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'Disrupting Unconscious Bias' Workshop 

- The MVTimes, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Link to article: https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/04/16/disrupting-unconscious-bias-workshop/ 

The Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative is hosting a free online workshop titled “Five Strategies for Disrupting Your Unconscious Bias.” Linda Jenkins from the Jenkins Consulting Group will cover the fundamentals of unconscious bias, including its definition and characteristics. Participants will explore tools for identifying their unconscious bias, strategies for disrupting it, and methods to apply this awareness in the workplace.

This session is especially beneficial for leaders aiming to foster organizations that enhance innovation, creativity, productivity, engagement, and relationships. Participants will learn five strategies to disrupt their unconscious biases: recognize and accept that we all have them, increase awareness of our unconscious biases, practice individuation instead of categorization, practice perspective-taking, and engage in counterstereotyping. Tuesday, April 29, from 10 am to 12 pm. For more information and to register, visit mvnonprofits.org/event-6090239, or contact Jackie Friedman at jackie@mvnonprofits.org.

MVNC is thrilled to partner with ACEMV and Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce to host our first Martha’s Vineyard Career, Volunteer & Networking Night on April 10, 2025! Read more about the event in the following article by the MVTimes.

For more information and to register, visit our website here.

Martha’s Vineyard job fair: Collaborative “Career, Volunteer, & Networking Night” at Grange Hall in West Tisbury.

- The MVTimes, Tuesday, April 2, 2025 by Abby Remer. Link to article: https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/04/02/marthas-vineyard-job-fair/

"There will be plenty of professional matchmaking opportunities on April 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Grange Hall. That evening, approximately 30 organizations and businesses will welcome individuals seeking jobs and volunteer positions at the inaugural Martha’s Vineyard Career and Networking Night. This event marks a first-time collaboration between the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, ACE MV, M.V. Nonprofit Collaborative (MVNC), and Vineyard Preservation Trust, in partnership with Slough Farm. In addition to a traditional job fair with tables with representatives from across the Vineyard, there will be a welcoming space for informal networking, complete with live music, drinks, and light refreshments. ....."

M.V. Nonprofit Collaborative inclusion workshop

- The MVTimes, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Link to article: https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/03/05/m-v-nonprofit-collaborative-inclusion-workshop/

The Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative is offering a free online workshop, “Beyond the Rainbow — LGBTQ Inclusion in Practice,” on March 10, 11 am to 12:30 pm, with Ali Kane of ALK Consulting. Kane will address how your organization and you as an individual can ensure you are thinking about LGBTQ inclusion year-round, and keep the momentum going long after Pride Month ends. Participants will learn practical takeaways in human resources, marketing, and communications, client services, and community collaboration for organizations seeking to be leaders in queer inclusion. Director of special projects Anna Swanson says, “I am excited about Ali’s way of approaching inclusion of the LGBTQ community.” For more information and registration, visit mvnonprofits.org/event-6062905, or contact Jackie Friedman at jackie@mvnonprofits.org.

Nonprofit Leadership Training 

- The MVTimes, Tuesday, November 26, 2024 by Abby Remer

"What do Island Grown Initiative, Hospice MV, Featherstone Center for the Arts, the Island Autism Group Inc., Vineyard House, Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, the Vineyard Preservation Trust, the Edgartown Board of Trade, and Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center have in common? These are just a few of the 48 Vineyard nonprofit organizations whose executive leaders have gone through the Institute for Nonprofit Practice’s (INP’s) executive leadership program. This seven-month endeavor differs from other professional development courses in its equal emphasis on leadership, self-awareness, and personal growth.

Read the full article here! 

Nonprofit Collaborative Celebrates Longtime Board Chair

- The Vineyard Gazette, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 by Emma Killbride

"The indoor arena at Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center is usually full of horses and riders perfecting their equitation and honing their horsemanship.

On Tuesday night, it was filled with nonprofit leaders from all over the Island in celebration of the Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative’s 20th anniversary. The event honored special guest Gerald Jones, who has long served as board chair of Collaborative." 

Read the full article here or visit our webpage to learn more about our 20th anniversary and see party photos. 

MVTimes' "Nonprofit Notebook: Kinship Heals"

- MVTimes, Wednesday, August 9, 2023 by Mollie Doyle and Jennifer Randolph

The Nonprofit Notebook series is a collaboration between MVNC and MVTimes that aims to help Island nonprofits tell their stories and reach a broader audience across the Island. Each month will feature a nonprofit issue, program or person that educates the public about the work being done and its often unseen impact.

"Embracing Wampanoag culture is the best way for the Aquinnah Wampanoag community and Island community to stop violence and heal. 

Here on Martha’s Vineyard, we are comfortable talking about and celebrating certain aspects of our history and present reality, but we rarely talk about our historical and present violence." 

Learn more about the history of the Aquinnah Wampanoag and the work of island nonprofit Kinship Heals in this poignant addition to our Nonprofit Notebook series. Read the full article here. 

Nonprofit Notebook: Age in Action

-MVTimes, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 by Mollie Doyle

The Nonprofit Notebook series is a collaboration between MVNC and MVTimes that aims to help Island nonprofits tell their stories and reach a broader audience across the Island. Each month will feature a nonprofit issue, program or person that educates the public about the work being done and its often unseen impact.

"How do you age with grace? This is the question facing one in three Martha’s Vineyard full-time residents, who are more than 65 years of age. As most of us know, age is a funny thing. Depending on one’s health and a myriad of life circumstances — from job fulfillment and retirement finances to the health and richness of the relationships one has — one can be 80 and feel young or 60 and feel old. That said, no matter how one feels, one thing is true: As we age, at some point we will need help. It might be small. A railing to get down the stairs might suddenly be a necessary home feature. It might be big. Driving might no longer be possible, or a partner might have died sooner than expected, and one is stuck with a big house and bigger expenses. No matter what, Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard (HAMV) works to fill the gaps and offer support services to ensure that aging Islanders can live the healthiest, most enriched life possible."

Read the full article here. 

MVNC is thrilled to announce the first "Nonprofit Notebook." In collaboration with the MVTimes, the Nonprofit Notebook series aims to help Island nonprofits tell their stories and reach a broader audience across the Island. Each month will feature a nonprofit issue, program or person that educates the public about the work being done and its often unseen impact.

We are so excited to highlight the stories of the important work nonprofits and their teams are doing on the island. 

Check out a preview of the first Nonprofit Notebook article below. 

Nonprofit Notebook: Felix Neck

- MVTimes, by Mollie Doyle, April 26, 2023 

"A few years ago, I tried to organize a beach cleanup with my sister Erin and her fellow VIP (Vineyard Independence Partnership) members. For those who don’t know, Martha’s Vineyard’s VIP program is a “partnership of individuals with disabilities, their families, and friends working to ensure that opportunities for a full life are available to all.” It was during the pandemic, and I thought it would be a great way for my sister to get outside, gather with her friends in a safe way, and do some good. What I hadn’t thought about, even after being my sister’s sister for nearly 50 years, was accessibility." ...

Read the full article here. 

MVYRadio Celebrates Local Nonprofit Organizations

- The Vineyard Gazette, Monday, February 27, 2023

"On Saturday, March 25, MVY Radio will host the third annual MVY Radio Night Out for Nonprofits. The event celebrates the organizations and people who care for the Island through their work at and support of nonprofit organizations..."

Read the full article here. 

Revived Mass. charitable deduction takes effect this year

- MassNonprofit News, Monday, January 16, 2023

"Starting this tax year, Massachusetts taxpayers can deduct charitable donations on their state tax returns — a policy reinstated after a 20-year hiatus. The revived deduction comes as welcome news to Massachusetts nonprofits in an era of declining individual donors. ..."

Read the full article here.