Support Kansas City is thrilled to announce that Jenne Vanderbout has been named Executive Director of the organization, effective December 1, 2020. Jenne brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and education sectors, providing a collaborative and results-driven culture around her. Jenne joined SKC in March of 2018 as the Chief Operating…
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Whether your revenue model is coming from grants, donations, services, memberships or special events, your entire organization needs to understand it and the role each staff member plays in its success. We sat down with Jenne Vanderbout, Chief Operating Officer; Christy Cubbage, Director of Client Accounting; and Elizabeth Liddle, Director of Client Accounting after Support…
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A Decade of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The Cultural Competency Collective of Greater Kansas City Challenge, risk, discomfort and second chances – this is the culture required to do the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Cultural Competency Collective of Greater Kansas City (the Collective) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of fostering this…
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Planet Play’s Pop-Up Lab A new shared space for play and learning has popped up at the corner of 55thand Troost in Kansas City, Mo. Planet Play’s Pop-Up Play Lab is located at 5508 Troost Avenue, and is the first in what the organization hopes to be a series of mobile play sites across the…
by Debra Box
“It may not be too much to claim that the future of our world will depend on how we deal with identity and difference.” Miroslav Volf, Bosnian Theologian The face of America is rapidly changing, and the rate of change will only increase. According to the Pew Research Center, 54% of the American population will…
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Posted on January 11, 2019
In our connected world, thousands of messages compete for your audience’s attention everyday. Does your Nonprofit Wellness Plan include a communications strategy to help cut through the noise? Last year, Ray Gary, the CEO of iDonate, shared five digital trends affecting nonprofit organizations in 2019. Here is our take on three of these trends that…
by Debra Box
What’s your organization’s target weight and height? If you were going to smart-size your organization’s weight and height, what would it look like? Think of your organization’s weight in terms of budget size. Imagine your organization’s height as the program capacity. Now that you have an idea of what that looks like, are you prepared for…
by Debra Box
“If a man has any goodness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.” – Beryl Markham, first person to fly nonstop from Europe to America. The 2019 budget has been approved, the org chart is updated, the program plan has been developed and…
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Posted on November 28, 2018
Nearly 200 nonprofit leaders from across the region gathered last Monday to learn and network at the 2018 Nonprofit Leadership Conference held at the UMKC Bloch School of Management. The conference focused on identifying an organization’s life stage, building nonprofit capacity, and helping organizations sustain mature development. Support KC was proud to be a sponsor of…
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Posted on November 28, 2018
Situated at the corner of 32nd Street and Wayne Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., the Robert J. Mohart Multipurpose FOCUS Center serves as Shared Space for nonprofit organizations and a common ground for a variety of civic life in the metro area. As a Shared Space for the nonprofit community, the Mohart Multipurpose Center (formerly the…
