"The Learning Community experience was awesome. I would recommend this training to many nonprofits, I would go as far to say that this type of experience should be mandatory for anyone proposing to run an effective and efficient nonprofit organization."

"I will recommend a large number of colleagues to submit applications for the Learning Community opportunity. All nonprofits, medium, large or small can benefit from this capacity building experience."

"Our organization is better equipped to articulate and achieve our mission because we had an opportunity to take a critical look at what we were saying through our mission and decided to be more clear, crisp in articulating our goals."

"Our organization is better equipped to connect with our community because we are able to better articulate who we are and what we do. This attracts more community interest and allow us to move in a positive direction."

"The personal coaching for the business plan has been the best! The monthly seminar teaching has also been a huge help."

"I would recommend participation in the Learning Community to my colleagues. I would love to go through it again myself."

"Our organization is better equipped to finance our mission because we have been taught the ins and outs of fund development, what works and what doesn't."

"Our programs are stronger because they are more direct. The need is real. We now focus on the need instead of the perceived need. The programs that we did not do 100% we have discontinued and we now partner with other local nonprofits that offer better programs."

"At our organization, we have seriously become more adapt at running the agency like a business. I know personally I'm more prepared for the many challenges I face as board president. It has developed a confidence in my ability to lead effectively."

"I enjoyed my time at the Learning Community. The interaction with so many diverse nonprofits gave our organization a greater depth in learning different views on a lot of levels."

"I believe we are positioned for greater success due to our participation in the Learning Community. When we first entered we had hit a point in our growth where by we had become used to standing next to a wall we couldn't get around. Since then every opportunity has developed greater success for us. It has opened doors that we thought were impossible to even knock on. Now we have developed networking skills, with those we participated with, so we can collectively all succeed to higher heights together. Plus having a support group of like-minded executive directors provides us with a connection to others that can help us when we need solutions."