrader Investment Company. He is also former executive vice president of LDB Corp., and past city manager of the cities of Dallas, Mesquite and Ennis. He is past president and a life member of the International City Management Association, past president and a board member of the Texas City Management Association, board member of the Methodist Health System, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is also an advisory board member of Life Information Inc., a past board member of Baker University, and an honorary lifetime member of the Boy Scouts of America. Schrader received a bachelor’s degree from Baker University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kansas. He is reappointed to the board.

These appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.

 

How to Help the Citizens of West, TX

02/03/2021 |

For news updates and info on how you can help the citizens of West, TX in the coming days and weeks, please sign up at our online Volunteer Portal at http://www.volunteertx.org/. We are also sharing breaking news and updates via social media (on our Twitter and Facebook pages).

 

For info on phone numbers, blood donations, shelters, medical assistance and other resources related to assisting West, TX with disaster response efforts, please visit http://governor.state.tx.us/disaster/#.UXAxFPhBE74.twitter.

Governor Perry Provides Update on State Response to Tragedy in West:  http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/18391/

 

Obama, George H.W. Bush to Promote Community Service

02/03/2021 |

 

Voices for National Service
Dear Friend of Service,

 

Today the White House celebrated President George H. W. Bush’s leadership of service and presented the 5,000th daily Point of Light award, underscoring the history of strong bipartisan support for service. Today’s award went to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, a retired couple and farm owners from Union, Iowa, whose nonprofit organization delivers free meals to children suffering from hunger in more than 15 countries, including the United States.

President Obama also announced the creation of a new interagency National Service Task Force, co-chaired by Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Munoz and Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Wendy Spencer, and released a Presidential Memo instructing agencies across the federal government to develop strategies that will leverage national service to meet critical challenges facing the country in a cost-effective way, as well as to create new talent pipelines.

This milestone represents an exciting and important step forward on the path to expanding national service opportunities for the hundreds of thousands of people who are waiting for a chance to put their energy and idealism to work for the common good. Please help us thank President Obama by tweeting a message to him (@BarackObama) using the hashtag #ServiceWorks.

Yours in Service,


AnnMaura Connolly
President, Voices for National Service
@AnnMaura

Certificate in Fundraising Excellence (CiFRE) offered by TANO

02/03/2021 |

Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO), with support from The Center for Coummunity Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (CCBNO ACC) ), is launching a new Certificate in Fundraising Excellence (CiFRE) that will afford participants 60.5 of the 80 or so education credits required as part of the process of becoming a Certified Fundraising Executive and has top notch local and national faculty.

It begins January 25th and is 5 months long; all day sessions on Fridays.  The schedule and outline of sessions and faculty is attached. More details at www.tano.org/CiFRE.

Please email barry@tano.org for more information.