Moving into the Future

CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
WINTER 2010
S T R O N G
N O N P R O F I T S
S T R O N G
Moving into the
Future
As a leader in
management support
services, the Center must
remain authentic by
demonstrating that which
we teach: best practices in nonprofit excellence and
long-term viability. Over the last four years, the
Center has looked carefully at its organization
design, service offerings, pricing and impact. We
are acutely aware that we need a new vision for the
future and a new set of strategies that will position
us as the management leader in the years that lie
ahead.
In order to accomplish these objectives, it is time for
the Center to undergo another strategic planning
consultation. Many organizations begin a new year
in planning mode. The Center is no different. As
we encourage our client agencies to come to us as
B U I L D
C O M M U N I T I E S
Bringing Hope to Families in Need
Thanks to the ARRA Loan Fund
Michael and Priscilla have always worked hard to provide the best for their
children. So when tough economic conditions forced them out of their home
and left them jobless, their world turned upside-down. The couple with their
four boys, David, Donald, Joshua and Skyler weren’t sure where to turn. Every
shelter they came across threatened to separate their family, which was simply
not an option.
Fortunately, Michael, Priscilla and their
sons have found hope at the Arlington Life
Shelter. A long-time member of the Center
for Nonprofit Management, the Arlington Life
Shelter (ALS) provides an emergency shelter,
transitional housing and employment services
for homeless men, women and children.
(cont. on page 4)
Michael and Priscilla with their sons David,
Donald, Joshua and Skyler.
Nonprofits Face Uphill Battle in 2011
When the 82nd Texas Legislature took session in Austin on January 11, 2011,
the budget shortfall was predicted to be $20-$25 billion. Nonprofits face
unprecedented cuts in funding, as well as a long road ahead to increase the
understanding of the needs of the community and the importance of our work.
KPMG, to power us through our strategic planning
Nationally, Congress saw an influx of new faces brought in by the midterm
elections and confronts growing pressure to cut spending to bring down the
national debt. These changes, in turn, could have a big impact on programs
that affect charities and the people they serve.
process and help us create the vision and goals that
According to Philanthropy World, the nonprofit world can expect a few things :
the external partner in facilitating their strategic
planning, we have engaged an outside partner,
will guide us for the next three to five years. We
are grateful to this industry giant for supporting
our request for a pro bono consultation and are
looking with great anticipation to how this work
will impact our decisions and plans for the future.
(cont. on page. 2)
• Understanding of nonprofits may be low. Voters sent 93 new members
to the House, the largest freshman class in many years. Some nonprofit
advocates are already trying to educate the newcomers about their priorities.
• Federal aid will decrease. House and Senate members will take a hard
line on spending and may cut the federal budget to levels not seen in several
years. (cont. on page 2)
Nonprofits Face Uphill Battle in 2011
(Cont. from page 1)
In 2010, the Center celebrated its 30th
(Cont. from page 1)
anniversary as an agency committed to
improving the performance and impact of
nonprofits in the North Texas area. As we
think about the next 30 years, we believe that
the work we will undertake with our staff,
board, stakeholders and KPMG partners
will cause us to be an even more effective agent
for change, impact and excellence within the
nonprofit sector.
We are looking back with appreciation for
a rich history, continuing to deliver on a
meaningful mission today, and making plans
to undergo any changes that will be necessary
to insure a bright and sustainable future. We
couldn’t do this without your generous support,
and for that we are truly grateful.
Cynthia B. Nunn, President
On the state level, there are several suggested solutions for the budget
shortfall: cut spending significantly; raise state taxes and user fees (like
increased taxes on alcohol and tobacco or introducing new revenue sources
such as legalized gambling); or raid the state’s “rainy day fund” now in
reserve. As Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO) explains,
there are relatively few places to look for big spending cuts because a very
few state agencies comprise most of the state’s discretionary budget: public
education appropriations; the state’s cost of Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance; prisons; and highways.
The proposed House budget includes a “cuts-only” strategy with a 27% cut to
state programs and services. Because the budget shortfall is so large, the
Center for Public Policy Priorities and others have stressed what the impact of
a cuts-only strategy could mean for schools, jobs and the economy, and have
called for a more balanced approach including spending cuts, using reserves
and some new taxes.
In past years, government budget cutters have looked to the nonprofit
sector to fill the gaps left where government has withdrawn programs and
funding, however nonprofits need to be prepared to explain why this is not
realistic given uncertain economic times. The Texas nonprofit sector will
suffer unprecedented budget cuts at a time when we all face unprecedented
demands for our services.
Organizations like Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO) and
the United Way of Texas are leading the public policy effort to advocate
for nonprofit issues with legislators. All nonprofits and the people who
support them can and should share their stories with legislators about the
consequences of the budget cuts and how it will impact the communities they
serve. We cannot say for sure what the impact of changes to our legislature
will be, but we know we must be more vigilant and active to have our voices
heard in support of the nonprofit sector and the people they serve in North
Texas.
Help support our work by making a gift today!
The Center relies on YOU to be able to
provide our services to build strong nonprofits.
We thank you for your support and partnership
in this vital work!
Visit www.cnmdallas.org to donate online now.
Nonprofits Receive Real Estate Certification
On January 27, 2011, twenty-five organizations completed the
required modules for the new Nonprofit Real Estate
Certificate program. The program offered by the Center for
Nonprofit Management in partnership with The Real Estate
Council (TREC) featured a special series of 2-hour workshops
on the most important real estate issues for nonprofits.
The program launched in September with the Real Estate
Overview. Other topics presented were: Becoming a Savvy
Tenant, Buyer or Seller; Demographics, Geography & Politics;
Lessons Learned from Construction; and Finding the Money.
Nonprofit Real Estate Certificate program attendees.
CENTER CHAMPIONS
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Many thanks to the individuals, corporations and foundations whose generous suppor t helps fund the
Center’s mission. All donors will be recognized in our annual report.
American Airlines
American Red Cross - Dallas Area Chapter
Anonymous
Sherri Ansley
Association Works
AT&T
Bachendorf’s
George W. Baldwin
Balfour Beatty Construction
Bank of America
Bank of Texas
Henry Bashore
Baylor Health Care System
Ron Bergstrom
Phyllis and Richard Bernstein
Big Thought
BKD, LLP
Rebecca Bright
Michael Brophy
Buca Di Beppo
Kay Burke
Barbara S. Cambridge
Camp Summit, Inc.
Capital One
Curtis G. Carlson
Bruce Carnohan
Citi
CitySquare
Reginald D. Cobb
Marty and Russ Coleman
Thomas M. Collins
Comerica Bank
Communities Foundation of Texas
Barbara Cottrell
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Anne C. Crews
Nancy and Barry Crossman
Crossroads Community Services
Chris Culak
Betsy and Bennett Cullum
Sandy and Jim Cureton
Dallas Children’s Theater
Dallas LIFE - Ministering To the Homeless
The Dallas Morning News
Janet and Wyatt Davis
Shea Davis
Roslyn Dawson Thompson and Rex Thompson
Janice and Peter DeLisle
Deloitte
Nancy B. Dent
Dikita Enterprises, Inc.
John W. Dornheim
Julia A. Dunn
Gwen and Leldon Echols
ECOM Foundation
Education is Freedom
Foundation
Kelly and Blake Edwards
Katie and Glen Edwards
Beth Elias
Embrey Family Foundation
Ernst & Young
Galen Evans
Executives in Action
Exhale Spa at Hotel Palomar
ExxonMobil
Rick Felts
Fidelity Investments
Shelley Field
Fossil Inc
Toria Frederick
Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP
Judy and Jim Gibbs
Michael Gibson
Girls Inc of Tarrant County
Green Oaks Hospital
Kristin and Roger Harkins
Darrell Harris CPA
Rue and Tuck Henry
Anne and Rick Herrscher
Hiatus Spa + Retreat
Hillcrest Foundation, founded by Mrs. W. W. Caruth. Sr.
Hilton Anatole Hotel
The Hoglund Foundation
Emily Horner
Blair B. Hudson
Hunton & Williams
Impel Management Services
Irving Healthcare Foundation
Brenda Louise Jackson
Cher and David Jacobs
Mary Jalonick
Mary Ellen and Eugene Jericho
Joyce M. Johnson
Jubilee Park and Community Center
Junior League of Plano
JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa
Charlotte Keany
Laura and Guy Kellogg
Karen Kennedy
Sara Kite
Ashlee and Chris Kleinert
Connie Kleinert
Nancy and Carl Klinke
Jonathan C. Knopf
KPMG, LLP
Cynthia Wilson Krause
Karen Kurtin
Lakewood Country Club
Ellen G. Lasser
Valerie Lawlor
Anne P. Leary
Lebowitz Family Foundation
Everett L. Ledet
Chad A. Leopard
The Lightner Sams
Foundation, Inc.
Caren Lock Hanson
Tim Long
Sarah and Alan Losinger
Louise W. Kahn Endowment Fund of The Dallas
Foundation
Chris Luna
Jennifer Lurkins
Sally C. Lutz
Bobby B. Lyle
Sue and Doug Maclay
Marty Marks
Mary Kay Inc.
Lynn McBee
Kevin G. McCann
Gail McCurry
James B. McCurry
Beth McGaw
Donald A. McKay
Ray A. McLeod
Lewis McMahan
Sally and Ted McPherson
Robert W. Meachum
The Meadows Foundation
Patricia and Curtis Meadows
Medical Clinic of North Texas
Feriale Millen
Mission Research
Mitchell & McCue, RLLP
My Private Driver
Thomas B. Nenninger
Cynthia and Andrew Nunn
John P. Olsson
Oncor
Geraldine and Wade Owens
Winfield Padgett
Sheryl and John Paul
Bruce Pauley
William D. Peeples
Alan Jay Perkins
Perot Foundation
Perry’s Steakhouse
Paula Peters
Dan S. Petty
Planned Living Assistance Network of North Texas, Inc.
Steven D. Poole
Adam Powell
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Von C. Purdy
Manzar J. Rad
Maggie Radford
Douglas R. Rekerdres
Rick Resnick
Riney Palter, PLLC
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas
Ruth C. & Charles S. Sharp Foundation, Inc.
Leslie Sabbath
Salmon Sims Thomas CPA’s
Sam Santiago
Landon Schale
William L. Schilling
Ann and Mark Schooler
Kurt Schwarz
Conner Searcy
Shared Housing Center, Inc.
Warren H. Skea
Kent Skipper
Sue and Charles Sloan
Tracey Smedley
Andy Smith
Ryan Smith
Social Impact Architects
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas
Katy and Ryan Spicer
Robin and Karl Springer
Sandra K. Stevens
Kathleen Shannon Stone
Target
Texas Health Resources
Texas Instruments
Texas Loves Children
The Clampitt Foundation
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
The Spencer Company
Gregory Thomisee
Debbie and John C. Tolleson
TriNet
TXU Energy
UCP of North Texas
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
United Way of Southeastern Michigan
United Way of Tarrant County
Lou Valdes
Verizon
Victory Search Group
Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless
Peter S. Vogel
Joan Vogt
W.P. & Bulah Luse Foundation
Wells Fargo
Ava Washington
Cassandra C. Washington
Leigh Anne Watson
Fran and Phil White
Elizabeth and Hunter Williams
Winstead, PC
Richard Wyatt
Sheryl and Phillip Wylie
Rebecca Young
Regional Trainings Provided Throughout Texas
In an effort to reach under-served and/or rural areas,
OneStar Foundation sponsored a series of courses taught by the
Center for Nonprofit Management throughout the state.
The Effective Nonprofit Practices: Increasing Funders’ Confidence
in your Organization series provided a strategic opportunity for
nonprofit leaders to gain an increased awareness of critical
principles that funders look for in effective governance and ethical
practices of nonprofit organizations.
The 3-part Certificate Series covered the 33 principles discussed
in the Independent Sector’s Panel on the Nonprofit Sector’s
“Principles of Good Governance and Ethical Practice”. Half-day
session topics included: Strong Financial Oversight; Legal
Compliance, Public Disclosure & Effective Governance; and Responsible Fundraising.
The Center provided the 3-part trainings in seven different cities in
Fall 2010 including: Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso, Sherman,
Tyler and Waco. We partnered with more than a dozen organizations
and trained over 500 participants.
Students at the training in Sherman.
*Amarillo
*Sherman
*Dallas
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Abilene
*Tyler
*El Paso
*Waco
Bringing Hope to Families Thanks to the ARRA Loan Fund
(cont. from page 1) Thanks to the ALS, Michael, Priscilla and their family received
warm beds, hot meals and so much more. The couple has found steady jobs and
the boys are earning better grades in school than ever before. And now they are in a
home of their own, thanks to the shelter’s transitional housing program.
Michael credits his family’s success story to the Arlington Life Shelter, but success like
this may not have been possible without a loan received from the Center for Nonprofit
Management’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Loan Fund.
Due to the reimbursement nature of the government stimulus funding ALS received,
the agency was unable to implement their housing programming without the up-front
cash. The loan from the ARRA Loan Fund provided operating capital to bridge the gap
David, Donald, Joshua and Skyler
until reimbursements from the government stimulus funds were received.
“In order to house people immediately, we must be able to pay for rent, deposits, utilities and more, but it was taking
3-6 months to be reimbursed by the government,” said Becky Orander, Executive Director of the Arlington Life Shelter.
“ALS would not have been able to run the Rapid Rehousing program if we didn’t have the ARRA loan funds available.
With the loan funding, we have the ability to meet the need of the clients and bring more people into the program.”
Not only did the loan allow them to continue operating the housing program, it prevented the need to make cuts to
other programs and allowed the organization to continue operating at a high capacity. “You can look at the whole
big picture for the agency,” said Orander. “If we had not had the assistance, we would have had to pull money away
from other services, pull away from employment services, cut back on up-keep of the shelter. Without the help to get
through the cash flow issue, it would have impacted everything the agency does.”
Orander and the Arlington Life Shelter thank the Center for Nonprofit Management and the funders that made the
ARRA Loan Fund available for keeping their programming alive and strong and hope that it will continue to be available
for years to come.
10th Anniversary A Night of Light Shines
On Friday, November 19, 2010, 700 guests from the business and philanthropic community
gathered at the Hilton Anatole to celebrate the nonprofit sector and its stars at the
10th Anniversary of A Night of Light, presented by Bank of America. Winners of the
Awards of Excellence were announced live at the event and each received $5,000 and an
etched crystal award from Tiffany & Co. We are especially grateful to our generous sponsors
and dynamic Chairs, Fran and Phil White. To view the list of sponsors and award winners,
visit www.ANightofLight.org.
Debbie Dennis and Chris Culak
Gwen and Leldon Echols
Phil and Fran White, A Night of Light Chairs
Curtis and Patricia Meadows with Mark and Ann Schooler
Alvian Marquez and Sam Santiago
Robert Miller, Mary Lee Hafley, Elise Longpree and Brent Christopher
Rue and Tuck Henry, and Becky Bright
Talmage Boston, David Timothy, A.K.A The SoupMan,
and Alan Perkins
Chad Leopard, Debbie Taylor and Cynthia Nunn
Barbara Elias-Perciful and Gillian Breidenbach
Center for Nonprofit Management
2902 Floyd Street
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Staff
Dallas, Texas 75204-5910
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www.cnmdallas.org
Nonprofit Org.
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Cynthia B. Nunn, President
Stacey Bruenning
LaRonza Carter
Camille Davis
Katie Edwards
Tanya Fludd
Patty Gutierrez
Tanya Hubbard
Maria Hunter
Mary Jones
Charlotte Keany
Sara L. Kite
Rachel Leventon
Sally Lutz
Pat McCombs
Connie Nesby
Bill Peeples
Shana Risinger
Joel Rothermel
Sally Shank
Ryan Smith
Katy Spicer
Board Member Highlight
The Center is thrilled to welcome Caswell (Cass)
O. Robinson, Jr. to the board of directors. Cass is
President of Commercial Banking, Park Cities Banking
Group, with Bank of Texas; as well as a graduate of
Leadership Dallas, Class of 2003; a past member of
the Dallas Theological Seminary President’s Council;
and a member of the SMU Cox School of Business
MBA Advisory Board. Cass is also active on the board of The Family Place where he serves as
Treasurer. He received his BBA in Finance with The University of Texas
at Austin and his MBA at Southern Methodist University. Cass and his
wife Sara have two children and reside in Highland Park in Dallas.
CENTER BOARD MEMBERS
Board Members:
Fran Eichorst
Andy Smith
Wade Owens, Chair
Hilda Galvan
Ava Washington
Chad Leopard, Vice Chair
Caren Lock Hanson
Bobby B. Lyle, Ex-Officio
George Baldwin, Treasurer
Kristin Jordan Harkins
Leslie Sabbath, Secretary
Karen Kennedy
Joyce Campbell
Cynthia Wilson Krause
Curtis Carlson
Kevin McCann
Martha Crandall Coleman
Sandy McKay
Gwen P. Echols
Caswell O. Robinson
Remembering a Good Friend
Daniel (Dan) Sherman Petty came to the Center in 2006, offering
an opportunity for the Center and the North Texas Commission to
work collaboratively to expand the capacity of the region to address
community issues.
Dan believed that one great way to
accomplish this goal was to have both
organizational leaders serve on each
other’s boards in an ex-officio capacity.
During the next four years, Dan Petty and
Cynthia Nunn supported each other’s
organizations through specific committee
responsibilities and opened valuable dialogue
around community issues that allowed both
organizations to work in harmony to address
the needs of the North Texas region.
Cynthia & Dan at a recent
reception
For the Center, Dan was a friend who
attended meetings and events, shared his wisdom, and expanded our
community networks in ways that positively impacted our mission.
Dan invested in our work and in himself as a leader through the
Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program, a partnership with Southern
Methodist University, from which he graduated in 2008. In our personal
conversations, Dan was always looking for ways to strengthen
his leadership game and was looking to the future with great
anticipation of creating even more opportunities to serve the
people and organizations that make up the nonprofit sector.
This giant of a man with a gentle soul will be deeply missed by the
Center’s board and staff members. He will be remembered as a man
who made things happen through a quiet yet persuasive personality
and who used his intellect and commitment to support causes in
which he believed.