July Nonprofit Member Newsletter

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Upcoming Member Events for You!

Using Improv to Boost Your Networking and Fundraising Game

July 10, 2025

3-5 pm

In Person at Austin PBS

Fundraising is storytelling and improv is a tool that not only helps you enhance your narrative, but helps you adapt it to fit any situation while holding true to the core messaging. In this fun and interactive 90-minute workshop, you will learn how to learn the skill of improvisational ideation that will help launch stronger campaigns and the course correction that will help it continually evolve.

Through guided exercises, you'll practice thinking on your feet, building authentic connections, and communicating your mission with confidence and creativity. Whether you're attending a networking event or making a fundraising pitch, improv skills can help! Training will be 90 minutes long with 30 minutes of networking afterwards.

Training hosted by Asaf Ronen of Austin Creative Alliance

Engaging Businesses in Your Mission

August 25, 2025

12-1 pm

Virtual

Support from businesses can be a powerful part of your fundraising and community engagement strategy—but knowing where to start can feel overwhelming. This workshop is designed to help nonprofits of all sizes build meaningful partnerships with businesses.

We’ll walk through how to identify your organization’s strongest entry points, develop a clear and compelling menu of opportunities, and build relationships that lead to lasting support through sponsorships, employee engagement, and more.

You’ll leave with practical tools, next steps, and inspiration to engage businesses in your mission.

Presented by Jared Montes Slack, Sr Director of Development

Make New Connections at a Member Meet Up

Building community is an important part of the work we do in this sector! Join other I Live Here I Give Here nonprofit members for a casual, agenda-free meet up. These are small gatherings focused on making new connections and sharing ideas. We hope to see you at one soon!

July 24

Mazama Coffee - Dripping Springs

RSVP

August 28

Bennu Coffee - South Congress

RSVP

Join our Slack Channel for Nonprofit Members

We are excited to announce that we are creating a Slack channel for our nonprofit members! This channel is to facilitate connections in the nonprofit community, provide an avenue for questions and support, and share information quickly. Access to this channel is limited to current I Live Here I Give Here nonprofit members only and will be monitored by the team. If you would like to be added, please fill out this form and we will add you when we are ready to launch later this summer.

Take the Annual Member Survey

Your feedback is important to us! Please tell us about your experience with the Nonprofit Membership Program so we can better serve you.

Share Your Nonprofit Stories with Us

Has your organization been impacted by recent government actions or are you struggling with fundraising and needing to cut programs or staff? We are collecting stories to help raise awareness around the issues facing local nonprofits right now. You can see examples we have already shared here and here. If you have a story, please email Charli directly at charli@ilivehereigivehere.org.

Submit Your Story to ATX Good News

I Live Here I Give Here is proud to partner with ATX Good News to share our Nonprofit Member’s stories. Local Austin news legends Judy Maggio and Leslie Rhode launched ATX Good News in 2022, with the goal of sharing uplifting, inspirational stories in Central Texas. It focuses on people, nonprofits and businesses doing their part to make our community healthier and happier and more motivated to spread good will. 

This month, ATX Good News would like to share the stories of nonprofits that are bridging the gap for kids who face food insecurity during the summer months since they are missing out on school provided meals. 

Share your events on our calendar

We debuted our nonprofit events calendar last October and are so excited to see the positive reception it has gotten! If you have a community event you would like to add to the calendar, please do that at any time. See the instructions for submitting here.

Keep In Touch!

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As always, please reach out directly to Charli Krause, Director of Nonprofit & Customer Relations at Charli@ILiveHereIGiveHere.org if you have any questions about your membership or just want to say hello!

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