PROJECTS AND ENGAGEMENTS
At No Margin, No Mission, we’ve been fortunate to work with organizations and leaders all over the country. Our client partners include nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies that range in size, strength, and longevity. As different as these organizations are from one another, they possess many similarities, not the least of which are entrepreneurial spirit, innovative practices, and a belief in the importance of margin to generate financial return and mission impact.
We encourage you to learn more about some of our clients by checking out their brief stories below. Please visit us frequently to see the latest additions to our client roster, and feel free to contact us at info@NoMarginNoMission.org if you have questions or would like more information about them.
OUR CLIENT PARTNERS AT-A-GLANCE
Foundations and Philanthropies
– Allegany Franciscan Ministries (Miami, Palm Harbor, West Palm Beach, FL)
– Arizona Grantmakers Forum (Phoenix, AZ)
– California Health Care Foundation (Oakland, CA)
– Community Foundation of Sarasota County (Sarasota, FL)
– Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Hartford, CT)
– Jefferson County Community Foundation (Port Hadlock, WA)
– The John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY)
– The Patterson Foundation (Sarasota, FL)
– Quantum Foundation (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Washington State Family Policy Council (Olympia, WA)
Nonprofit Organizations
– 2-1-1 Palm Beach / Treasure Coast (Lantana, FL)
– AgeOptions (Chicago, IL)
– AHM Youth & Family Services, Inc. (Hebron, CT)
– Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County (Port Charlotte, FL)
– Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida (Fort Myers, FL)
– Art Center Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)
– AtWork! (Bellevue and Issaquah, WA)
– Attendance Works (San Francisco, CA)
– Auburn Youth Resources (Auburn, WA)
– Beyond the Spectrum (Sarasota, FL)
– Big Cat Habitat & Gulf Coast Sanctuary (Sarasota, FL)
– The Bishop Museum of Science & Nature (Bradenton, FL)
– Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut (Windsor, CT)
– Brandon Outreach Clinic (Brandon, FL)
– Caridad Center (Boynton Beach, FL)
– Catalyst Miami (Miami, FL)
– Center for Child Counseling (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
– Center for Disaster Philanthropy (Washington, D.C.)
– Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity (Punta Gorda, FL)
– Charlotte County Homeless Coalition (Port Charlotte, FL)
– Charlotte Players, Inc. (Port Charlotte, FL)
– Charlotte Preparatory School (Port Charlotte, FL)
– Children’s Museum of Tacoma (Tacoma, WA)
– The Children’s Healing Institute (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Children’s Resilience Initiative (Walla Walla, WA)
– Chrysalis Center, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
– Clinics Can Help (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (Sacramento, CA)
– Coalition for Independent Living Options (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Community Child Guidance Clinic (Manchester, CT)
– Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (Hartford, CT)
– Connecticut Data Collaborative (Hartford, CT)
– CRIS Radio (Windsor, CT)
– Dress for Success Palm Beaches (Lantana, FL)
– Easter Seals Southwest Florida (Bradenton, FL)
– Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
– El Sol (Jupiter, FL)
– End Hunger CT! (Hartford, CT)
– Epilepsy Association of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
– Family Promise of North/Central Palm Beach County, Inc. (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Florida Cultural Group, Inc. (Bradenton, FL)
– Florida Maritime Museum (Cortez, FL)
– Franciscan Center (Tampa, FL)
– Friends of Sarasota County Parks (Nokomis, FL)
– Friendship Centers (Sarasota, FL)
– Generation Schools Network (Denver, CO and New York, NY)
– Georgia Charitable Care Network (Atlanta, GA)
– Harc, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
– Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (Hartford, CT) NEW!
– HartBeat Ensemble, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
– Hartford Public Library (Hartford, CT)
– Hartford Food System (Hartford, CT)
– Hartford’s Camp Courant (Hartford, CT)
– Harvest Food and Outreach Center (Stuart, FL)
– Health Council of South Florida (Miami, FL)
– Health Council of Southeast Florida (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
– Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition Plm Bch Cnty (WPB, FL)
– Health Equity Solutions (Hartford, CT)
– Historic Spanish Point (Osprey, FL)
– HOPE Family Services (Bradenton, FL)
– HopeSparks (Tacoma, WA)
– Humane Society of Manatee County (Bradenton, FL)
– The Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County (Tacoma, WA)
– IDignity (Orlando, FL)
– J.A.Y. Outreach Ministries (Riviera Beach, FL)
– Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford (West Hartford, CT)
– Key Chorale (Sarasota, FL)
– Leadership Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT)
– Legal Aid of Manasota (Sarasota, FL)
– Lemur Conservation Foundation (Myakka City, FL)
– Lighthouse of Manasota (Sarasota, FL)
– Literacy Council of Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)
– The Lord’s Place (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Lotus House Women’s Shelter (Miami, FL)
– Manatee County Habitat for Humanity (Bradenton, FL)
– Manatee Performing Arts Center (Bradenton, FL)
– Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Sarasota, FL)
– Mayor’s Feed the Hungry (Sarasota, FL)
– Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc. (Bradenton, FL)
– Medication-Assisted Recovery Services (New York, NY)
– NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties (Sarasota, FL)
– National POLST (Washington, D.C.)
– Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s (Sarasota, FL)
– New Horizons, Inc. (Unionville, CT)
– NEXUS Youth and Family (Auburn, WA)
– Noah Webster House (West Hartford, CT)
– Nurse Family Partnership of New York (New York, NY)
– The Nonprofit Chamber of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, FL)
– Ocean Research and Conservation Association (Fort Pierce, FL)
– The Open Hearth (Hartford, CT)
– Palm Beach Habilitation Center (Lake Worth, FL)
– Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens (Punta Gorda, FL)
– Peace River Wildlife Center (Punta Gorda, FL)
– Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution (Tacoma, WA)
– Pines of Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)
– Pioneer Network (Chicago, IL)
– Prevent Blindness Florida (St. Petersburg, FL)
– Project LIFT (Stuart, FL)
– Prospect Riding Center (Myakka City, FL)
– Quest, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
– Racing for Lives (New York, NY)
– Realize Bradenton (Bradenton, FL)
– RE-Center Race and Equity in Education (Hartford, CT)
– Resilient Retreat (Sarasota, FL)
– Riverfront Recapture (Hartford, CT)
– St. John Bosco Clinic (Miami, FL)
– Sarasota Opera (Sarasota, FL)
– Satchel’s Last Resort (Sarasota, FL)
– SCOPE (Sarasota, FL)
– Save Our Seabirds (Sarasota, FL)
– Selah Freedom (Sarasota, FL)
– Southeastern Guide Dogs (Palmetto, FL)
– Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative (Tampa, FL)
– The Conference of Churches, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
– The Volen Center (Boca Raton, FL)
– Tidewell Hospice (Sarasota, FL)
– UnidosNow (Sarasota, FL)
– Urban League of Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT)
– URISE Ventures, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
– Venice Main Street (Venice, FL)
– Visual Arts Center (Punta Gorda, FL)
– Volunteers of America-Western Washington (Everett, WA)
– Washington State Family Policy Council (Olympia, WA)
– Washington Women’s Employment & Education (Tacoma, WA)
– Women’s Resource Center of Manatee (Bradenton, FL)
– Whole Child Connection (Stuart, FL)
– YWCA Hartford Region (Hartford, CT)
– YWCA USA (Washington, D.C.) NEW!
GET TO KNOW OUR CLIENT PARTNERS
2-1-1 Palm Beach / Treasure Coast
Lantana, Florida
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Quantum Foundation
2-1-1 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that assists people by providing crisis intervention, information, assessment and referral to community services and by providing infrastructure support to the health and human service delivery system. The organization is into its fifth decade of providing a team of specially trained paid and volunteer staff to assist callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Additionally, 2-1-1 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast collects and maintains information on community health and human services and makes this information available via its hotlines, helplines, printed directories, and on the Web. Services are provided at no cost to anyone regardless of race, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more…
AgeOptions
Chicago, Illinois
Project: Facilitation of Earned Income Board Retreat
AgeOptions is a nonprofit organization connecting older adults and those who care for them with resources and service options so they can live their lives to the fullest. Since 1974, their mission has been to sustain and promote independence for older persons in their own homes and communities. As the Area Agency on Aging of suburban Cook County, Illinois, AgeOptions advocates, plans, coordinates and funds services for older adults. Together with a network of community-based senior service organizations, they connect residents with vital services such as information and assistance, community dining programs and home-delivered meals, housekeeping help, employment services, access to benefits and support for family caregivers. Read More…
Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Miami, Florida
Allegany Franciscan Ministries is a nonprofit Catholic organization that seeks to improve the overall health of individuals by increasing access to health services and information. It provides grants to organizations in the three regions of Florida formerly served by the Sisters’ hospitals: Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie Counties, and the Tampa Bay area of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Since awarding its first grant in 1998, Allegany Franciscan Ministries has invested over $60 million in more than 1,300 organizations serving those most in need in its targeted communities. Its annual grantmaking budget averages about $6 million. Read more…
“We embrace the principles of entrepreneurial thinking and business practices that No Margin, No Mission subscribes to, and are delighted to be working with them on an Earned Income Training and 
Business Planning initiative in Miami-Dade.”
–Miguel Milanes, Regional Vice President, Miami-Dade, Allegany Franciscan Ministries, October 2012
Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida
Fort Myers, FL
Project: Brainstorming Earned Income Possibilities to Boost Revenue and Increase Mission Impact
The Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida was formed in 1978 as a public not-for-profit entity operating under the auspices of the Older Americans Act of 1965. The mission of the Area Agency on Aging in 1978 was to improve the quality of social and health services, develop, plan and administer service programs beneficial to seniors and raise funds necessary to provide the services. Today, the agency is committed to helping older adults stay independent as long as possible and assisting them in remaining in their own homes. Read More…
Arizona Grantmakers Forum
Phoenix, AZ
Project: Facilitation of Strategic Planning Leadership Retreat
Arizona Grantmakers Forum (AGF) is a regional association that provides educational resources, research and networking opportunities for grantmakers in Arizona. Member organizations make financial grants to non-profit organizations throughout the state and represent the interests of private foundations, trusts, endowed community foundations, corporations, government agencies and individuals with organized charitable gift programs. Read More…
AtWork! Bellevue, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
AtWork! helps people with disabilities be productive, integrated, and contributing members of their communities. As a successful social enterprise, the organization helps their clients learn marketable skills, find and keep good jobs in the community, and earn wages and benefits that help them escape poverty. Read More…
“We learned a lot. We have a good new tool. We have a great plan and a format for vetting new ideas and creating new plans as we continue to grow. Our investment in your services was very much worthwhile!”
–Christina Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, AtWork!, August 2012
Attendance Works
San Francisco, CA
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Discovery, Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
Established in 2010, Attendance Works is a national and state initiative that promotes awareness of the important role that school attendance plays in achieving academic success starting with school entry. Their goal is to ensure that every district in the country not only tracks chronic absence data beginning in kindergarten or ideally earlier, but also partners with families and community agencies to intervene when attendance is a problem for children or particular schools. Read More…
Auburn Youth Resources
Auburn, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Auburn Youth Resources (AYR) is a nonprofit that was established as a grassroots organization in 1973 to address the growing problem of drug use in the areas surrounding Auburn and Kent, Washington. Today it is a fully accredited, regional mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, youth and young adult residential center serving South King and North Pierce Counties. Their mission is to assist families in their journey to becoming healthy, effective, loving and self-directed people by providing counseling and support services. Read More…
Beyond the Spectrum NEW!
Sarasota, FL
Project: 30-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Tracking/Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Beyond the Spectrum is a nonprofit therapeutic clinic and education center in Sarasota, Florida that serves children and families affected by autism and related disorders. By providing individualized therapeutic and educational services and utilizing the expertise of professionally trained staff, their goal is for each child to achieve their highest potential in a safe, caring and family-friendly environment. Read More…
Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary NEW!
Sarasota, FL
Project: 30-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Tracking/Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary is an ever-growing large-animal rescue in eastern Sarasota County. Founded in 1987 by Kay Rosaire, the nonprofit sanctuary is a permanent home for dozens of exotic animals, offers placement for animals in need, and works to educate the public about animal care and conservation. Big Cat Habitat is a labor of love, with all income generated by admission going to the feeding and care of the animals. Read More…
Brandon Outreach Clinic
Brandon, FL
Project: Earned Income Brainstorming and Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Brandon Outreach Clinic (BOC) is a nonprofit organization that was established in 1989 by a group of concerned individuals in the Brandon, Florida community to create a way for uninsured individuals to access health care. Their vision was to create a safety net for for those who were falling through the health care gap. Today, Brandon Outreach Clinic provides both acute and basic primary care, in addition to preventative care that includes health screenings, well woman exams, and health education. Read More…
Caridad Center
Boynton Beach, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by the Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Caridad Center is the largest free healthcare clinic of its kind in the state of Florida. With the help of over 400 professional and medical volunteers, Caridad Center provides comprehensive health and dental services to the uninsured, working poor families of Palm Beach County, Florida. The services at Caridad Center save millions of dollars in uncompensated hospital care for the taxpayers of Palm Beach County by reducing the number of patients who use emergency room services because they have nowhere else to go. Read More…
Catalyst Miami
Miami, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Catalyst Miami was founded in 1996 to build a community and economy that benefit all residents. Dynamic and visionary, Catalyst has gained a reputation for collaboration, innovation and inclusion while moving the needle on important community concerns such as strengthening Miami’s middle class, lifting people out of poverty, increasing access to healthcare and other essential services, as well as increasing citizen leadership. Catalyst’s formula creates thriving communities. Read More…
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Washington, D.C.
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Discovery, Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
The mission of Center for Disaster Philanthropy is to transform disaster giving by providing timely and thoughtful strategies to increase donors’ impact during domestic and international disasters.
With an emphasis on recovery and disaster risk reduction, the organization aims to (1) increase the effectiveness of contributions given to disasters; (2) bring greater attention to the life cycle of disasters, from preparedness and planning, to relief, to rebuilding and recovery efforts; (3) provide timely and relevant advice from experts with deep knowledge of disaster philanthropy; (4) conduct due diligence so donors can give with confidence; and (5) create plans for informed giving for individuals, corporations and foundations. Read more…
Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity
Punta Gorda, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all. Read More…
Charlotte Players, Inc.
Port Charlotte, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Founded more than 50 years ago, Charlotte Players, Inc. is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that provides and promotes quality theater arts programs to educate, entertain and enrich the Southwest Florida Community. One of the oldest performing arts organizations in Charlotte County and the State of Florida, we have continually grown and evolved since our origins as a solo acting Class that began back in 1961 at the “Charlotte U”, an educational institute that was located in what currently is a part of the Cultural Center of Charlotte County. Read More…
The Chamber of Nonprofit Health & Human Services Agencies in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County, FL
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Quantum Foundation
Founded in 2009, The Chamber of Nonprofit Health & Human Service Agencies of Palm Beach County provides leaders of 501c (3) organizations throughout Palm Beach County with an opportunity to meet monthly in an informal setting. The gatherings are designed to provide a forum for an open exchange of information, encourage collaboration among nonprofit organizations serving health and human services needs of Palm Beach County, and to unite member organizations so they may have a stronger voice in advocating for those they serve. With a focus on education and communication, the Nonprofit Chamber of Commerce provides monthly guest speakers who discuss topics of value to members and serves as an information resource for members. Read More…
Center For Child Counseling
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
The Center for Child Counseling, Inc. (previously known as All ‘Bout Children, Inc.) a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, provides on-site early intervention, quality mental health services for young children, their parents, and teachers, and counseling for older children, teens, and their families. These services allow children and caregivers to reach their full potential. The organization also provides education and training for teachers and professionals to work effectively with young children. Read More…
Children’s Museum of Tacoma NEW!
Tacoma, WA
Project: Developing a Product-Focused Earned Income Strategy and Approach
Established in 1985 as a nonprofit organization, the Children’s Museum of Tacoma believes that play is the right of every child. From Preschool, to Play to Learn, to the Museum’s Pay As You Will program, the Children’s Museum of Tacoma celebrates the power of play in the lifelong journey of learning. Read More…
The Children’s Healing Institute
West Palm Beach, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
Since 1988, The Children’s Healing Institute has been the leading source for child abuse prevention and family crisis management expertise in South Florida. They partner with at-risk families referred by schools, hospitals, police and other community agencies to ensure children are safe in their own homes. Read More…
Children’s Resilience Initiative Walla Walla, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Family Policy Council and Blue Mountain Community Foundation.
The Children’s Resilience Initiative mobilizes the community through dialogue to radically reduce the number of adverse childhood experiences while building resilience and a more effective service delivery system. Read More…
“We were delighted to be introduced to No Margin, No Mission and to have the opportunity to work with them on a strategy that takes into account ways to grow and sustain both our business capacity and social impact so we can achieve our goals of healthier children and families.”
–Teri Barila, Leader, Children’s Resilience Initiative, May 2012
Clinics Can Help
West Palm Beach, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
Clinics Can Help is a nonprofit organization that believes every person has the right to quality medical care and access to quality medical equipment. For individuals who have need but are lacking in financial resources to pay for a wheelchair, hospital bed, or other medical equipment, Clinics Can Help will do their best to arrange for a loan of the desired item(s). Until Clinics Can Help was started, there was no single agency able to connect the great surplus of medical equipment with the pediatric and adult patients in need of it in Palm Beach County, Florida. Read More…
Coalition for Independent Living Options (C.I.L.O)
West Palm Beach, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Quantum Foundation
The Coalition for Independent Living Options (C.I.L.O.) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that promotes independence for people with disabilities. The organization strives for a fully inclusive community, which is free from physical and attitudinal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from exercising free will and choosing how they wish to live their lives. C.I.L.O. is proud to abide by the precept expressed by former President Bill Clinton, “Inclusion, not exclusion; independence, not dependence; and empowerment, not paternalism”. Read more…
Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Project: Earned Income Training and Business Plan Development for Nonprofits in Sarasota, Florida
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is a public charity founded by the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council as a resource for caring individuals and the causes they support, enabling them to make a charitable impact on the community. Since 1979, the Community Foundation has been making the important connection between individuals’ personal memories, passions, dreams and the fulfillment of their charitable goals. By helping to create permanent charitable funds of everlasting impact, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s funds ensure that people of vision will have an enduring influence on the life of their community and the charitable causes they hold dear. Read More…
Connecticut Community For Addiction Recovery (CCAR) Hartford, CT
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Building Margin and Mission with an Entrepreneurial Marketing and Communications Campaign
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) organizes the recovery community to put a face on recovery and provide recovery support services. By promoting recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction through advocacy, education and service, CCAR strives to end discrimination surrounding addiction and recovery, open new doors and remove barriers to recovery, maintain and sustain recovery regardless of the pathway, all the while ensuring that all people in recovery, and people seeking recovery, are treated with dignity and respect. Read More…
“Working with No Margin, No Mission has had a profound impact on CCAR. The work we were able to accomplish in just four months would have taken us much longer to complete and would not have been as strategic or well planned. No Margin, No Mission is highly experienced with great insights on how to help move your margin and mission forward.”
–Cheryle Pacapelli, Director of Recovery Services, CCAR, May 2012
Easter Seals Southwest Florida
Sarasota, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Funding provided by The Patterson Foundation with support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Easter Seals Southwest Florida provides exceptional services for persons with disabilities and their families across a lifetime by empowering individuals to live their lives to the fullest. They offer the highest quality of care and services to children, youth and adults with special needs so that they can enjoy access, opportunities and increased life choices. Easter Seals Southwest Florida is committed to remaining a leader in special needs services – an organization to which individuals and their families can turn to for resources and support with a continuum of care throughout their lives. Read more…
Dress For Success Palm Beaches
Lantana, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
Dress For Success Palm Beaches is a nonprofit employment development agency that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support, and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Their services are free of charge and available to clients referred through approved Palm Beach social service and nonprofit agencies. Read more…
Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College NEW!
Winter Park, FL
The Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College (formerly the Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center) is the premier source for nonprofit training, certificates, and custom programs.
The Edyth Bush Institute was established to strengthen the impact, effectiveness, and leadership of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations through education and management assistance. Read more…
El Sol
Jupiter, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
El Sol’s mission is to improve the quality of life of all residents of the Town of Jupiter, Florida by providing services to those in need, especially day laborers and their families. El Sol promotes a harmonious integrated community in which all people can achieve their highest potential, and seeks to be a model for other communities dealing with day-laborers. Read more…
Epilepsy Association of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Established in 1962, The Epilepsy Association of Central Florida (EACF) is a not-for-profit community based organization dedicated to serving the needs of those affected by epilepsy. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for children and adults with epilepsy and seizure disorders throughout Central Florida by providing a variety of services including prevention and education programs, case management, medical services, information and referral services, advocacy, and much more. Read more…
Family Promise of North/Central Palm Beach County, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
Family Promise is part of a national organization with over 180 affiliates that provides temporary shelter, transportation, meals and comprehensive case management for families who are experiencing homelessness. They partner with local, faith congregations to provide shelter. Each host congregation offers guests a place to sleep for one whole week, three to four times per year. The hosts also supply breakfast, lunch and dinner meals. Volunteers are the heart of the program. They prepare meals, tutor both children and parents, transport guests to job interviews and work, help out at the Day Center, assist guests in finding jobs and housing, and share specialized skills, such as resume writing, financial planning and parenting. Read More…
Florida Maritime Museum
Cortez, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
The mission of the Florida Maritime Museum is to preserve and share Florida’s maritime heritage. Sponsored by the Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Courts, the museum is situated on almost 4 acres of land in the historic fishing village of Cortez. Founded on the importance of the region’s commercial fishing industry, the Florida Maritime Museum offers a number of exhibits including historic photographs, boat models, tools, instruments, and other historically significant material relevant to Florida’s maritime culture and history. The museum is also home to a research library that includes a variety of books, plans, logs, diaries, periodicals, letters, records and related archival material whose content is relevant to research concerning maritime subjects with special emphases on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Read More…
Franciscan Center
Tampa, FL
Project: 5-Day Business Planning “Boot Camp” to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries
The Franciscan Center is a private, nonprofit retreat house that offers an environment of peace, simplicity and hospitality for all those seeking spiritual renewal. They welcome people from all faiths to come and find acceptance, peace and healing. Throughout the year, various professional retreat directors assist The Center’s staff in offering group programs and private retreats. The Center is also is available for organizations wishing to host their meeting there. Staffed by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY and dedicated laity who are assisted by loyal volunteers in carrying out their ministry, The Franciscan Center offers the quiet atmosphere of a faraway retreat, and yet is conveniently located on eight acres of riverfront property in a quiet residential neighborhood just minutes from downtown Tampa. Read More…
Friends of Sarasota County Parks
Nokomis, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
The Friends of Sarasota County Parks is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of parks in Sarasota County. Our mission: To build a partnership between the Sarasota County Parks and Recreation system and the community. To coordinate and bridge efforts with other like minded community organizations. To advocate for quality services and facilities for all the people of Sarasota County. To encourage the donation of gifts, endowments and bequests for the Sarasota County recreation/preservation system. To be a friend at every opportunity. Read More…
Friendship Centers
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
The Friendship Centers is a non-profit network of centers in Southwest Florida with services that meet the needs of people 50 and older, and extend into the community with volunteer opportunities for all ages. Their mission is to promote health, dignity and quality of life throughout the journey of aging. Since the early 1970s this organization has led the country in developing innovative, cost-effective approaches to address the health and wellness needs of older adults. Read More…
Generation Schools Network
Denver, CO and Brooklyn, NY
Project 1: Facilitation of Strategic Planning Leadership Retreat
Project 2: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 3: Building Margin and Mission with an Entrepreneurial Marketing and Communications Campaign
Project 4: 5-Day Business Planning “Boot Camp” to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Founded in 2004, Generation Schools is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to whole-school and systemic innovation in urban education. Their goal is to ensure that all students – regardless of life circumstances – have access to a great education. Generation Schools is concentrating its focus on two regions in the United States – the Northeast and Rocky Mountain States.
Evidence demonstrates that when good teachers have more time with much smaller classes, students achieve. The biggest hurdle to making this idea a reality in every school has been the perceived cost. Most efforts to increase learning time and reduce class size have been expensive. The team at Generation Schools, however, has solved this problem by fundamentally rethinking the way schools organize existing resources, particularly human capital and time. Their entire model operates at current per pupil funding levels. Read More…
“Thanks so much for facilitating our strategic planning meeting! We truly ended up in the best possible place I could have imagined.”
—Wendy Piersee, CEO, Generation Schools Network
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving NEW!
Hartford, CT
Project: 2 1/2 Year Earned Income Initiative to Help Nonprofits in the Greater Hartford Area Boost Their Revenue and Mission Impact Through Education and Training plus Intensive Consultation and Technical Assistance for Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Post-Implementation Tracking/Monitoring
Founded in 1925, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG) puts philanthropy into action to create lasting solutions that result in vibrant communities within the Greater Hartford region.
As Greater Hartford’s community foundation serving 29 towns, hundreds of nonprofits, and more than 750,000 residents, HFPG brings together the members of the community to share information, understand local problems and put resources behind effective solutions.
The Foundation’s grants support efforts that promise substantial and lasting community benefit; their endowment ensures the region’s continued progress for generations to come. Read More…
Harvest Food & Outreach Center
Stuart, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Children’s Services Council of Martin County, Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County, Martin County Community Foundation, United Way of Martin County, and United Way of St. Lucie County
Founded in 2003, Harvest Food & Outreach Center is a nonprofit organization that provides food and hope to those in need on the Treasure Coast of Florida. They provide food to hungry families, crisis services, and educational programs to assist families fighting to break the cycle of poverty. Read More…
Health Council of South Florida (HCSF)
Miami, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries
The Health Council of South Florida serves as the state designated local health planning agency for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. For over 43 years, HCSF has been engaged in forecasting health care needs and access to health care delivery systems, providing data analysis and insight, increasing public awareness, and providing consultation and assistance to Miami-Dade County officials in the development and implementation of health care policy. It is the HCSF’s mission to be the source of unbiased health and quality of life data and analysis; the preferred partner for quality program planning, management, evaluation, and community services; the facilitator of collaboration and partnerships in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties; and the trusted champion for ethical and targeted healthcare policy at the local, state, and national levels. Read More…
“We have been working very diligently with the consultants from No Margin, No Mission on our earned income business plan, and have learned so very much. This has been such an informative opportunity, and No Margin, No Mission’s Michael Oxman and Larry Clark have been a delight to work with!”
–Marisel Losa, President & CEO, Health Council of South Florida, March 2013
Health Council of Southeast Florida (HCSEF)
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Quantum Foundation
The Health Council of Southeast Florida is one of eleven private Local Health Planning Councils established by Section 408.033 Florida Statutes (F.S.) to conduct regional health planning and implementation activities. Each council’s district is designated in Section 408.032, F.S. These local organizations develop regional health plans containing data, analysis and recommendations that relate to health care status and needs in the community. The recommendations are designed to improve access to health care, reduce disparities in health status, assist state and local governments in the development of sound and rational health care policies, and advocate on behalf of the underserved. Read more…
Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition of Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by the Palm Beach County Medical Society
Formed in 2001, the Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition of Palm Beach County (HERC) is a Coalition of representatives from the area’s Health Department, Emergency Management, Fire Rescue, Sheriff, Red Cross, and hospitals that have come together to work to prepare the community to respond to a public health emergency or disaster events including terrorist attacks. HERC’s mission is to develop and promote healthcare emergency preparedness, response, and recovery in Palm Beach County. Read More…
Historic Spanish Point
Osprey, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Historic Spanish Point is an outdoor museum on Little Sarasota Bay in Osprey, Florida where visitors can explore 30 beautiful acres of history, natural splendor, and archaeological mystery. Amidst the expansive grounds, guests come to experience the many gardens, and a glimpse into how Florida’s intrepid pioneer homesteaders built and ran Sarasota’s first produce packing house, along with a charming chapel, pioneer cemetery, and the beautifully preserved Guptill House built in 1901. Historic Spanish Point is also a coveted venue for concerts, lectures, weddings, meetings, luncheons, and festivals throughout the year. Read more…
HOPE Family Services
Bradenton, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
Founded in 1979, the mission of HOPE Family Services is to promote safety, strength and well being for those affected by domestic violence in Manatee County, Florida. HOPE’s primary purpose is to provide services to survivors of domestic violence and help them stay safe, gain strength, and evaluate their options. From the first program until today, HOPE has had one goal; to offer high quality, life saving services for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Read more…
HopeSparks
Tacoma, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
HopeSparks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that envisions a world where all children and families are safe, secure and stable. Their mission is to strengthen families by inspiring courage and confidence to make a lasting change. HopeSparks comprises five core behavioral health programs that serve children and families in Pierce County (in Washington State) who face trauma, abuse and overwhelming life challenges. Read more…
Humane Society of Manatee County
Bradenton, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
The Humane Society of Manatee County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to leading Manatee County in fostering compassion and respect for animals through care, education and collaboration. Their programs are focused on prevention and retention, and include low cost spay/neuter services, trap/neuter and return for feral cats, Pet Safety Net resources to help people care for and keep their pet, as well as rescue and adoption of orphaned dogs and cats. Read more…
The Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County
Tacoma, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Founded in 1888 by a handful of concerned citizens, The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has grown into Washington State’s largest animal welfare agency. Striving to create a compassionate community for pets, the organization has placed more than 6,000 pets a year in loving homes, reunited thousands of lost pets with their owners, provided medical care for ill and injured shelter pets, and offered comprehensive low-cost spay-neuter programs. Read more…
IDignity
Orlando, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
IDignity was created to help the disadvantaged in Central Florida overcome the difficulties of obtaining the personal identification that is crucial to enabling them to become self-sufficient. The need for such a program was recognized by members of five downtown Orlando churches who were unable to find a resource that provided such a service.
Since May of 2008, IDignity has hosted monthly events at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission in downtown Orlando. Each event provides service to about 225 clients and often has to turn others away due to capacity and funding limitations. Clients are individually welcomed to the event and treated with respect and compassion throughout the process.
The documents that IDignity provides are required to apply for employment or school, obtain access to most shelters, vote, seek help from many social service programs, open a bank account or cash a check, secure housing or overcome many other obstacles to becoming self-sufficient. Read more…
J.A.Y. Outreach Ministries
Riviera Beach, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
J.A.Y. Outreach Ministries was established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Riviera Beach, Florida in 1993. To fulfill its mission of “recovering lives, restoring families and revitalizing neighborhoods affected by drug and alcohol addiction,” numerous outreach initiatives have developed. Through the vision and faithful service of its founder and executive director, Bro. Bob Felder, the J.A.Y. programs offer support, hope and recovery to anyone seeking assistance. Read More…
Jefferson County Community Foundation Port Hadlock, WA
Project: Grantee Training “Understanding Earned Income and how it Benefits Nonprofits”
Created by and for the people of Jefferson County, Washington, the Jefferson County Community Foundation’s goal is to provide leadership, education, and support to strengthen local nonprofit organizations, and provide tax efficient investment opportunities for our citizens. Channeling local investment, JCCF keeps dollars local, building on the strengths & talents of our community. Read More…
“No Margin, No Mission’s earned income workshop offered excellent facilitation, and the group process and pacing were just right.”
–Kris Becker, Workshop Participant, JCCF, April 2012
The John A. Hartford Foundation
New York, NY
Project: Grants Review Consulting
The John A. Hartford Foundation is America’s leading philanthropy with a sustained interest in aging and health. They seek to strengthen the capacity to provide effective, affordable care to our nation’s rapidly growing older population. Their grant funding educates health professionals, supports new research, and develops innovations that improve and integrate health and supportive services for older adults. Read more…
Key Chorale
Sarasota, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
Key Chorale is a nonprofit organization dedicated to performing and promoting choral music of the highest quality. Founded in Sarasota, Florida in 1985, Key Chorale is now nearing its 30th anniversary, bringing great choral music to audiences in southwest Florida. As part of its vision to be a pre-eminent chorus in the Southeastern United States, Key Chorale strives to reach out to younger and less-advantaged performers and audiences through educational programs designed to communicate the power and passion of choral music. Read more…
Legal Aid of Manasota
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Legal Aid of Manasota is a non-profit civil law firm that provides free legal services to low income individuals and families in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Their goal is to provide equal access to justice for those who cannot afford to pay an attorney, which is made possible through a partnership with local lawyers who donate their time and expertise to help in a variety of civil areas. Read More…
Lemur Conservation Foundation
Myakka City, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
The Lemur Conservation Foundation (LCF) is a small nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the primates of Madagascar through captive breeding, scientific research, education, and reintroduction. LCF’s Mianatra Center for Lemur Studies is the learning center that serves as the centerpiece of the Myakka City Lemur Reserve campus. It supports LCF staff, scientists, researchers, students and visitors in their efforts to better understand the nature, ecology and conservation of the primates of Madagascar. Read more…
Lighthouse of Manasota
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Lighthouse of Manasota is the only nationally accredited, private, non-profit agency providing rehabilitation training to blind and visually impaired individuals of all ages residing in a five county region that includes Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Charlotte and Highlands. Their programs offer a holistic approach to individuals with vision loss by providing them with training and rehabilitation to foster independence, productivity, and improved quality of life. Read More…
Literacy Council of Sarasota
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Since 1978, Literacy Council of Sarasota has been helping adults, ages 16 and older, improve their basic English reading, writing, comprehension and communication skills through one-on-one tutoring and small group instruction. With customized teaching to individual needs, the organization provides a unique focus on enabling adult learners to function better within the frameworks of their own life situations. Read more…
The Lord’s Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
The Lord’s Place is a nonprofit, non-sectarian, 501(c)3 organization that has been changing the lives of homeless families and individuals in Palm Beach County for over 30-years. In 1979, founder Joe Ranieri lived in a dumpster for 30-days to increase community awareness about homelessness and raise funds to open the first family emergency shelter in Palm Beach County. Over the next three decades, The Lord’s Place provided an array of services to meet the needs of the homeless and the poor. Today, the organization is a well-respected, trusted agency that continues to create innovative programs focused on breaking the cycle of homelessness. Read more…
Lotus House
Miami, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries
The Lotus House is a unique resource center and residential facility serving homeless women and infants in the heart of the historic African American district of Overtown, Miami, an area suffering from extreme poverty in one of the poorest large cities in the United States. Lotus House provides free transitional housing and wrap around support services with access to a wide range of resources. Not a typical shelter, Lotus House is a place of healing and transformation. With a holistic, gender specific and innovative format, Lotus House seeks to empower women to improve the quality of their lives on every level, achieve greater self sufficiency and transition to permanent homes off the streets. Read more…
“In the end, our work with No Margin, No Mission was true organizational capacity building and our entire team walked away better prepared to face the challenges of an ever changing landscape of resources and needs in our community. Many thanks to No Margin, No Mission’s Mike Oxman and Larry Clark, and everyone at Allegany Franciscan Ministries, for enhancing our mission to empower women and children in need!”
–Constance Collins, Director, Lotus House Women’s Shelter, March 2013
Manatee Performing Arts Center
Bradenton, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
The Manatee Performing Arts Center is an anchor for the cultural arts and has built a reputation of not only providing nationally acclaimed live entertainment, but also a willingness to collaborate with other non-profit and civic organizations to meet educational and social needs of a growing diverse community. The organization offers the community both a place to entertain and enlighten, as well as an outlet for hundreds of volunteers and youth to discover, learn about, participate in, and view live stage performances. Read more…
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Sarasota, FL
Project: 5-Day Business Planning “Boot Camp” to Increase Margin and Mission
Founded in 1975, the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ mission is to provide an oasis of inspiration and tranquility, while furthering the understanding and appreciation of plants. Selby Gardens is the world’s only botanical garden specializing in epiphytes – plants that live in the tree canopy, including orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads, aroids, and a host of other beautiful and fascinating plants. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a respected center for research and education, as well as a famous showplace, that delights more than 180,000 visitors each year. Read more…
Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc.
Bradenton, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Funding provided by The Patterson Foundation with support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The mission of Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc. is to assist individuals to live independently by providing nutrition and caring supportive services.While initially founded in 1972, with the purpose of providing hot, nutritious meals to the elderly and disabled residents of Manatee County, Meals on Wheels of Manatee, Inc. became so much more. The organization grew over the years in response to community needs, and the “PLUS” was eventually added to the name as a way of representing the many other services offered. Read more…
Medication Assisted Recovery Services (MARS)
New York, NY
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Building Margin and Mission with an Entrepreneurial Marketing and Communications Campaign
The peer facilitated Medication Assisted Recovery Services Project (MARS) is a collaboration between the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), Division of Substance Abuse (DoSA). MARS is located in the Bronx, NY and provides peer recovery support services to patients at AECOM’s Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs. Read More…
“No Margin, No Mission offers an important role to nonprofits that are in need of effective, new ways of generating financial resources for their organizations beyond the traditional sources of donation 
and grant funding.”
—Walter Ginter, Program Director, Medication Assisted Recovery Services (MARS) Program, October 2012
Nurse-Family Partnership of New York
New York, NY
Project: Facilitation of Strategic Planning Leadership Retreat
Nurse-Family Partnership of New York works with low-income young women who are pregnant with their first child, helping these vulnerable young clients achieve healthier pregnancies and births, stronger child development, and a path toward economic self-sufficiency. Nurse-Family Partnership is a rare New York charitable community health program that has been documented to achieve lasting and significant effects through multiple, well-designed randomized, controlled trials. More than 30 years of research proves that it works. Read More…
Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA)
Fort Pierce, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Children’s Services Council of Martin County, Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County, Martin County Community Foundation, United Way of Martin County, and United Way of St. Lucie County
Founded in 2005, the mission of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) is to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies and science-based conservation action. Read More…
Palm Beach Habilitation Center
Lake Worth, FL
Project 1: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Project 2: Business Plan Implementation
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Quantum Foundation
The Palm Beach Habilitation Center provides services to adults with developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities through programs for skills training, employment training and community job placement, adult day training, residential services, recreational, and senior activities. Founded in 1959, The Center serves over 700 individuals each year from its main campus located in Lake Worth, Florida, 200 work sites in the business community of Palm Beach County, and 20 residential placement locations in our community. It is the vision of the Palm Beach Habilitation Center that all people with disabilities are provided the best environment in which to learn, the best environment in which to live, the best environment in which to work, and the opportunity to have friendships in their own community. Read more…
The Patterson Foundation
Sarasota, FL
Project 1: Earned Income Training and Business Plan Development for Nonprofits in Sarasota, Florida
The Patterson Foundation believes that through communications, technology, and financial innovations, improvements may be achieved that transcend any single issue, entity, or geographic area. They provide resources to facilitate, expedite, and share methods, techniques, and tools, joining with others in creating New Realities. Read More…
Peace River Wildlife Center
Punta Gorda, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Founded in 1978, Peace River Wildlife Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, care, protection and preservation of native wildlife. Originally confined to the lanai of one of its founders, the Center quickly gained credibility and a new location as citizens learned of its successes in wildlife rehabilitation. Since its beginnings, the wildlife center has treated over sixty thousand birds and small mammals, offering a high-level of skilled care by trained and permitted wildlife rehabilitation specialists with years of experience in treating native fauna disease and trauma. Read more…
Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution
Tacoma, WA
Project: 5-Day Business Planning “Boot Camp” to Increase Margin and Mission
The Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution (PCCDR) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit mediation service provider and training center in downtown Tacoma, Washington. They believe that collaboration and consensus building can often be preferable to litigation as methods of resolving conflicts. This belief drives their commitment to making affordable mediation and settlement conference services available to our community. The organization also provides reasonably priced mediation training to enable people to incorporate collaborative dispute resolution into their personal and professional lives. Read More…
Pines of Sarasota
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Pines of Sarasota is a charitable not-for-profit community dedicated to providing individuals with limited resources excellent care encompassing health, social, and support services and programs, which enhance quality of life in a residential setting. Their vision is to be the preeminent provider in the fields of rehabilitation, geriatric healthcare, education and support. Read More…
Pioneer Network
Chicago, IL
Project: Scenario and Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Pioneer Network is a national nonprofit organization that was formed in 1997 to advocate for elders across the spectrum of living options and is working towards a culture of aging that supports the care of elders in settings where individual voices are heard and individual choices are respected — whether it is in nursing homes, transitional care settings or wherever home and community may be. Cultivating and maintaining a community of relationships is important at every phase of life, but especially critical for elders and the aging, many of whom may need a network of partners to live life to its fullest. Read More…
Prevent Blindness Florida
St. Petersburg, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Prevent Blindness Florida is an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Offering over 50 years of vision education and services, this organization focuses on promoting a lifetime of healthy vision care through advocacy, education, screening and research. Read more…
Project L.I.F.T.
Stuart, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Children’s Services Council of Martin County, Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County, Martin County Community Foundation, United Way of Martin County, and United Way of St. Lucie County
Project L.I.F.T. (Life Initiatives for Teens) is an organization with a primary investment in the lives of “at-risk” youth. By introducing skills that will inspire youth to explore opportunities to be successful outside of delinquent behavior, Project LIFT will challenge youth both physically and mentally while they interact with positive mentors. Project LIFT is committed to creating independent, competent and productive citizens of the community. Read More…
Prospect Riding Center
Myakka City, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Prospect Riding Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that offers therapeutic horseback riding to help individuals with special needs overcome physical, developmental or psychological challenges in their lives. They strive to enhance independence in the life of these individuals to create memories that continue to nurture beyond the lesson time. Read more…
Quantum Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL
Quantum Foundation is a private grantmaking organization that funds approved charities and certain government agencies serving Palm Beach County, Florida. The foundation’s funding supports those organizations which provide health care, help people who need health care, and educate others about health care. Since its founding over 15 years ago, Quantum Foundation has given away over $100 million in grants to more than 100 organizations based in local communities. Read More…
Realize Bradenton
Bradenton, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Realize Bradenton is a nonprofit organization that brings people together to create a vibrant and prosperous downtown area for residents, visitors, and businesses. As a community-benefit organization, they work with others to continually strengthen the social, cultural, and physical assets in the Bradenton area through (1) public engagement, outreach, and capacity-building; (2) special events and event support; and (3) strategic marketing and communication. Read More…
St. John Bosco Clinic
Miami, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by the Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
For more than twenty years, St. John Bosco Clinic has been serving those with different life stories, faces and nationalities. They are the young, old, working poor and the unemployed, but they share one very similar need; the need for healthcare and difficulty meeting that need for themselves and their families. The Clinic is committed to providing free primary care services and to serve as a safety net for those who are unable to access other community services. Read More…
SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence)
Sarasota, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Funding provided by The Patterson Foundation with support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
SCOPE’s mission is to connect and inspire citizens to create a better community. SCOPE provides opportunities where all citizens’ voices are welcomed and heard. SCOPE brings together residents, business owners, government officials and organizations to listen, learn, and discuss issues that impact the quality of life in Sarasota County. SCOPE focuses on possibilities and the power of active citizens to create a better community. SCOPE stands for Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence. Read more…
Satchel’s Last Resort
Sarasota, FL
Project: 18-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Satchel’s Last Resort is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides (1) lifelong shelter to dogs deemed unadoptable; (2) nurtures and trains borderline dogs; and (3) offers temporary shelter to adoptable dogs whose owners can no longer care for them.
They believe all dogs are created equal and deserve to live the life of a beloved pet. Each dog that comes into the shelter has its own unique and personal history. The residents (dogs forever with Satchel’s) and guests (adoptable dogs) live in an airy shelter with spacious kennels, go for three romps or walks per day, and even take the occasional car ride to let their fur flap in the wind. Most importantly, dogs are kept safe from other residents and from humans who may want to harm them. Behaviorists work with the dogs a few times a week to teach them that they can trust humans and other animals.
Satchel’s Last Resort actively seeks forever homes tailored to the needs of their adoptable dogs so that they can live the rest of their lives among a family of their own. By harnessing the unconditional love that the dogs in their sanctuary put forth everyday, the world becomes a brighter place for animals and people. Read more…
Southeastern Guide Dogs
Palmetto, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Funding provided by The Patterson Foundation with support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Southeastern Guide Dogs’ mission is to create and nurture a partnership between a visually impaired individual and a guide dog, facilitating life’s journey with mobility, independence and dignity. As a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, they have provided guide dogs to people with visual impairments for more than 30 years (since 1982). Southeastern Guide Dogs is housed on a 35-acre campus featuring a park-like setting, three kennels, nine student rooms, a full-service cafeteria, a gift shop, and an administrative facility in Palmetto, Florida. The school also operates training facilities in Sarasota, Florida, and Bradenton, Florida. Read more…
Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative NEW!
Tampa, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay
Founded in 2001, the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative is a membership-based, nonprofit organization that is member driven and has evolved over time in response to identified needs of the membership and the community.
Membership includes health and human service organizations, businesses, healthcare providers and individuals concerned and impacted by the gaps and limitations of the current system. While TBHC does not provide direct services, collectively, member organizations provide services to meet the needs of all demographic groups and address the healthcare continuum. Read more…
The Volen Center
Boca Raton, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Quantum Foundation
Founded in 1968, The Volen Center is a neighborhood place for seniors, young adults, children, and everyone in between that provides services, support and information to the community. From Broward to Palm Beach County, The Volen Center enhances the well-being of South Florida seniors, young adults, children, and their families by educating and advocating on their behalf, and by providing health care and supportive services that meet their physical, emotional, social and psychological needs. Read more…
UnidosNow NEW!
Sarasota, FL
Project: 30-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Tracking/Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Founded in 2010, UnidosNow is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that strives to elevate the quality of life for the Hispanic/Latino community in Sarasota and Manatee counties through education, integration, and civic engagement. Read More…
Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda NEW!
Punta Gorda, FL
Project: 30-Month Earned Income Business Plan Development, Implementation, and Tracking/Monitoring
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation as part of its earned income initiative, Margin & Mission Ignition
Founded in 1989, the Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides the finest art classes, instructors and exhibit opportunities for members and visitors alike. Courses are designed for all ages and skill levels, and a wide variety of classes and workshops are offered throughout the year in all media. Read More…
Volunteers of America-Western Washington Everett, WA
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Volunteers of America is a national, faith-based human services organization that helps some of the most vulnerable families, children and seniors in our communities lead safe, healthy, independent and productive lives. A part of the national Volunteers of America, Western Washington is rooted in the long standing tradition of compassionate, holistic service that addresses some our communities most important human service issues. Read More…
“No Margin, No Mission gave us the education and skills to help us grow our revenue.”
–Matt Phillips, Director, Volunteers of America-Dispute Resolution Center, May 2012
Washington State Family Policy Council
Olympia, WA
Project: Developing an Entrepreneurial Pitch to FPC’s Funders
The Family Policy Council stands clearly on the leading edge of effective practice, cost reduction, and policy for improving mental, emotional, behavioral and physical disorders among the most vulnerable people. Read More…
“No Margin, No Mission fulfills an important role for funders, their grantees, and other nonprofits around the country that are desperately in need of innovative, practical, and immediately productive ways of generating new financial resources for their organizations — beyond the traditional methods of funding from grants and donations. For many nonprofits, there are a wealth of underutilized offerings in the form of products, services, and other intellectual assets that can be leveraged to generate new revenue streams for their organizations, and developing a strategy for this is precisely what No Margin, No Mission does.”
–Laura Porter, Director, Family Policy Council, May 2012
Washington Women’s Employment and Education (WWEE)
Tacoma, WA
Project: Scenario and Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Washington Women’s Employment and Education (WWEE) empowers women and men to create better lives for themselves and their families. They accomplish this by teaching these individuals the skills to find – and keep – jobs that provide a genuine living wage. On the work front, WWEE teaches job-readiness, computer and workplace skills training. On the home front, they help with housing assistance and support services to low-income residents of Pierce and King Counties in Washington state. Washington Women’s Employment and Education is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Read more…
Whole Child Connection
Stuart, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Children’s Services Council of Martin County, Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County, Martin County Community Foundation, United Way of Martin County, and United Way of St. Lucie County
The Whole Child Connection’s mission is to improve the lives of all families by providing the connection to a complete network of community resources. Their system is designed to provide a simple, straight-forward way to connect individuals and their families with the help that they need. The Whole Child Connection system is available free of charge to all Martin County children and their families — allowing them to remain anonymous while giving them access to community services. The goal is to help children and their families lead a healthier and more fulfilling life. Read More…
Women’s Resource Center
Bradenton, FL
Project: Business Planning to Increase Margin and Mission
Support provided by The Patterson Foundation
The Women’s Resource of Manatee is dedicated to providing direction to women of all generations by inspiring, educating and supporting them through life’s transitions. Each month, more than 250 women arrive at the door of the Women’s Resource Center seeking help. Like many people from all walks of life, they have reached one of life’s turning points. Unsure or unable to determine a direction, they come seeking a fresh start. Whether coping with difficult family relationships, adjusting to a career change, concerned about financial security, grieving the loss of a loved one, or simply seeking opportunities for personal growth, Women’s Resource Center helps them on their personal journey. Read more…
