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Making sense of the Aurora Victim Relief Fund story
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Last week, the Aurora movie theater shooting returned to national headlines as victims from the tragic event voiced concerns and frustrations about how funds gathered from donations were being distributed. The story of the Aurora … Continue reading
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Skateboard philanthropists use skate parks to empower native youth
By Stella Carrasco and Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Recently, we (“we” being JVA’s Stella Carrasco and Collin Lessing) found ourselves equally excited for an emerging movement and partnership to prevent suicide among Native American youth that was marked with a … Continue reading
Google, Wikipedia shut down in protest of SOPA—what does it mean for nonprofits?
By Collin Lessing and Katy Snyder Google, Wikipedia and hundreds of other websites have shut down today in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) legislation … Continue reading
JVA Consulting selected as grantwriter for City and County of Denver public agencies
by Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting JVA Consulting was recently selected by the City and County of Denver through an open bidding process to provide customized training, technical assistance and grantwriting services for public agencies of the City and County of … Continue reading
Thoughts on social media marketing from Grand Junction
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting This week, I had the opportunity to spend some time in Grand Junction, where JVA’s Senior Consulting/Planning Associate based on the Western Slope, Lorne Naegele, and I hosted a full-day social media workshop for nonprofits. … Continue reading
Nonprofits offer valuable resources to fathers
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Earlier in the week, my dad told me he would be flying in from Texas this coming weekend to spend Father’s Day with me, and that has me pretty excited. As a son or daughter, … Continue reading
Grantwriting tips from the funders: What makes a proposal stand out
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Earlier in May, JVA was pleased to welcome staff members from Colorado foundations including Miguel Lovato from the Daniels Fund, Erin Binford from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Julie Voyles from the Gill Foundation and … Continue reading
CSU’s University Art Museum welcomes JVA’s Ashley Kasprzak to advisory board
by Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting JVA is excited to announce that Vice President of Design and Innovation Ashley Kasprzak has been selected as a member of the advisory board for the University Art Museum at Colorado State University (CSU). Ashley … Continue reading
President Obama comes to Sloan’s Lake
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting How often is it that the President of the United States is in your own front yard? For me that’s never happened—until today. President Barack Obama has spent much of his week in Colorado—debating Mitt … Continue reading →