BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261215T153000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Scrappy Systems: Small Nonprofits That Look Fundable DESCRIPTION:Small and mid-sized nonprofits often do powerful work but struggle to present it in ways that feel clear\, strategic\, and fundable. This session explores practical\, low-cost systems that help organizations move from scattered to strategic. Learn how to organize programs into clear focus areas\, build simple grant tracking tools\, and translate community-based services into funder-aligned language that highlights outcomes and long-term impact. Learning Outcomes: Identify operational gaps that create inefficiency and limit funding readiness. Develop practical\, low-cost systems for organizing programs\, data\, outcomes\, and funding information.Strengthen their ability to translate everyday program activities into measurable outcomes and compelling funder narratives. Create an actionable plan to strengthen at least one organizational system using tools and resources they already have.Speaker InformationCrystal Vandevender is the Executive Director of the Parenting Resource Center in Austin\, Minnesota\, where she leads organizational strategy\, program development\, community partnerships\, and resource development. With a background spanning nonprofit leadership\, higher education\, healthcare\, and organizational management\, Crystal specializes in developing practical\, affordable systems that strengthen operations\, improve funding readiness\, and create measurable impact without requiring large budgets\, expensive software\, or additional staff.Throughout her career\, Crystal has led strategic planning\, funding diversification\, program evaluation\, and organizational restructuring. She holds a bachelor's degree in organizational management and a master's degree in education with an emphasis in leadership. Her approach focuses on equipping nonprofit leaders with practical tools they can use while keeping costs low and mission at the center. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Small and mid-sized nonprofits often do powerful work but struggle to present it in ways that feel clear\, strategic\, and fundable. This session explores practical\, low-cost systems that help organizations move from scattered to strategic. Learn how to organize programs into clear focus areas\, build simple grant tracking tools\, and translate community-based services into funder-aligned language that highlights outcomes and long-term impact. \;

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Speaker Information

Crystal Vandevender

Crystal Vandevender is the Executive Director of the Parenting Resource Center in Austin\, Minnesota\, where she leads organizational strategy\, program development\, community partnerships\, and resource development. With a background spanning nonprofit leadership\, higher education\, healthcare\, and organizational management\, Crystal specializes in developing practical\, affordable systems that strengthen operations\, improve funding readiness\, and create measurable impact&mdash\;without requiring large budgets\, expensive software\, or additional staff.

Throughout her career\, Crystal has led strategic planning\, funding diversification\, program evaluation\, and organizational restructuring. She holds a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in organizational management and a master&rsquo\;s degree in education with an emphasis in leadership. Her approach focuses on equipping nonprofit leaders with practical tools they can use while keeping costs low and mission at the center.

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