Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2012–2013
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Nonprofit Excellence
&
Strategy
guides organizations to make
solid plans to adapt and change, creating
partnerships and building coalitions
when helpful.
Learning
focuses organizations on
outcomes and provides tools to
analyze data that help to inform their
future decisions.
Increasing demand and limited
resources are just a few of the concerns
facing North Carolina’s nonprofits. The
good news is that, even when put to
the test, organizations have risen above
through new business models, creative
partnerships and stronger community
involvement. The investment in a regional
intermediary, Western North Carolina
Nonprofit Pathways, is helping many
such groups tap into a skilled consulting
pool, utilize local knowledge and share
across peer cohorts. WNC Pathways has
been able to meet nonprofits where they
are across 18 western counties, helping
organizations vital to the region’s future
not only survive but thrive.
With current nonprofit leadership
undergoing unprecedented turnover,
there is a strong need for succession
planning and deepening of the talent
pipeline. The Foundation made an
investment in the North Carolina
Center for Nonprofits to assist a cadre
of 20 nonprofit executive directors,
providing the expertise to help them
learn to prepare and begin planning for
personal, professional and organizational
transitions. The tools and resources
provided throughout the training and
in follow-up coaching will save leaders
a tremendous amount of time and
empower them to work more thoughtfully
and deliberately with their staffs and
boards on successful transitions.
We continue to help build capacity
and leadership that will give nonprofits a
deeper level of support and infrastructure.
Because as we know, the healthier these
groups are, the healthier we all are.
SIGNATURE PROGRAM
Healthy Community Institute for Nonprofit Excellence (HCI)
HCI is a two-day intensive workshop—offered at no cost to attendees—
designed to strengthen the board leadership and strategic capacities of
nonprofit organizations throughout North Carolina. Teams of three to
five members participate in a comprehensive board and staff training
program. Last fiscal year, 76 organizations and 275 nonprofit staff and
board members participated in the Institute, learning about board
leadership, strategic planning fundamentals, fundraising, a framework
for measuring outcomes and ways to share their organizations’ stories.
“HCI gave our board members an expanded awareness of the
diverse activities in the nonprofit world. … It took us out of the
day-to-day management responsibilities of our microcosm and
broadened the vision of our mission.”
Sally Love
Eagle’s Wings Food Pantry, Beaufort County
US NONPROFITS
US NONPROFITS
REDUCED EXPENSES
ACCORDING TO A 2009 SURVEY
REDUCED PERSONNEL
NEARLY
MORE THAN
87
50
%
%
OF
OF
11
