Nonprofit Partnerships Training
“This program was stellar in all respects. The instructors, speakers, and mentors were always available and very supportive to help us in mastering the material to structure a grant that would meet the high standards of the County of San Diego. The content was challenging but highly comprehensive... The group format of like-minded individuals was inspirational, motivational, and very conducive to learning.”
Supporting small nonprofits, minority-owned businesses, and their teams throughout the county to attain sustainability and achieve growth.
Through training and hands-on technical assistance aimed at reducing barriers to business success, RISE cultivates the role of participating organizations in becoming models for equitable workforce principles and pipelines for employment, economic development, and resident leadership within the communities they serve. These training sessions and technical assistance opportunities are made possible by partners such as the County of San Diego, the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, and The San Diego Foundation.
Monthly Training Sessions
RISE offers a series of open entry/open exit trainings at no cost to staff, board, and volunteers from nonprofits and small minority-owned businesses located throughout the County who are interested in building their personal and organizational capacity to more effectively carry out their missions and ensure the sustainability of their organizations. Our diverse team of experienced and highly-knowledgeable training facilitators provides participants with information and resources in an interactive, online setting on a variety of topics important to organizational success, including:
Board, staff, and volunteer development
Consensus building
Data and evaluation
Fiscal management
Fundraising, grant writing, and grants management
Marketing and social media
Networking
Partnering and collaboration
Performance management
Succession planning
Technical Assistance
RISE and The Prep Institute offer hands-on technical assistance courses for smaller emerging or recently established nonprofits and businesses seeking to learn how to develop and implement a business or strategic plan, or how to successfully respond to and manage a contract with the County of San Diego.
Representatives from participating organizations form a cohort that meets regularly to hone their strategic thinking and strategic planning skills, which are put into practice as they build and implement their business and strategic plans and develop the required proposal components when navigating the contracting Request for Proposals (RFP) process. These group training sessions are complemented by technical assistance coaching, where participants work one-on-one with business development and program design and assessment coaches to delve into the work.
Technical assistance courses range in length from 6- to 9 months and are offered free of charge to participants.
Participating organizations in our technical assistance program serve communities throughout the county through a variety of programs and services, which have included:
Community health and wellness
Youth mentoring and education
Neighborhood and community groups
Arts and culture organizations
Our participants offer programming for a diverse cross-section of San Diego residents, including refugee and immigrant communities from East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East; homeless and unsheltered community members; home caregivers; artists and creatives; families with children experiencing medical crises; girls and young women of color; individuals and families seeking counseling and mental health services; and more.
“Being able to work with and learn from the other participants in this program enriched my experience and I am very glad that this RISE program provided us with the space to learn about each other and our companies. All of this made for an invaluable experience for my LLC, but also a very personally enriching and educational experience too. ”
Our Nonprofit Partnerships Partners
Our Training Facilitators
