Summary of Recommendations

In March 2006, the LeadWell advisory committee recommended that the Community Foundation’s board of directors consider the creation of four new projects to address the objectives outlined in the LeadWell goal statement:

1. Partner with Millersville University to create the Nonprofit Resource Network
2. Partner with Leadership Lancaster to create a comprehensive board training program
3. Partner with the Lancaster Public Library to create a Nonprofit Information Collection
4. Create a grantmaking program (Management and Organizational Development) for implementation at the Community Foundation that promotes professional and organizational development opportunities and encourages collaborative efforts to address emerging needs and strengthen programs

In 2006, the Community Foundation’s board of directors approved three of the four recommendations advanced by the LeadWell advisory committee, and Community Foundation staff has spent much of the past year working in partnership with existing service providers to operationalize these projects.

One project recommended by the LeadWell advisory committee, a comprehensive board training program in partnership with Leadership Lancaster, is still in the design phase as of this post. We appreciate the thoughtful approach that Leadership Lancaster has taken to developing the project and look forward to evaluating their proposal in the near future.

Three projects of LeadWell, the Nonprofit Resource Network, the Nonprofit Information Collection, and the Management and Organizational Development Grant Program were introduced to the community at an event on January 18, 2007. Those projects will begin to offer services in the spring/summer 2007.

In addition, to fulfill a strategy identified in Objective D of the goal statement, the LeadWell advisory committee is currently working with the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College (COR) to compile a report that document the nonprofit sector’s impact on Lancaster County’s economy and the quality-of-life of its residents. Economic indicators data generated by the COR was reviewed at the introduction event on January 18, 2007. The COR anticipates that data related to the nonprofit sector’s impact on the quality-of-life of Lancaster County residents will be available later this year. A report on the nonprofit sector’s impact on Lancaster County’s economy and the quality-of-life will be available on this website.

Please visit our website periodically for information and updates regarding the inaugural year of LeadWell as well as subsequent actions that result from the Community Foundation’s commitment to nonprofit capacity building.