Your WebsiteUse the features of our website to the fullest! Register with a user name on this website and get access to all its features, including the ability to highlight your activities and achievements. Each affiliate group has its own listing, and you can submit additional information to showcase your organization's work. PlanetCommon Ground pulls news and commentary from across the Athens community and beyond on the Planet Common Ground Athens site. Subscribe to the feed to receive new ideas and updates daily to your favorite feed reader. Add your blog or site to gain new readers of your group's news. Get Volunteers
Active people come to Common Ground and want to get involved. Now, you can publish your group's volunteer opportunities on our website in the Affiliate Volunteer Opportunities section. Training ProgramsAffiliate groups get discounted rates for our training programs, featuring workshops tailor-made to the needs of Athens' community-based nonprofits. Calendar of EventsShare your events with Common Ground's members, volunteers, and visitors! Use our online calendar to publish one-time and recurring events. Room Reservations To reserve a room at Common Ground, use our online scheduler. You will need to create a separate account and have it enabled the first time you use it. Contact Andrew if you have any questions about this process. Fiscal SponsorshipCommon Ground offers fiscal sponsorship for affiliate groups doing exempt activities who don't have 501(c)(3) status. To read more about fiscal sponsorship and options available to your group, check out our Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship
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New Fiscal Sponsorship Guide |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 03:05 |
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As one of our services for affiliate groups, Common Ground offers fiscal sponsorship for new groups with eligible activities. We now have a Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship, with all the information you need to work with us before, during, and after our fiscal sponsorship of your group. Download it in PDF |
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Written by Andrew
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 15:58 |
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Common Ground recently began hosting survey software, called phpESP, that allows you to create customized surveys and send them to an unlimited number of recipients. This is an effective tool for connecting with your supporters. Free for affiliate groups to use, it allows you to use nine different question formats, add as many questions and sections as you like, and add conditional questions that appear according to the responses to previous questions. For example, you can ask supporters to rank different program priorities, check off different activities they've taken part in, and ask follow-up questions about each of those activities they have attended. In addition, you can create a custom thank-you page when they finish, analyze the responses online, or download them to your favorite spreadsheet program. This tool is free for you, our affiliate groups. Contact Andrew to get started. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 17:43 |
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New Thoughts on Fiscal Sponsorship |
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Written by Andrew
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 08:43 |
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We've started participating with the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors , which has been a great forum for sharing news and ideas among fiscal sponsors around the country. Just today, I was forwarded a great piece by Jill Blair and Tina Cheplick of BTW informing change. Read about the full role of fiscal sponsorship in More Than the Money: Fiscal Sponsorship's Unrealized Potential . |
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Students Tapped For Nonprofit Leadership Program |
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Written by Andrew
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 12:36 |
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 On Tuesday, April 1, the selected participants and projects in this summer's Common Ground Internship Consortium were honored at the Common Ground Athens resource center in downtown Athens. These Georgia students were selected for the Consortium, which provides an intensive, summer-long training and internship experience to prepare tomorrow's leaders in the nonprofit sector.
America's nonprofits are facing a leadership crisis, as recent studies have found that between 45 and 78 percent of nonprofit executive directors plan on leaving their jobs in the next several years. As baby boomers look towards retirement, the resulting gap has led many in the nonprofit sector to call for an increased emphasis upon attracting and developing new leaders in nonprofit organizations.  Common Ground is meeting this challenge by hosting the Consortium, which matches eight undergraduate students with projects from three of its affiliate organizations. Working together in office space at Common Ground's resource center, the participants will learn from the project leaders, Common Ground mentors, each others' experiences, and guest nonprofit leaders from the Athens community.
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