Our Strategic Priorities

  • Through the Center for Nonprofit Leadership, we offer skill-building workshops, one-on-one coaching, and convening to help our nonprofit community become more effective and resilient. This training fosters stronger leadership in boards and staff, and brings best practices to our rural communities.

    COFONC offers fiscal sponsorship to fledgling nonprofits, as well as established organizations that would like support in finance and administration and want to focus on their mission.

    For nonprofits planning for the future, we offer nonprofit agency funds to help build towards a capital project, or create a sustainable future.

  • COFONC is positioned to lead and support our community when disaster strikes – and for many years afterward. Through the Nevada County Relief Fund, our purpose is to get resources where they are needed most in a crisis, and to adapt quickly to changing needs on the ground.

    In 2025-2026, we will prioritize the development of a Community Organization Active in Disaster (COAD). Our strong trust-based relationships with local nonprofits, government, community leaders and donors position us to lead this effort which has proven to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

  • In the next three years, COFONC will prioritize collaborative efforts in:

    • Housing solutions

    • Rural economic development

    • Civic engagement

    In 2024, we stepped up to be the fiscal sponsor for NevCoWest Community Land Trust, which creates pathways to housing affordability. The resulting prototype project, funded by social impact investors, will provide housing for 20 residents in Penn Valley.

    We are working with the County Office of Economic Development to support the backbone of our rural community- small business. We learned through the Nevada County Relief Fund that supporting our small businesses is the key to rural prosperity.

    And watch for our efforts to elevate and engage our community in bridging divides and celebrating the qualities that our rural communities are known for- respect, collaboration, and resilience.