Capacity Building - Nevada GrantLab

Capacity Building

Capacity building empowers nonprofits to do their best work. At Nevada GrantLab, our Learning & Professional Development program focuses on equipping nonprofits with the essential skills required to effectively secure and manage grant resources. Our offerings include workshops, immersive learning experiences, and comprehensive guides to help professionals enhance their skills, ultimately benefiting underserved communities throughout Southern Nevada and driving lasting, meaningful change.

Learning Experiences

Our immersive learning experiences are designed to offer deep, hands-on learning over an extended period. Programs feature expert instructors who provide a dynamic learning environment filled with informative lessons, practical activities, and engaging discussions. The immersive approach fosters a deep connection to the content, ensuring that professionals not only gain knowledge but also actively integrate it into their work.

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Get on Board: Leadership Development for Board Success

A 5-month, cohort-based board leadership program designed to strengthen nonprofit boards in Southern Nevada by expanding the pipeline of values-driven, community-focused professionals ready for board service and strengthening the effectiveness of first-year board members.

Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professionals (CNAP) Essentials

Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP) Essentials is a three-day training led by nationally recognized experts from BDO that equips nonprofit professionals with the knowledge, skills, and best practices needed for effective financial management.

Evaluating What Matters

Evaluating What Matters: Using Data for Insight and Impact is a four-part, half-day interactive workshop designed to help Southern Nevada nonprofits strengthen their ability to collect, manage, analyze, and use data to improve programs and demonstrate impact. Through a blend of practical instruction and hands-on learning, participants will apply concepts directly to their own programs and existing data.

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ALIGN Fellowship: Powered by Proximity

A 9-month, cohort-based fellowship for nonprofit leaders with lived experience in the communities they serve.

GrantLab teaches Write Once, Write Often workshop.

Write Once, Win Often

Over the course of three weeks, Write Once, Win Often helps nonprofits develop a robust, reusable set of narrative content that addresses the core questions funders ask about mission, programming, outcomes, and operations. You’ll leave with a master template you can adapt for future grant applications with confidence.

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Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) Prep Program

Designed for experienced grant writers, our GPC Prep Program is an 8-month, cohort-based pathway to GPC certification. Through weekly peer-led study sessions and financial support for exam fees, participants gain the confidence needed to succeed.

Resource Library

Grant Writing

Guides & Toolkits

A Guide to Charitable Grant Opportunities in Southern Nevada

Should We Consider Federal Grants?

Federal Grant Readiness Rubric

Bid/No Bid Analysis

Logic Model Dev Guide

Needs Statement Toolkit

3 Steps to Lay the Groundwork for a High-Scoring Federal Grant Application

Distinguishing Between Allowable and Unallowable Costs

8 Best Practices for Developing a High-Scoring Federal Grant Budget

The 3 Must-Have Core Components of Every Federal Grant Budget

9-Step Guide to search and view Nevada organizations with current federal awards.

Integrating Evidence Based Practices Into A Grant Application

Post-Award Toolkit

4 Major Post-Award Compliance Requirements

Templates

Letter of Support Template

Subgrant Agreement Template

Webinars & Podcasts

Learning to Love Your Logic Model

People & Culture

HR & Policy

Finding, Hiring and Engaging New Team Members

Guide to Policy Making

Sample Whistleblower Policy

Leadership Development

Fund the People Toolkit

Tools & Methodologies to Assess Organizational Culture and Take Action

Scaling Organizational and Leadership Structure in a Fast Growth Environment

How to Identify Leaders Using the Performance Potential Matrix

Making the Case for Investing in Your Greatest Asset: Non-Profit People

Scenario Planning in Times of Crisis

Board Leadership

Board & ED Relationship Scenario Planning (in times of crisis)

Financial Leadership for Boards

Finance

Financial Planning & Budgeting

Telling Your Financial Story to Different Audiences

Cash Flow Planning Workbook

Nonprofit Revenue Types

Building Multiple Revenue Sources

Equitable Budgeting for Nonprofits

Supplanting Guide Sheet

Compliance & Tools

Quickbooks Online

Single Audit Survival Kit

Quid Pro Quo Donations

Understanding True Program Costs

Data Management & Evaluation

Data Management

5 Ways to Simplify Your Data Practices

5 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make With Data

Quick Guide to Data Management Plans

Evaluation & Impact Measurement

Evaluation and Measurement of Outcomes

Impact Measurement: to measure your nonprofit’s impact

Examples of nonprofit annual reports

Creating Your Nonprofit Annual Report

Bridgespan Group: A Practical Guide to Nonprofit Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning

Fundraising & Donor Stewardship

Fundraising 101

Compassion Capital Fund: Building Multiple Revenue Sources

Network for Good: How to Create a Fundraising Plan

Network for Good: Fundraising Plan Template. 7 easy steps to identify your priorities.

Network for Good: Quick Guide to Donor Acquisition

CCS Fundraising: 2025 Philanthropy Survey

Bank of America: 2025 Giving

Donor Stewardship

CCS Fundraising: 8 Donor Stewardship Best Practices

Fundraising Academy: Donor Stewardship: Follow-up that Fosters loyalty.

Partnerships & Collaboration

Understanding Collaboration

RBW Strategy: The Importance of Partnership and Collaboration in the Non-profit Sector

La Piana: The Collaborative Map

Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Impact Collaborative. A new nonprofit alliance model

NFF Nonprofit Finance Fund on Collaborations & Partnerships [Webinar]

Identifying Partners

California Community Foundation: How to Effectively Evaluate a Nonprofit

Standards of Excellence: Evaluating a Potential Partnership

Guides & Toolkits

Nonprofit Finance Fund: Workbook on Collaborations & Partnerships

Compassion Capital Fund: Partnerships: Frameworks for Working Together

Policy & Advocacy

Advocacy & Lobbying

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Lobbyist

IRS Expenditure Test

NV Legislative Process: How A Bill Becomes A Law

Webinars & Podcasts

Nonprofit Everything Podcast– Lobbying and Advocacy episode with expert April Mastroluca

Inclusive communication: An introduction to the vocabulary of the disability community

Foster an Inclusive Culture for Your LGBTQ+ Staff and Partners

Inclusion & Accessibility

Engaging Grantees on DEI