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  • Forefront offers affordable, accessible, comprehensive trainings that help you do more Good. Browse our course catalog. 

  • Forefront engages policymakers and leading stakeholders in developing policy recommendations and solutions that build a vibrant social impact sector. Learn more. 

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Library

We connect people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.

Get free access to prospect research, informational databases, and more at Forefront's Library.

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Policy + Advocacy Center

No matter your level of experience, no matter the size of your organization, we can help you connect advocacy to your organization's mission.

 

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We invite you to Sponsor Forefront and highlight your dedication to building a vibrant social impact sector in Illinois.

 

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Join the Movement

Whether you are a grantmaker, nonprofit, advisor, or ally of the sector, we welcome you to our community. Join the movement to make our state a better place for everyone!

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Upcoming Programs

Sep
25

Donor Communications: Breaking Through the Clutter (Chicago)

This workshop will focus specifically on strategies for crafting donor messages and takes an “old school” approach.
Sep
25

Creating Your Personal Brand (Quincy)

At this workshop, participants will learn how to articulate, monitor, and evolve their personal brands.
Sep
26

INGENUITY – QUALITY INITIATIVE AND ARTLOOK

Please join your colleagues for the following two-part Chicago Arts Education Collaborative meeting with Ingenuity. Each portion of the meeting will take approximately 80 minutes, and members are welcome to attend one or both components of the meeting.
Sep
26

Member Coffee Hour (Chicago, 9/26)

This free orientation will give you a chance to see the Library, meet our Librarians and other Forefront staff, learn about your Membership benefits (including Library reference and research services), and network with your nonprofit colleagues.
Sep
26

Understanding Governance (Springfield)

This program will address the question of understanding governance, how to position yourself from a place of governance, learning the right questions, using parliamentary procedure to move along meeting and when to insert yourself into the discussion.
Sep
26

City Colleges of Chicago 101

At this meeting, City Colleges of Chicago will provide a brief overview of its seven colleges and update the group on new initiatives. After this overview, the bulk of the meeting will be spent answering questions from our community.

Registration for this event is closed.  

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