program details

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From October through May, we provide the tools, funding, and mentorship you need to design, build, and launch the nonprofit or social venture of your dreams. 

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Alongside the support of an incredible community of like-minded innovators, you'll receive:

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• Research-based, accessible online curriculum (see below)

• Live workshops each month where you'll meet experts in the social enterprise and nonprofit world, including foundation leaders, fundraising professionals, and founders (every 1st Saturday from Oct.-May, from 9-10am PST).

• Templates, tips, and tools to help you set up a successful nonprofit or social venture

• Personalized feedback on your strategic plan

• The opportunity to pitch your project for funding at Global Pitch (Feb. 11th)

• Optional add-on: Edit + review of your first grant by a grant-writing professional

• Optional add-on: 1:1 coaching sessions over the course of the program to support you in building your venture

curriculum:

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• STRATEGY: Visioning, developing SMART goals, strategic planning, and proof of concept validation (all rooted in Stanford's Design Thinking process)

• BRAND: Design fundamentals in logo and website design, social media strategy, communications, and video-based storytelling

• LEGAL: Building a board, setting up a legal entity, applying for 501(c)3 status and trademarks

• FUNDRAISING: Measuring impact, creating an organizational budget, grant-writing, sponsorships, and donor cultivation

• RELATIONSHIPS: Engaging board and volunteers, building partnerships, team management, managing donors and stakeholders, Non-Violent Communication (NVC) core skills and training

• VALUES: Examining intersectionality of social justice issues, defining organizational values and ethics

• GROWTH: Building confidence and resilience, mindfulness training, self-care tools, and weekly reflection exercises

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