Dr. Steve Moore of the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

It is the mission of the Murdock Trust to to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to organizations seeking to strengthen the region’s educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.

The Murdock Trust is one of the top five largest private foundations in the Pacific Northwest and one of the top 100 in the country. It is one of the only foundations headquartered in the Pacific Northwest that regularly awards grants in a five-state region, although some grants are awarded for national purposes.

In addition to normal grantmaking, it is common Trust practice to convene groups of people to discuss issues of mutual interest and to provide enrichment programs that build capacity and develop leaders.

Over the past few years a particular focus of the Murdock Trust has been on building the capacity of the nonprofit sector throughout the region. We look forward to hearing Dr. Moore’s perspective on this work.

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Click here to download a PDF of the complete Nonprofit Excellence Awards Luncheon News.

The next annual Governance Conference will be held Friday, November 5, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. It will happen at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center.

“Though the economy may be stabilizing, there is no going back to business as usual for the nonprofit sector. Going forward requires us to envision a different future for our organizations. But only those boards that are willing to transform themselves will succeed in transforming their organizations.”

We are excited to announce that the author of this statement, Linda C. Crompton, will be keynote speaker for the 11th Annual Washington State Nonprofit Governance Conference. Crompton is President & CEO of BoardSource of Washington, D.C.  She will be speaking on the topic of Transformative Governance.Registration details along with session descriptions will be available soon so be sure to check back. If you’d like to make sure you don’t mess anything please email tahoma @ npcenter.org to make sure you get the latest information as soon as it is available. You can also sign up for our e-newsletter to stay current, details are to the right of this post.

He proposes choosing a future of Rejuvenation for the nonprofit sector, and he issued a challenge to each one of us to do things differently to claim that future.

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The Conference luncheon will be a celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of The Nonprofit Center. Phillips, currently Chairman of Altaira Wealth Management SA of Geneva, Switzerland, will discuss the intersection of the business and nonprofit sectors through the lens of corporate social responsibility.

Tickets for the luncheon only are available at $50 from The Nonprofit Center by calling 253-272-5844 or  by emailing Tahoma@npcenter.org. The luncheon is included for those attending the conference, and more space for this training for nonprofit board members is still available.

Conference Updates:

• Luncheon Speaker Just Announced
• Schedule of Breakout Sessions (subject to change)

We are delighted to announce that we will celebrate our Tenth Anniversary conference with Keynoter Paul Light. Paul is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, New York University and a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

While the nonprofit sector knows Paul as a leading expert in nonprofit effectiveness, he is also actively involved in research and writing on government, especially related to government reform and the political appointment process. He is currently advising on the presidential transition, and his writings on this topic can be found in the Washington Post.

One of Paul’s publications is Pathways to Excellence, a report which focuses on the creation of effective nonprofit organizations. He is also the author of the annual report on public confidence in charities.

Pathways to Excellence shows that every nonprofit organization can improve – no matter how well or poorly it is currently performing – often by taking simple first steps up a development spiral to high performance.

This will be a landmark opportunity for nonprofit board education, and you don’t want to miss it.

The conference will feature sessions on:

• Succession Planning
• Governance Models
• Voice of the Next Generation
• Nonprofit Accountability Clubs
• Recruiting for Board Success
• Be a Positive Force in Conflict
• Audits – Who, Why and How Much
• Grassroots Boards – What to Do When You Have to Do It All
• Board/Staff Balance
• Foraker Sustainability Model
• Strategic Planning in Real Time
• How to Grow in Tough Economic Times
• Understanding Financial Statements
• Nonprofits in Washington & Washington Nonprofits
• Executive Director Evaluation
• The Board and HR – An Evolutionary Path
• Roundtable discussions will include Legal Issues, the Role of the Treasurer and the Role of the Chair

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