Mass Council of Nonprofits

BABA: Build America, Buy America Compliance & Waivers Training
2026-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | 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/
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.

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.

Evening of Angels Gala and Auction
2026-11-20 17:30 - 23:30 | Seaport Hotel Boston, One Seaport Lane, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
A night of hope, celebration, and giving
On November 20, 2026, the Seaport Hotel in Boston will shine brightly as we gather for the 30th Anniversary Evening of Angels, a truly extraordinary evening celebrating three decades of hope, healing, and compassion. This milestone gala brings together the dedicated supporters, volunteer pilots, partners, patients, and friends who have made Angel Flight Northeast’s lifesaving mission possible since 1996.
Together, we will honor the incredible community that ensures distance is never a barrier to medical care—and celebrate the tens of thousands of lives forever changed by their generosity.
Guests will enjoy an elegant and inspiring evening filled with:
A Gourmet Dinner & Entertainment – Savor a delicious meal while enjoying a memorable night of celebration and connection.
Live & Silent Auctions – Bid on exclusive experiences, luxury getaways, and one-of-a-kind items, all to support free medical flights for patients in need.
Raffles & Special Prizes – Exciting opportunities to win incredible prizes while making a meaningful difference.
Honoring Our Heroes – Recognizing the volunteer pilots, partners, donors, and patient families whose compassion and dedication have powered 30 years of hope.
About Angel Flight of New England
Founded in 1996, Angel Flight Northeast (AFNE) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to coordinating free air and ground transportation so children and adults can access lifesaving and life-changing medical care, regardless of financial or geographic barriers.
This mission is made possible by more than 300 volunteer pilots and trusted partnerships with commercial aviation partners, including JetBlue and Cape Air.
Over the past 30 years, Angel Flight Northeast has coordinated more than 111,000 flights, flown over 17 million miles, and connected patients to care at 750+ medical facilities—all at no cost to the families we serve. Each year alone, more than 3,000 flights provide access to cancer treatment, clinical trials, specialized surgery, and critical care.
By attending the 30th Anniversary Evening of Angels, you are celebrating the people who make this mission possible—and helping ensure the next patient can reach the care they need.
Every flight represents hope.
Every supporter makes it possible.
Every year, lives are changed because of this community.
This is more than a gala—it is a celebration of 30 years of compassion, generosity, and the extraordinary people behind Angel Flight Northeast.
Join us as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and ensure hope continues to take flight for years to come.
Individual Ticket – $275
Tables of 10 – $2,750

Data+Soul Virtual Learning Series: Beyond Reporting for Reporting’s Sake
2026-11-23 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/datasoul-virtual-learning-series-beyond-reporting-for-reportings-sake/
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:
What would it take for evaluation findings to extend beyond the evaluation report and actually inform strategy, design, and organizational learning? Join Data+Soul Research for a practical discussion of how we all navigate this question in our daily work.
In this workshop, we will explore what gets in the way of using data for learning and showcase strategies for building a practice and culture of learning. We will introduce two tools and use real-world case studies to illustrate how these tools have been used effectively to cultivate a culture of evaluative thinking and ensure that evaluation is used to inform organizational strategy and program design.

Closing Strong & Planning Ahead
2026-12-17 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/closing-strong-planning-ahead/
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.
End the year with clarity and intention through practical reflection and planning tools. Leave with tangible next steps and dedicated time to consider how lessons learned will shape your year ahead.

Lead Forward: Vision That Mobilizes
2027-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 | https://gc.gcdev3.com/mcn/events/lead-forward-vision-that-mobilizes/
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.
Focused coaching sessions that help leaders articulate a compelling vision, align priorities, and translate big-picture goals into actionable direction for their teams.
