Recent Webinar
How Nonprofits Can Create and Communicate Clear Community Guidelines to Protect Their Constituents
Ashley Costa
Executive Director
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
Casey Summar
Managing Partner
The Law Firm for Nonprofits
Past Webinars
NPRN Grant Webinar & Funder Panel: Grant Funding in Unpredictable Times
December 4, 2025
Watch an overview of NPRN’s Grant Center, followed by a candid conversation with local funders.
State of Nonprofits in Santa Barbara County
September 25, 2023
Tarek Azzam and Natalie Jones from the UCSB Center for Evaluation & Assessment introduce key findings in the latest State of the Nonprofits report.
Grant Center “Ask Me Anything” Webinar
November 9, 2022
Presented by the Nonprofit Resource Network and the Write Team.
Measuring Success: Evaluation to Support Your Mission
September 27, 2022
Presented by the Nonprofit Resource Network featuring Tarek Azzam, Director at UCSB Center for Evaluation & Assessment and Professor for Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Working Together for Transformative Change: Part 2
August 31, 2022
Presented by The Fund for Santa Barbara and Nonprofit Resource Network
Executive Director Roundtable: Competitive Compensation Strategies in a “Take this Job and Shove it” Economy
October 29, 2021
Designing a Remote Workspace (COVID-19)
March 19, 2020
Presented by Julia Stewart Lowndes PhD
Partner at Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray LLP
Navigating New Contractor Laws: Exploring the impact on the nonprofit sector
Dec 13, 2019
Presented by Trevor D. Large
Partner at Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray LLP
Google Analytics
April 10, 2019
Disaster Recovery: Looking Back & Looking Forward
April 10, 2019
Presented by Michele Drum & Rachel Walsh
Secret Sauce In A Good Grant Proposal? Program Budgets
December 6, 2018
Presented by Michelle Howard
The Write Team
Planning for the Future – Succession Management
Nov 28, 2018
Presented by Steve Ortiz
President and CEO
United Way of Santa Barbara County
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity & the Philanthropic Sector
Aug 30, 2018
Jarrod Schwartz
Executive Director
ust Communities
Take Your Powerpoint from Mess to Success
Aug 30, 2018
Presented by Lisa Braithwaite
Public Speaking Coach,
Trainer and Author
Getting Board Members to Ask For Money
June 13, 2018
Presented by Kathy Wertheim
CFRE, Fundraising Consultant
How to Find Board Members That Will Ask For Money
May 31, 2018
Presented by Kathy Wertheim, CFRE,
Fundraising Consultant
How To Find & Tell Irresistible Stories About Your Organization
April 19, 2018
Presented by Starshine Roshell,
Journalist, Author, and Writing Coach
Write Great Letters of Intent (LOI)
October 26, 2017
Presented by Michelle Howard,
The Write Team
Partnership for Excellence 2022 Recording
Partnership for Excellence 2021 Recordings
Re-imagining the Nonprofit Funder Dynamic
with Em Johnson | Executive Director, Blue Sky Center and Patricia Solorio | Associate Director, The Fund for Santa Barbara
Activating Equity: Building Countywide Partnerships with Latinx Indigenous Migrant Covid-19 Response Task Force (LIMCRTF)
Timothy Watts | Health Equity Coordinator, Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and Ana Huynh | Program Director, Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
State of the Sector
Presentation of initial findings on the current state of Santa Barbara County’s nonprofit sector, from the perspective of its leaders with Laura Deitrick, Ph.D., Associate Director and Tessa Tinkler, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, The Nonprofit Institute University of San Diego
Let’s Talk Mental Health – Pathways & Stories for Collective Healing
with Jina Carvalho | Executive Director and Alejandra Cortes MA, AMFT, Responder | Santa Barbara Response Network, and Jennifer Bruell | Community Grants Program Manager, Santa Barbara Foundation