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Job Alert: Membership and Volunteer Coordinator

The Green Mountain Club is hiring a Membership and Volunteer Coordinator.  Apply by March 18. The Green Mountain Club, a nonprofit hiking organization headquartered in Waterbury Center, maintains and protects Vermont’s Long Trail. GMC seeks a friendly, energetic, computer-savvy professional with excellent organization, time management, and communications skills. Responsibilities include membership recruitment and retention, database management, event coordination, [...]

National Council of Nonprofits Discusses How the ATRA Deal Affects Nonprofits

Thanks to the National Council of Nonprofits for sending out this information in their Nonprofit Advocacy Matters newsletter. New Legislation Resolves Only Part of Fiscal Cliff Crises With the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”) on New Year’s Day, Congress and the President have averted part, but certainly not all, of [...]

Funding Alert: General Mills Foundation Funds Youth Nutrition and Fitness Programs

This funding opportunity comes to us from GrantStation. The Champions for Healthy Kids program is a partnership of the General Mills Foundation, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation, and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. The goal of the program is to encourage U.S. communities to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of [...]

Video: The Board Member’s Easier Than You Think Guide to Nonprofit Finances

This program was originally recorded on April 17, 2012 at the CCTV studios in Burlington Finance Phobia is more than a malady for America’s nonprofit organizations, and especially the board members governing these 1,017,000 organizations. A new book has just been published to cure Finance Phobia. It’s called The Board Member’s Easier Than You Think [...]

Protected: Attendee List for RBA 201 Training

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Job Alert: Green Mountain Farm to School Seeks Food Hub Manager

Our thanks to Katherine Sims, Executive Director of Green Mountain Farm to School in Newport for sending us this job announcement!  We’d love to help your organization find the next great addition to your team and encourage nonprofits with openings to contact coordinator@commongoodvt.org with future job openings, news stories, upcoming events, or other information to [...]

News: VT Candidate Filing Deadline Passes; Full Slate Now Available

With the deadline for prospective candidates for seats in the November election having come and gone, we now have a comprehensive list of ALL of the registered candidates.  This list comes to us courtesy of the Office of the Secretary of State and we thank Secretary Condos and his staff for providing this thorough list–we’ll [...]

News: People’s United Community Foundation Donates Over $26k to VT Organizations

This announcement was sent to Common Good VT by Brittany McGregor from the People’s United Community Foundation.  Our thanks to Brittany and her team for sharing the great news and a reminder to email coordinator@commongoodvt.org or call Eli Harrington at 802.862.1645 x21 with news for the VT nonprofit community! VERMONT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...]

Event: June NetSquared Meetup–Locavore 2.0, Food & Tech Entrepreneurs

June NetSquared Meetup: Locavore 2.0: Food + Tech Entrepreneurs When:  Wednesday, June 27 6:00 p.m. Where:  Maglianero Cafe 47 Maple St. Burlington, VT. What: Food startups are an emerging sector of the tech economy, with a growing number of entrepreneurs using the power of the internet to reshape how the food ecosystem works. Join Burlington [...]

News: Createathon Sponsors Marketing Makeover Contest for Nonprofits

This announcement was sent to us directly from Will Weatherly at Createathon.  Our thanks to Will and his team for sharing this great opportunity with Common Good VT and the Vermont nonprofit community (NPVT)!  For inquiries about this contest, contact Teresa Coles at Teresa@riggspartners.com or on the phone at 803.799.5972. A reminder to our friends [...]