For Foundations
Nonprofit workers are in crisis.
Nonprofit leaders nationwide are grappling with staff burnout. In April of 2023 the National Council of Nonprofits surveyed 1,600+ nonprofits. Results showed that 50% reported stress and burnout as a top reason for staff vacancies. Funders are now being called on to provide support to their grantee partners.
WE’RE BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM OF FUNDERS THAT…
Invest in staff support and organizational development
Funders 101
A 90 minute educational program
for funders and grantmakers.
Increase knowledge of the nonprofit burnout crisis by reviewing the National Council of Nonprofits and the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Surveys
Practice evidence-based skills such as gratitude and mindfulness to build meaningful and trust-based relationships
Learn five essential ingredients for building a healthy organizational culture from our comprehensive burnout prevention program: Connected Cultures
Gain a deeper understanding of the benefits of investing in organizational culture and recommendations for what Funders can do to support their grantees in building a healthy work culture
Our Programs For Grantee
Organizations
01.
Connection Trainings
Professional development programs that equip leaders with the skills and knowledge to build healthy workplaces (90 minutes).
Social Connection @ Work
Workplace Mental Health & Well-being
Team Building
02.
Connected Cultures
A comprehensive workplace mental health and well-being program that prevents burnout. Through 12 hours of live training, leaders learn and implement five essential ingredients for building organizational culture.
FIVE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS ↓
01. Leadership Framework
Leaders learn the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-being, a comprehensive leadership model that centers worker voice and equity
02. Work Health Survey
Our in-depth questionnaire provides leaders with tangible data to better understand staff well-being, identify drivers of burnout, and assess areas of organizational growth
03. Work Culture Curriculum
Teams learn our emotional intelligence curriculum and practice 20+ mindfulness, resilience, and custom-built work culture skills
04. Culture-Building Meeting
We build a recurring weekly or bi-weekly 20-minute culture-building meeting where team members implement and practice our work culture curriculum
05. Resilience Team
We build a Resilience Team that consists of Resilience Ambassadors: internal workplace wellness leaders who support the long-term sustainability, evolution, and integration of Connected Cultures within the work environment
How to Deploy Our Programs to Grantees?
To individual organizations
For the network of grantees
As a cohort model where multiple leaders participate across grantee organizations
Case Study: Our Partnership with Our Minds Matter
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"I feel pretty confident in the fact that we're going to continue this. We already have our Resilience Ambassadors. They already have set the schedule for who’s responsible for what skills. It feels really good that we're walking away from this with a plan. My hesitancy was that this was going to just fall on me. And so I think in a really good surprising way, I feel very good about the fact that other people have taken on this leadership. Which feels really awesome."
— Lauren Anderson, Executive Director
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“It is possible — I'm a part of something that is working, and we're actively doing it. It's not like a dream or an idea that we have: treating each other with more compassion — we actually do it. On Wednesdays, we sit and intentionally talk about how we're doing it, which is really powerful, and I think that's one of my biggest takeaways. It reminded me of what is possible, which sometimes is hard to see because the world can feel hella bleak. It's just been a good, good reminder of, ‘I'm in the right place, we're all in the right place, and we're working towards the same goal.’ Alignment is very important to me and I hadn't felt alignment in a workplace in a really, really long time. So it feels nice to come to work and feel in alignment, but then also go home and still feel in alignment.”
— Mo Butler, Program Coordinator
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“It was helpful because it was like a forced stop, especially in the middle of the day, when we were going like 100 miles per hour, trying to get all these things done and checking things off the list. Coming into the session, I remember thinking ‘oh my gosh, all these things I need to get done before the end of the day.’ I had a hard time settling in at first, because my mind was all over, thinking about the to-do lists. But as we tossed the ball around and actually paid attention to what others were sharing, in some way that helped me slow down and not think about my tasks. Instead, I was able to focus on what was happening in the room with my coworkers and what was happening with me. So I do appreciate having a space built into our day just to reflect and connect. It’s helpful to know what's going on with my co-workers as well, so that I know, ‘oh wow, ok, I would have not known that this person is going through this or this happened to this person.’ So that was a great way to feel connected.”
— G Wei Ng, Director of Impact
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“I have so much to do, right? Always so much to do. That was a challenge. I vividly remember one of the Connected Culture trainings. It was right before our annual fundraising event. The energy in the room was like, ‘I can't believe we're taking an hour to do this right now.’ But then afterwards, it was like…. Ahhhhh. Of course. We needed this! We needed that hour in time. I think the hardest part was the resistance when things were really busy to prioritize time and space to be human. But always after the fact, it was worth it.”
— Laura Beth Levitt, Program Director
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“I think it creates a culture of connectedness, but also saying, ‘we value each other as people and we value the fact that we all have whole selves that we're bringing to work.’ It matters that we take time for shout outs, whether it's gratitude or pride, and it matters that we also make space for if things aren't going so great. I feel like there's always a space to be really vulnerable, once a week at work, which, although that sometimes is challenging, it’s really valuable. Especially if we're all having a rough week or we're all having a great week."
— Rachel Greenberg, Program Manager
Download the Connected Cultures Case Study
SPECIAL FEATURE
Connected Cultures was featured in Mental Health America’s 2022 Workplace Mental Health Toolkit.
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