Events

September 17, 2024 - Writing Your First Grant workshop
CFMV's Fund for Women & Girls hosted this workshop guiding first-time grantseekers through the ins and outs of the application process, from how to answer narrative questions to the financial documents that go with an application to what funders are looking for.

May 22, 2024 - Nonprofit Leaders Coffee Hour
20+ leaders from Valley nonprofits joined us for this casual get-together to share experiences, insights and advice.

April 16, 2024 - Fund for Women & Girls Microfunding Event
CFMV's Fund for Women & Girls hosted its annual Microfunding Event and awarded $3,500 to three local women-led organizations. Read more about this year's awardees HERE 

March 7, 2024 - Engaging Your Community Beyond Giving Tuesday
CFMV partnered with GivingTuesday to host this webinar on how your organization can turn one moment of giving into a culture of support and advocacy for the work you do. A recording of the webinar is available on our YouTube page HERE

January 17, 2024- Lobbying & Advocacy for Nonprofits
CFMV joined with Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services to present a webinar by BolderAdvocacy on how nonprofits of all sorts can take part in lobbying and advocacy. Some resources from the presentation are available below

• What Nonprofits Need to Know About Lobbying in Ohio: click HERE to read
• Being a Player: A guide to IRS lobbying regulations for advocacy charities: click HERE to read
• BolderAdvocacy lobbying flow chart: click HERE to read

October 12, 2023 - Gems of the Valley
The Fund for Women & Girls honored five local women as Gems of the Valley for their outstanding work in the Valley. Read more HERE

June 6, 2023 - Using Data to Ask Questions and Get Answers
Newport Library (3730 Market Street, Youngstown OH 44507)
Join the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and Genevieve Smith of GV Advisory for an interactive workshop designed to demystify data and empower participants to put their data and knowledge to work for their organizations.

May 24, 2023 - Fund For Women & Girls Microfunding Event
Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown
Fund For Women & Girls shareholders and donors will hear presentations from local organizations about their projects supporting women and girls in the Valley and will award $3,500 in prize money. [Donate here]

September 7, 2022 - Putting Your Best (Financial) Foot Forward virtual workshop
Join CFMV staff as we discuss the financial documents nonprofits need as part of their grant applications -- including budgets, income statements and balance sheets. A recording of this presentation can be found on our YouTube page HERE.