education

By providing nonprofits a variety of educational services throughout the year they become better and more efficient at running their business, and their services to the community improve. Cause Collective provides one-to-one learning opportunities, board trainings, support groups and formal group trainings by professionals in the community.  We may also be available to work directly with your agency to setup an in-house training for your staff.

Cause Collective provides our members with multiple avenues of educational support every year.  Our monthly meetings, training series and mentoring programs are listed below.

You can find a complete list of scheduled trainings, and all other events, on our events page.

Cause Collective has collected some online resources, policy samples and some basic information on local funders to help members get the help they need faster.



The Cause Collective Board 101 Training is a free 1 to 1.5 hour training for our member agencies. This presentation is a review of basic roles & responsibilities of a nonprofit board.
To request a training, click the link below to complete our request form.

Cause Collective's Skill Share program is a service for staff and the board at member nonprofits who are looking for one-on-one coaching. We connect them with a "Mentor" who can offer confidential mentoring.  We offer three categories of skill share:

• Skill Share

One hour, one session. The topic is prompted by the mentee.

• Skill Share Plus

Four hours of content divided into 2 - 3 sessions. This service provides a more in-depth technical assistance in areas we have available specialists that typically include HR, Financial and Technology.

• Skill Share Mentoring

One hour a month for six months. Generalized nonprofit professional development for those new to the sector or their role.

Each Cause Collective Member Meeting includes a time for member representatives to introduce themselves and share any announcements with the group, along with some Cause Collective business and a short educational presentation. They are monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 8:00, except July and December.

Cohort Programs

Cohort programs are developed on a 'as needed' basis and as we have funding.  Our most popular one is the Successful Transitions program facilitated by Ingrid Kirst.