Wiregrass Foundation has provided a three-year grant to establish a satellite office of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Alabama (NRCA) in the Wiregrass area.  The local NRCA office will include a director who will manage the delivery of professional education workshops.  The office will serve as a key point-of-contact for information and referral questions and requests, and coordinate the requests of local nonprofits for access to technical assistance.  The Wiregrass NRCA office will assist the Montgomery NRCA Director of Membership in providing outreach and recruitment for local nonprofits and in conjunction with the NRCA Resource Development Director, develop other sustaining community partners to ensure the continuity of NRCA services. 

A sampling of courses that have been offered in other NRCA satellite locations include:

Core Curriculum Classes
RF100             Nonprofit Fund Development
RF102             Basic Grant Writing
AM100            Managing a Nonprofit Organization
GV100             Roles and Responsibilities of NP Boards
AM103            Strategic Public Relations
AM101            Financial Management Basics
AM102            Budgeting for Nonprofits
AM106            Outcomes and Performance Measurement
RF101             Annual Fund Planning
AM104            Personnel Management
AM108            Advocacy Basics
RV100             Volunteer Recruitment and Retention
AM105            Program Administration
AM107            Marketing for Nonprofits

Intermediate and Advanced Curriculum Classes
AM203            Establishing a New Program
RF202             Special Events
RF204             Intermediate Grant Writing
RV200             Volunteer Program Administration
RF203             Direct Mail
GV203             Strategic Planning
AM202            Supervisory Training
AM302            Media Spokesperson Training

In addition to having its own trainers, NRCA collaborates with the national Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Nonprofit Risk Management Center in the provision of its professional education workshops.

The purpose of the satellite office is to build the capacity of local nonprofits with local professional development workshops on topics relative to board governance, agency management and fund development. 

For more information on the NRCA, contact the NRCA at www.nrca.info.