Mid-Year Reset & Team Health
2026-06-18 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/mid-year-reset-team-health/
This is part of Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct leadership virtual series. Our Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series which offers practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, pause mid-year to assess what’s working—and what’s not. Gather practical reset strategies and tangible next steps, plus time to reflect on your team’s health and alignment.

Retirement and Health Benefits for Nonprofits: Mission-Driven Work Deserves Mission-Driven Benefits
2026-06-25 11:00 - 12:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/retirement-and-health-benefits-for-nonprofits-mission-driven-work-deserves-mission-driven-benefits/
A live webinar with the Massachusetts 401(k) CORE Plan and Acrisure

Nonprofits work hard to care for communities — but who’s helping nonprofits care for their teams? In this free webinar, explore the Massachusetts 401(k) CORE Plan, and the Acrisure Group Health Collaborative Initiative. Learn how collaborative scale and simplified oversight can support your organization’s long-term workforce strategy.
The Massachusetts 401(k) CORE Plan is a state-sponsored retirement plan solution designed to make high-quality 401(k) benefits more accessible and affordable to nonprofit employers who have between 1 and 100 employees. The CORE Plan is purpose-built, low cost, and easy to understand. It offers a simple way to provide a retirement plan benefit to employees which is an area that many nonprofits are eager to strengthen but may find challenging to implement on their own. This benefit is available now!
The Acrisure Group Health Collaborative knows that one of the most pressing issues for non-profit entities is the escalating costs of health insurance. Finding strong coverage at an affordable price continues to be one of the most challenging aspects of running an organization. Acrisure wants to help! The goal is to create a health insurance collaborative that will provide affordable premiums through group purchasing and extensive and flexible coverage options. Your help is needed to turn this initiative into a reality.

Speakers: Lisa Cardinal, Massachusetts CORE Plan, and Anthony Chandler, Acrisure

About the Presenters: This webinar is presented by Lisa Cardinal of the Massachusetts 401(k) CORE Plan and Anthony Chandler of Acrisure.

Leading Through Pressure: Nonprofit Leadership in New England Today.
2026-06-25 13:00 - 14:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/leading-through-pressure-nonprofit-leadership-in-new-england-today/
Nonprofit leaders across New England are navigating growing pressures: burnout, staffing challenges, funding uncertainty, evolving leadership expectations, and increasing demands on organizations and communities alike.
Join TSNE for a candid conversation with nonprofit leaders from across the region as we explore what leadership looks like right now, what’s changing in the sector, and what leaders need to sustain themselves and their organizations for the future.
Grounded in insights from TSNE’s Leadership New England 2026 report, this discussion will move beyond the data to focus on the real experiences, challenges, and opportunities shaping nonprofit leadership today.
Speakers:
– Lou Chen, CEO, INTEMPO
– Anna Krieger, Executive Director, Mass Advocates for Children
– Anthony Poore, President & CEO, New Hampshire Center for Justice and Education
Moderated by Michael Ibrahim, TSNE’s Chief Program and Impact Officer, and Artie Maharaj, PhD, TSNE’s Manager of Learning and Evaluation.

Better Life For All 7th Anniversary Annual Gala
2026-06-27 | Better Life for All 7th Anniversary Annual Gala, 409 Upham Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Better Life for All Anniversary Annual Gala is a signature fundraising event dedicated to celebrating another impactful year of service and community support. This elegant evening brings together dedicated donors, community leaders, and volunteers for a night of inspiration, fine dining, live entertainment, and heartfelt stories from those whose lives have been transformed by the organization.
A highlight of the gala is the fundraising campaign, which features a live auction, silent auction, and opportunities for guests to pledge ongoing support. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, last year’s campaign exceeded its financial goals, enabling us to expand our outreach programs and deliver essential resources to individuals and families in need.
Join us for this year’s gala to mark our 7th anniversaries, honor our achievements, and help ensure that Better Life for All continues to make a lasting difference in the community. Your participation and contributions are vital to the success of our mission.

Trauma-Informed Messaging for Your Grant Proposal
2026-07-07 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/trauma-informed-messaging-for-your-grant-proposal/
Storytelling is a crucial component of grant writing – but capturing the stories of your beneficiaries can often be challenging. In this session, we’ll unpack how to gather stories in a way that protects, respects, and dignifies the story-owner. You’ll gain practical insights and tools to implement trauma-informed storytelling practices as a grant writer.

Nonprofit Incorporation Workshop
2026-07-14 16:00 - 18:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/nonprofit-incorporation-workshop/
An essential overview of how to establish a nonprofit in Massachusetts and obtain a 501(c)(3) tax-exemption, with key points for maintaining tax-exempt status. Strongly recommended for anyone starting a nonprofit. Workshop participants will receive a copy of the presentation slides and additional reference materials. Topics include:
– For-profit or nonprofit?
– What is a nonprofit?
– Incorporating & structuring a nonprofit
– Fiscal sponsorship
– State reporting & regulation
– Federal tax exemption
– Ongoing IRS reporting & regulation
Presenters: Luke Blackadar, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston; Alyssa Fitzgerald, Goodwin

HR & Employment Law Roundtable – Managing Your Managers
2026-07-15 10:00 - 11:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/hr-employment-law-roundtable-managing-your-managers/
This interactive roundtable brings HR and business leaders together to discuss real workplace challenges and share practical approaches with peers. Each session includes a brief HR and employment law update followed by a facilitated discussion where participants can compare strategies, policies, and solutions. Attendees will leave with actionable insights, legal and HR perspectives, and ideas they can apply immediately in their organizations.

Berkshires Regional Meeting
2026-07-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Rd, Stockbridge, MA, 01262, United States
Every year, MCN hosts Regional Meetings in regions around Massachusetts. The meetings bring together nonprofits from all subsectors to network, share best practices, and collaborate on issues important to the sector.
We’d love to have you join us for the 2026 Berkshire Regional Meeting, presented in partnership with the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, taking place on July 15 at 11 AM.
We know that the unprecedented federal environment is bringing new challenges and requiring us to come together across the nonprofit sector, so the 2026 MCN Regional Meetings will give attendees a chance to ask questions about the current policy landscape and share their own experiences. In addition, we will review MCN services and programs, and will include time for networking so that attendees have the opportunity to connect with one another.
Lunch will be provided.
Regional Meetings are free and open to all nonprofits.
This Regional Meeting is sponsored by the Massachusetts CORE Plan.

Sustaining Culture with Limited Resources
2026-07-16 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/sustaining-culture-with-limited-resources/
Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series offering practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, explore how to protect and strengthen culture even when capacity is thin. Gain realistic, actionable ideas and space to discuss how culture is being experienced across your organization.

AI turned your data into a chart. Now what?
2026-07-22 14:00 - 15:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/ai-turned-your-data-into-a-chart-now-what/
AI will generate data visualizations faster. Whether faster means better depends on whether you know the story you want to tell before you open the tool.
This is a gathering of nonprofit professionals to share their experiences with AI data visualization, talk about the tools and case studies in the recent Data-ish newsletter, and discuss their results from their try-it-yourself activity (link below)
https://www.backofthenapkinconsulting.com/newsletters/data-ish-data-viz-and-ai

New structures, old habits: Why change doesn’t stick and what we can do about it
2026-07-23 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/new-structures-old-habits-why-change-doesnt-stick-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-2/
Organizations invest enormous energy in planning change — new roles, restructured teams, governance redesigns, updated processes, strategic plans. And when those changes don’t produce the outcomes they were designed for, the instinct is usually to question the design (did we get this “right”?) or to look at the people who “aren’t getting on board”. But there’s a third explanation that’s almost always part of what’s at play: the behavioral, relational, and cultural work required to make the new structure actually function was never planned for or resourced. Structure creates the conditions for change, but it can’t produce change on its own.
In this session, we’ll explore why organizational changes so often fail to deliver on their promise — not because the design was wrong, but because the work of helping people actually operate differently within a new structure is its own work that so many change processes skip. We’ll look at what that work involves, where it tends to break down, and what you can do as a leader to close the gap between the organization you envisioned and the one you’re actually living in.

Nonprofit Check-In: Governance and Operations in Challenging Times
2026-07-23 13:00 - 16:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/nonprofit-check-in-governance-and-operations-in-challenging-times/
Good governance and operations are the foundation for a strong and effective organization! Join us for a one-hour workshop, followed by a private consultation with volunteer attorneys for interested nonprofits. Consultation openings are limited; let us know if you’d like to participate.
Topics will include:
– State and Federal registration and reporting obligations
– Corporate structure, organizational documents, policies
– Board operations
– Operational best practices
– Finances and fiscal management
This is a two-part program:
– 1-2 PM: One-hour good governance workshop (open to all Massachusetts nonprofits)
– 2-4 PM: Private consultation with volunteer attorneys (501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofits only)
During the consultation, volunteer attorneys from Goodwin will review key aspects of the organization’s current governance and operational practices. Eligible organizations may request a referral through Lawyers Clearinghouse to follow up on legal issues.
Any Massachusetts nonprofit may register to attend the workshop. Officers, board members, executive directors, and senior managers of Massachusetts nonprofit corporations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) are welcome to register for the workshop and private consultation.
Presenters: Attorneys from Lawyers Clearinghouse and Goodwin

BABA: Build America, Buy America Compliance & Waivers Training
2026-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/baba-build-america-buy-america-compliance-waivers-training/
BABA, the Build America, Buy America Act requires use of domestically-produced materials in many federally-funded projects. This free training will review compliance and the waiver process. This is designed for housing developers, architects, engineers, contractors, owners, or public agencies receiving federal funding.
Presented by Cap Ex Advisory Group’s Kelli Peyton and Rebecca Griffin.

Crafting Your Project Budget
2026-08-04 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/crafting-your-project-budget/
Crafting a clear budget is key to demonstrating your organization’s financial story. Yet, many nonprofits find this to be the most challenging aspect of grant writing. Join us for this session as we explore how to develop a funder-facing budget that demonstrates your financial story, need for support, and sustainability plan.

How to Build Simple Systems to Sustain Your Grants Work
2026-08-05 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/how-to-build-simple-systems-to-sustain-your-grants-work/
For small nonprofits, grants work often becomes reactive, inconsistent, and hard to sustain over time. In this free workshop, Sonya Page will share a practical approach to building simple systems that support stronger grant work while also helping your organization maintain a clear grants strategy and build relationships with funders over time. We’ll cover how to track prospects, deadlines, reports, outreach, and stewardship, as well as how to create simple planning rhythms, such as regular team check-ins, to review your calendars, assess progress, and make a plan for the month ahead.

Emerging Leaders Retreat: Building Trust, Engagement, and Results
2026-08-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Project Adventure, 719 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Building Trust, Engagement, and Results is a one-day, interactive leadership retreat designed for emerging leaders, new managers, and cross-functional team leads who want practical, human-centered tools to strengthen team dynamics and culture.
Using the organizational health frameworks, participants will explore the relational dynamics that most impact effectiveness: trust, healthy conflict, commitment, accountability, and results. Through experiential challenges, facilitated reflection, and real-time application, participants will learn how these components show up in behavior, decision-making, and shared ownership of outcomes.
This retreat is grounded in experience rather than theory. Participants will learn by doing—engaging in activities that surface trust, tension, and collaboration—then reflecting together to translate insight into action. The result is learning that feels relevant, embodied, and immediately applicable to the workplace.

Preliminary Eligibility: What does it mean and what do you need to do?
2026-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/preliminary-eligibility-what-does-it-mean-and-what-do-you-need-to-do/
Are you a current Health Connector member and got a notice in the mail about your 2027 eligibility information? Find out what you need to do
Join team members from the Health Connector as they share information about the Health Connector’s annual renewal process. Each year, the Health Connector must make sure all the information we have about members is correct before we renew their coverage for 2027.
If you are a Health Connector member and want to understand your eligibility notice better, learn how to update your online application, or find help with the next steps to keep or change your coverage — sign up now to learn more!

HR & Employment Law Roundtable -Workplace Culture That Works
2026-08-19 10:00 - 11:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/hr-employment-law-roundtable-workplace-culture-that-works/

Preparing for the Next Phase
2026-08-20 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/preparing-for-the-next-phase/
Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series offering practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, assess your organization’s readiness for what’s next with practical frameworks and strategic insights. Walk away with tangible tools and time to examine your growth stage and future direction.

Unemployment 101 for Nonprofits
2026-08-27 14:00 - 14:30 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/unemployment-101-for-nonprofits/
Join First Nonprofit a 30-minute ‘briefinar’ designed to help nonprofit organizations better understand unemployment and the strategies that can help control related costs.
In this session, we will cover:
• Hiring and termination best practices that can affect unemployment claims
• Key unemployment financing options and what they may mean for your organization
• How First Nonprofit’s specialized programs can help reduce costs, manage risk, and provide HR support for mission-driven employers
Bonus for attendees: Participants will receive access to FNP’s HR Toolkit, including handbook policy must-haves, a new employee orientation checklist, a workplace safety checklist, and more.
Join us to learn how these solutions can help protect your budget and cash flow, strengthen your HR foundation, and free up resources to support your mission.

Grant Reports
2026-09-01 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/grant-reports/
Congratulations — you’ve won the grant! Now it’s time to steward that funder and ensure you build a lasting relationship beyond the grant period. Meeting those report requirements will be key to staying in compliance and setting yourself up for future success with the funder, but can often feel overwhelming. Join us for the final webinar of the series as we explore how to plan early and put your best foot forward in your grant reports.

Health Connector for Business: Affordable, Flexible Health Insurance
2026-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/health-connector-for-business-affordable-flexible-health-insurance/
Health Connector for Business offers an easy way to provide health insurance that’s affordable for your small business and your employees.
Health Connector for Business offers quality, affordable health insurance options to help small businesses (with 1-50 full-time employees) save on their premium costs.
How can this session help you?
This information session will focus on health insurance options available to small employers and their employees through Health Connector for Business at www.MAhealthconnector.org/business. We’ll also review available options for sole proprietors and owner-only groups who do not yet have the employees to qualify for a small group plan through the Health Connector for Business.

HR & Employment Law Roundtable- Flexibility & Remote Work
2026-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/hr-employment-law-roundtable-flexibility-remote-work/

Team Effectiveness & Accountability
2026-09-17 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/team-effectiveness-accountability/
Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series offering practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, learn what high-functioning teams do differently and how to build stronger accountability. Leave with practical takeaways and time to reflect on team dynamics and clarity within your organization.

17th Annual Financial Health and Wellness Summit
2026-09-30 09:00 - 15:00 | Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA, United States
Join us for an exciting in-person event focused on boosting your financial well-being. Connect with experts, discover smart strategies, and get inspired to take control of your money and health. Whether you’re looking to improve your budgeting, investing, or overall financial wellness, this summit has got you covered. Don’t miss out on this chance to learn, network, and grow, see you there!
The 17th Annual Financial Health & Wellness Summit brings together leaders from across education, healthcare, asset development, and economic mobility to explore innovative strategies that help individuals and families build financial stability and long-term wealth.
This year’s featured sessions examine some of the most pressing opportunities shaping the field today. Learn what Massachusetts communities are discovering through Guaranteed Basic Income pilots and hear firsthand stories of impact and lessons learned. Explore how healthcare organizations are addressing the social determinants of health by connecting financial wellness, housing, and food security to better health outcomes. Finally, take stock of the progress made since the passage of Massachusetts’ landmark financial education legislation and discuss what is still needed to ensure every student has access to meaningful financial education.
Join practitioners, policymakers, educators, healthcare leaders, and advocates for a day of learning, collaboration, and action as we work toward a more financially secure and equitable future for all.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available, for more information contact Rose Francois at Rose@midascollab.org

Data+Soul Virtual Learning Series: Meaningful Measurement
2026-09-30 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/datasoul-virtual-learning-series-meaningful-measurement/
Data+Soul Research invites you to join us for our ongoing learning series, exploring approaches to making evaluation more equitable, transformative, and full of soul.
About this session
Join Data+Soul Research for a conversation on how using qualitative data collection approaches can help you gather deeper, more nuanced insights while measuring impact.
In this workshop, we will discuss key considerations for identifying and using culturally-responsive data collection approaches to gather feedback and understand impact. We will also address the desire to “quantify the qualitative” and make the case for how a qualitative-first approach can lead to more rigorous, meaningful, and robust data. Using recent case studies, we will highlight qualitative data collection approaches – Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) and Outcome Harvesting (OH) – and demonstrate how these methods can be used by non-profit organizations and funders to rigorously gather meaningful evidence and articulate impact.

Conflict as a Catalyst
2026-10-15 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/conflict-as-a-catalyst/
Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series offering practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, reframe conflict as an opportunity for growth with practical tools for navigating tension productively. Gain tangible strategies and space to consider how conflict is currently showing up in your work.

Annual Conference
2026-10-21 | DCU Center, 50 Foster St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States

Volunteering for Seniors Wellness Fair Expo 2026 (Vendor Table Registration)
2026-11-14 11:00 - 13:30 | CareOne Assisted Living, 675 South Main Street, Sharon, MA, 02067, United States
Volunteering for Seniors Inc. invites health providers, wellness professionals, senior care service providers, community organizations, and local businesses to participate in our Wellness Fair Expo 2026.
This event is designed to connect seniors, caregivers, families, and community members with valuable health, wellness, and support resources. Vendors will have the opportunity to share information, promote services, meet potential clients, and build meaningful community connections.

Reflection, Gratitude & Meaningful Work
2026-11-19 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/reflection-gratitude-meaningful-work/
Project Adventure’s Taste of imPAct is a 60-minute virtual series offering practical tools, tangible takeaways, and space to explore how each month’s leadership topic is showing up in your organization. It is offered on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00-5:00pm EST.
In this session, reconnect to purpose and impact as the year winds down. Walk away with meaningful reflection tools and time to explore how mission and morale are shaping your organization.
