ANNUAL REPORT
Cause Collective's mission is to strengthen nonprofits to better serve the community through collaboration, education, and advocacy. Click on the below headings to see an overview of our achievements in the 2025-26 fiscal year, broken down by the three areas of our mission statement.
Collaboration
"I recently began looking for an opportunity to re-engage with community organizations and contribute toward keeping Lincoln a thriving place. Through the Cause Collective board match, I was able to find an organization with open board positions whose mission I believe strongly in (The Bridge Behavioral Health). I have found it to be an even more amazing experience than I expected.“
-Cathy Kottwitz, Guiderock Realty LLC
Cause Collective Radio
Cause Collective worked with KZUM 89.3 FM to air 51 episodes of Cause Collective radio.
Member outreach events
Cause Collective helped organize a total of 5 member outreach events, providing opportunities for 46 agencies (duplicated) to advertise their services to the community.
Networking events
Cause Collective organized or partnered on 3 networking events, with over 77 attendees.
Member meetings
Cause Collective hosted 10 monthly member meetings, with 514 attendees.
Newsletters
Cause Collective sent a total of 60 newsletters to member agency staff and the greater Lincoln community.
Education
"The Leadership Training series, hosted by Cause Collective, gave me concrete information to apply in guiding our organization. It helped me to understand the importance of certain aspects of my role as a leader from a fresh perspective."
-Ann Seacrest, Executive Director, MilkWorks
Trainings
Cause Collective organized 18 trainings, including general trainings, Volunteer Coordinator Council trainings, and Case Management trainings. These trainings pulled in over 324 registrants!
Executive Director Roundtables
Cause Collective hosted 12 monthly ED Roundtables, bringing together 48 attendees.
Board 101 Trainings
Cause Collective led 31 free Board 101 Trainings for member agencies and corporate sponsors.
Skill Share program
Cause Collective made 37 connections for member agency staff through our Skill Share program.
Advocacy
“Cause Collective's Nebraska Nonprofit Lobby Day 2022 was immensely helpful. As a new nonprofit Executive Director, I found the training to be relevant, practical, and applicable regarding a critical part of my role - the art of advocating for public funds in support of important community work. I'll attend again!”
-Dr. Julie Murray-Jensen, Executive Director, The Foundry/nonprofit hub
Elected official guests
Cause Collective hosted a total of 10 elected official guests at member meetings.
Nonprofit Lobby Day
Cause Collective organized and hosted its sixth annual Nebraska Nonprofit Lobby Day in 2026 with11 registrants.
Highlights
Membership growth
Cause Collective welcomed 24 new members, bringing total membership up to 176.
Total numbers
Cause Collective held a total of 226 events and activities and served a total of 1271.
NAM Best Practices Partner
Cause Collective renewed its Nonprofit Association of the Midlands' Guidelines and Principles Best Practices Partnership seal.
Platinum Seal of Transparency
Cause Collective maintained its Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid.
