In This Newsletter:

• NPW Affinity Groups & Events
• Advocacy Platform Spotlight: Hope's Door
• Member and Community Events & Resources
• Co-Occurring Disorders Roundtable
• Westchester Women's Summit
• Autism Fair
• Funding

April 2, 8:30 - 10:30 AM, Sam's: NPW Nonprofit Executive Directors/CEOs Affinity Group - Beyond the Strategic Plan: Adapting Strategy in a Dynamic Professional Environment

April 5, 8:30 - 10:30 AM, Sam's: Peer to Peer: An Affinity Group for Nonprofit Personnel of Color

April 16, 8:30 - 10:30 AM, Sam's: NPW Human Resources Professionals Affinity Group - Launch Event

April 26, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Sam's: NPW Chief Financial Officers Affinity Group - Relationships with Government Funders: Pain Points & Opportunities

March 4, 2:00 - 3:15 PM, Virtual: Pronouns, Allyship, and the LGBTQIA Community: What it Means and Why it Matters - TODAY!

March 8, 8:30 - 10:30 AM, WLS: Proven Strategies to Advance Employment for People with Diverse Abilities

March 14, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Hudson Grille: NPW Networking Breakfast

March 21, 8:30 - 10:30 AM, WLS: It's Time for Your Nonprofit Check-Up - For nonprofits of all sizes to assess their strengths and where they may need to focus. For staff at all levels – a great opportunity to learn for some and a valuable resource for action for others.

NPW is appreciative of all our program sponsors - learn about them HERE.

Hope's Door: Call to Action to Help the National Network to End Domestic Violence

Deposits into the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) remain lower than anticipated, and the $1.2 billion proposed by the House, the Senate, and in the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) is a devastating $700 million cut. At this proposed funding level, thousands of victim service providers across the nation will be forced to lay off staff, cut programs, or—even worse—shut their doors. Join us in urging your Members of Congress to act now and share with them what potential cuts to VOCA will mean for programs and survivors.

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The NPW Member Advocacy Platform is a great opportunity for members to share information with the goal of creating awareness and potential action related to issues impacting the nonprofit sector, the people served and the nonprofit workforce. Submit your advocacy issues here and review NPW’s Advocacy Toolkit to learn how to successfully, and legally, lobby and advocate as a nonprofit.

Community Matters screening of UnCharitable: TODAY: Monday, March 4 at 7:00 PM

• Panelists: Director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham, CEO, Philanthropy New York
• Moderator: Laura Rossi, WCF Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation

In a powerful call to action, UnCharitable demands that charities be freed from the traditional sackcloth-and-ashes constraints, so that they can truly change the world. Led by Dan Pallotta, whose record-breaking TED Talk on the subject has inspired leading philanthropists and changemakers, this feature-length documentary directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal exposes the dark side of philanthropy and introduces a radical new way of giving. 

Co-Occurring Disorders - A Community Roundtable: March 7

Westchester Women's Summit: March 15

United Way of Westchester and Putnam 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Summit: April 9

11th Annual Autism Resource & Provider Fair: April 13

Get your upcoming event listed on our widely viewed Nonprofit Community Calendar and use it as a scheduling resource - email newsletter@npwestchester.org including an event graphic, registration link and brief description.

Funding for Mental Health Initiatives through Brown & Brown Insurance: Shifting Gears on Brain Health Funding Opportunity

Funding for Mental Health Initiatives through Brown & Brown Insurance: Shifting Gears on Brain Health Funding Opportunity

One of Brown & Brown’s key focuses is Brain Health. Their CEO Powell Brown and his brother Kelim and Barrett are avid cyclists. From August 20 - 26, 2023, they cycled the French Alps to raise awareness and funds to support brain health - their term for mental health.

The Shifting Gears on Brain Health Donor Advisory Committee is excited to announce that the application period for grant submissions has begun. The application deadline is March 31, 2024, with decisions to follow in August 2024. Grant recipients will be notified by September 1, 2024. Grant Application, Website. For further information, please contact: Erica Martinson, Marketing Team Leader Erica.Martinson@BBrown.com. 

Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Update

The Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand provides the following update on the fiscal year 2025 (FY25) appropriations and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) processes. The office is now accepting applications for CDS and requests for programmatic appropriations for FY25. The deadline to submit requests is March 13 at 11:59 PM EST.

The forms for CDS applications and programmatic requests can be found here: FY25 Appropriations Requests - Kirsten Gillibrand. CDS Account Guidance PDF.

Congressionally Directed Spending Requests allow Members of Congress to request that federal funds be set aside for specific projects in their states. This is an opportunity for state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to apply to obtain funding for projects that would benefit from one-time allocation of federal funds. Please direct all questions to appropriations@gillibrand.senate.gov.

ArtsWestchester Grant Applications

ArtsWestchester Seeks Grant Applications for More Than $500K in Funds. ArtsWestchester announced that the application portal for the 2024 Arts Alive grant program is open for funding requests from nonprofit groups and individual artists in Westchester and Rockland counties for arts projects. This grant program is made possible through a New York State Senate Arts Initiative. Applications to ArtsWestchester to support cultural activities are being accepted now through March 14, 2024.

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