Social Sector Partners
Healthy, vibrant, and just communities require a strong and sustainable social sector.
Social Sector Partners provides a range of training and workshops for both nonprofit leaders and funders to help build the capacity, financial sustainability and impact of community based organizations.
Funder Workshops
Helping grantmakers leverage their assets to support nonprofit sustainability and outcomes.
Nonprofit Training
Building the financial, fundraising, and adaptive capacities of social sector organizations.
Financial Analysis
Helping funders and nonprofit leaders understand the key drivers of financial sustainability.
Social Sector Partners provides a range of workshops, webinars and in-person training for funders, nonprofit leaders, board members and staff. Any training can be customized or adapted for the specific needs of your organization. We offer webinars, 60-90 minute presentations, half-day workshops or full-day training.
Workshops & Trainings for Grantmakers
Equity, Full Cost & Impact
How can funders best support equity, inclusive economies and opportunity for all when grantees are struggling to keep their doors open? To move the needle on these vital issues, it is not just about WHAT you fund, but HOW you fund.
Strategic Grantmaking: Beyond the Grant
Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success, Impact Investing, Hybrids, B-Corps, PRIs, MRIs, Social Entrepreneurship. Just what exactly is all this buzz about? In many ways, it is ultimately about increasing the size of the pie. It is about thinking of new ways to attract more money from either the private sector or government to address the challenges we are facing in our local communities. How can nonprofits develop new and innovative approaches that increase impact? How can funders better leverage their assets to drive mission outcomes?
“David was fantastic. I am in NO WAY a numbers guy or spreadsheet interpreter – I actually “got it” from their user-friendly presentations!”
“David is a highly engaging speaker. He is energetic, funny, and very informative. He made a somewhat inaccessible subject very approachable.”
“David Greco was an amazing speaker – inspirational and informative.”
“Great as always. David Greco makes financial analysis accessible and less intimidating for us non-finance/accounting folks.”
“I have heard David Greco’s talk before and I learn something every time. I love his energy, his humor, and he makes me want to run to the office and get out 990s to do some financial analysis and liquidity ratios – yay!”
Nonprofit Training, Workshops & Webinars
101: Nonprofit Financial Sustainability & Impact
This interactive and engaging workshop will help social sector leaders understand the key pieces of financial data that are critical to making better, more informed decisions that drive organizations sustainability. Featuring real world case studies and small group work, this workshop will increase the comfort level of nonprofit leaders in reading and interpreting nonprofit financial statements and will enhance their ability to communicate their financial needs to their supporters, funders, and board.
201: Think Money First: Building Adaptive Capacity
Instead of hoping for the ‘new normal’, nonprofit leaders need to focus on adaptability. How can social sector organizations adapt to the continually evolving needs of their clients, communities, and philanthropic partners? George Floyd, Covid, the war in Ukraine – none of these were expected and nonprofits were left scrambling to respond to these sudden challenges. This engaging presentation will help leaders better understand what it takes to be an adaptive organization and how to be ready to lead – rather than simply react – to the next crisis.
Financial Analysis & Due Diligence
Grantmaking Due Diligence
Helping grantmakers assess the financial health as well as the business and investment needs of their grantees. It is not about whether to fund or not, but how to structure your support in a way that drives both mission outcomes along with ensuring the financial sustainability of your nonprofit partners.
Nonprofit Financial Analysis
Finance is about decision making. What financial data are you using to help drive decisions? Typically, most of the financial data we have available is designed for tax and compliance purposes not for strategic decision making. What you and your board need to know is not the same as what the IRS or state attorney general needs to know. To get to the key pieces of data that matter to your financial sustainability, you have to know where to look on your financials and understand what those numbers mean.
Our financial analysis will help uncover not only the organization’s programmatic revenue needs but also identify the organizations capacity, liquidity and reserves needs so leadership can make an informed decision about how best to ensure financial sustainability and impact.
