Over the years, NNPRC has helped hundreds of non-profit organizations win grants, increase donor revenue, run major gift and capital campaigns, and build capacity. Here are a few stories:
Ivin’s Outreach Center was on the verge of closing its doors. This was a church supported community program, but the church no longer had the budget to support it, and the community program did not have the money to remain self-sustaining. With board development, marketing, sponsorship revenue, and event revenue, Stephen Forbus helped the organization redefine itself and become self-sustaining within six months.
Bensalem Senior Citizens Association was awarded $67,590 to remodel 5 activity spaces, convert two spaces into multipurpose activity spaces, add an internet cafe and Memory Cafe (a program for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease and their caregivers), and purchase a new electronic sign.
Welcoming the Stranger, a ministry with immigrants and refugees, had only raised $28,000 the year I began working with them. Within 10 months, NNPRC helped them get to $80,000 in grants and new donor income, and over a period of ten years helped them raise $1.1 million dollars. The organization grew from a $28,000 a year budget to a $10,000 a month budget.
Rimersburg Senior Center was awarded $39,380 to revitalize their center, start new programs, buy new computers, and build new community-based partnerships. The success of the Rimersburg Senior Center’s grant demonstrates that rural centers can and should develop their centers and their programs with the support of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, and their “competition” with larger centers in suburban and urban areas should not dissuade them from applying. Rimersburg has very limited resources, in a rural community of less than 900 people, with fewer than 40 center members, and in a town with no diversity. Their success is a blueprint for other rural centers interested in grant funding. Let us show you how.
Morrisville Senior Center was scheduled to be closed by county commissioners. The center was losing $2,000 a month and was six months away from being out of cash when NNPRC stepped in to help them. Within three months the client was back in the black. Within three years NNPRC helped them with almost $400,000 in new grant monies, program development, board development, partnership coordination, and marketing. The center feeds hundreds of seniors a week, and provides activities for seniors in a poor community.
National Alliance on Mental Illness – Bucks County Chapter had never had a fundraising event with more than 30 people in attendance. Using our model of donor acquisition and development, NAMI’s first event with us had over 200 people in attendance, and their annual giving program increased by more than 400%.
United Methodist Rural Advocates is a national group of pastors that advocate for the needs of rural churches. They had an annual budget of only $25,000, but within a few months of working with NNPRC had raised over $75,000 in a major gift campaign.
In the past two years we have helped the Ben Wilson Senior Activity Center (Warminster, PA) win over $100,000 in grant monies. This year, as part of Phase III of a three phased strategic plan, we were unsuccessful in asking for funding for our HVAC unit. We knew it would be a challenge because the lease specifically states that Warminster Township is responsible for the HVAC system, but the township just doesn’t have the money to replace an aging system. However, because we guarantee our work, we will help Ben Wilson apply for a new grant in the next cycle at no additional cost, and we will work with them on coming up with an idea that should win approval.